Pages

Thursday 13 December 2012

Before I show you today's post I would like to apologise to all those lovely 'genuine' people who leave me comments but, due to a ridiculous amount of SPAM comments being left, I have had to resort to using word verification in an effort to eradicate them!!


Back briefly with a Christmas card and Gift Bag to show you made with the, now retired, Mocha Morning Speciality DSP. I loved this paper so much I bought some more from the retiring list back in September despite still having some left from the first time I bought it- it's one of those sets of papers that you just can't bring yourself to cut up!!! However, as you can see, I did let the scissors loose on one of the sheets to make the bag and co-ordinating card.
It's a simple made-to-measure, gusseted bag using a Brushed Gold diecut (from the Framelits collection) and a piece of Crumb Cake Tulle for the closure at the top and decorated with two gold embossed baubles from Delightful Decorations - one stamped on Crumb Cake and the other on Early Espresso then punched with the Ornament punch. The card is made with the same supplies along with a retired sentiment stamped in Early Espresso.

This morning I went to see my eldest Grandson, who is 4, being one of the 3 Kings in his very first school nativity - I have to say I was a very proud Granny!!!
Time is still not on my side so sadly my blogging is very erratic at the moment but I will be back asap to show you some more. Until then Happy Crafting x

Thursday 6 December 2012

Christmas Wedding





I’m back today to show you something that I considered to be a personal ‘challenge’. A work colleague asked me to make a wedding card for her brother, who is getting married 2 days after Christmas, with a colour scheme of red & gold. Now, particularly at this time of the year, red & gold shouts Christmas to me – not weddings, so I really struggled to come up with an idea. As the gift is going to be money she wanted a special, personalised card so I hope I have succeeded. 
I used Naturals Ivory for the card base layered with Riding Hood Red which I had gold embossed down one side with a stamp from Confetti and the ‘Congratulations’ from Love & Laughter. The names were computer generated and printed on Naturals Ivory before adding them to a tag made from Brushed Gold cardstock with a knot of Riding Hood Red Taffeta ribbon. I did a little bit of scoring on the card and added some tiny Brushed Gold hearts, from the Owl Builder punch, to finish the card. I made the matching envelope for the money using a retired stamp. All I need to do now is make the gift bag to put it in and the job’s done!
 
Until next time wrap up and keep warm x


Sunday 2 December 2012



First my apologies for going AWOL but, although I have been doing some crafting, I just don't seem to find the time to blog!! It doesn't help that it is practically impossible for me to take photos other than at the weekend because it's dark when I go to work and dark when I get home!! Anyway I did manage to catch some light today to take these photos of a little sweet box and matching card. The box is made using the Labels Collections Framelits and cut from Soft Suede cardstock (you need 2 of these and a rectangle of card to make the container inside to hold your gift) and the robin is, of course, the Bird Builder punch - inked with Crumb Cake and Real Red. He is mounted on a Very Vanilla diecut, which has been embossed with the Square Lattice Folder, and the leaves are again from the Bird Builder punch using some non-SU gold foil card. The sentiment on the card is a stamp from Sassy Salutations and embossed in gold.
The thing I love about crafting is that you can make a small, very inexpensive gift look quite special - the sweets I used here cost around 50p a box and you would never give those as a present just wrapped in a piece of gift paper would you??
Until next time keep warm and happy crafting x
Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...