Just the one today

Well i had some errands to run and when i got back had an awful headache but the call of the craft room doesn't stay away for too long and eventually i gave in and made the above

i was watching sue wilson on create and craft and she showed a beautiful card that she had made white on white and very simple after the whole shabby chic mode i have been in for the last week i thought it would make a nice change to do something completely different i had no idea where i was going with this but think it's pretty elegant

so it's made up of an A5 white card blank then i embossed on my big shot some centura pearl card stock mounted this onto silver mirri card i then printed off and cut out some flowers from my debbi moore shabby chic victorian botanicals cd added some do crafts paper flowers a few do crafts gem stones i used an x cut botanicals leaf punch for the leaves and finished it off with a sentiment from hunkydory that i made custom fit im pretty pleased with the end result

have a nice long weekend

and

happy crafting :-D

What do you do with the leftovers ?

I spent most of the day yesterday playing with my new shabby chic cd's and had a great day and was chuffed to bits with this name banner i made

These cd's are packed with lots of different things to play around with nearly everything you see is off the cd apart from the cream flowers the ribbon and the gem stones

anyway as i was clearing up packing away the scrap bits of paper i decided to use them to cut out some of my spellbinder shapes then i had this idea to make a quick little card with what was left on my desk

And so here it is ! it's amazing what you can do with all the little bits and pieces this is a small 2x2 inch card backing papers are scraps from debbi moore shabby chic cd debbi moore flutterby paper delights cd debbi moore fairies paper delights cd i used my spellbinders to cut the bird and cage white card stock coloured with distress ink to punch out the leaf shapes white paper flowers some blue ribbon and some gem stones was chuffed with what i could make with the left overs !

happy crafting :-D

A new style of crafting Scary !!

I have always liked the shabby chic look card but have always been a bit unsure where to start i never really considered it to be my kind of style for making cards but i love to try new things  or else you never learn anything new

 so when i saw the new debbi moore shabby chic cd's i just loved the papers and images and thought great now is the perfect time to have a go so i was disappointed and excited when my new cd's arrived on friday and i had to go to work and had to wait till sunday afternoon before i could have a play and here is the result my very first shabby chic card (pictured above) i must admit i'm a bit hooked now

My friends birthday is coming up shortly so guess what yes this is her shabby chic birthday card (pictured above)

the cd's are rammed packed with lovely things not just cards either so i will have many more happy hours of crafting

Happy crfating :-D

And so my drawer easel cards begin

So i had seen this being done on tv and thought how cute i want to have a go i spent all day in my craft room having had a pattern to work from and slung it out because i couldn't make head nor tail of it i then sat with lots and lots of cheap white card making my own template to work from  and finally my drawer easel card was born admittedly these are not my first one but i now have the technique down pat so i made some more the top one was made as a comission for a friend using hunkydory card stock and images are customers own the bottom one is made with hunkydory card stock forever friends backing papers and hunkydory topper

happy crafting :-D

Locking myself away

So i was having a bad day yesterday real fed up so i decided after doing all the boring things ie housework and such i would shut myself off in my craft room not having anything in mind it was a day to play and try new things and it was just great i made loads the top card  is the last card i made late last night using free papers from debbi moore's website and backing papers from my crystal dreams cd the middle butterfly card it made with a template from google images the card stock and sentiment are from hunkydory with a few other embellishments the bottom butterfly card i was not so sure of im growing to like it but the colour scheme was new to me and as i was making it i kept thing im not so sure but my husband and daughter say it nice so i will take their word for it (hahahaha) cardstock is hunkydory backing papers are free download for memebers on create and carft website paper flowers are from do crafts i had a fab day and finally emerged alot happier kerry at 10pm last night with a very numb bottom and covered from head to toe in ultra fine glitter lol

happy crafting :-D 

A bird in hand

So i love making cards but i also love all kinds of papercarfting and at a craft show recently i saw a bird house and thought i'd like to have a go and so here it is i made mine into a pot pourri holder so the pattern i got free off the internet i used 200g card stock printed one side with a backing paper from joanna sheen cottage garden cd and printed the pattern on the other side i made the base and the roof with hunkydory autumn dreams card stock before putting the roof on i filled it with large pot pourri i then added the flowers on the front to finish it off when complete they stand approx 3inch x 3inch

So it's not quite a card !

So this is what i made yesterday i have made a smaller version of these and they were ok i have a cheap backing paper cd which i used for the paper the boxes were a kit which i had purchased a while ago from create and craft and the template i got off the internet i tried using extra strong tape to stick the booties together but it didn't hold so i went back to good old fashioned wet glue and decorated the box with some baby peel offs i had i must admit im really pleased with the result and the bigger version definatley looks better

thankyou for taking the time to have a look :-)

happy thursday