I have decided to make all 8 this month so I have started early! I found this theme quite challenging as I really enjoy using lots of colours in my projects. I had never used this Imaginesce stamp before and thought it would look pretty to embellish the flowers with white gems. It was really fiddly but worth it!
I like the combination of the peach and brown, I tried to make this quite neutral so it would be suitable for a man or woman.
The colour theme is Strawberries and Cream with a hint of Chocolate so I thought this cute little bear would be perfect. The spotty paper is from a K+CO pack I bought at the weekend and all the rest of the items used were from my stash. I was wondering when I would ever use a brown flower but it looks great on here!I made one ATC to illustrate my Wedding, one for my 2 boys and one of me driving my little gold car, Daisy the Daewoo!
The stamps are all Elzybells and they are paper pieced with a variety of scraps and some Inspire me papers from their swatch stack.
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Jane
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I bought a blank album at the Supermarket yesterday and set to work this afternoon. I used my Xyron machine to put adhesive on to the backing paper to get a nice smooth finish and then layered up the decoupage onto some shapes cut with Nestabilities. The letters are from a K+Co pack.
I had a tiny piece of backing paper left after making the album so I made up 2 tiny square cards that can be used as Acceptance or regret cards or to hold money or a voucher.
The decoupage image is so sweet and the backing paper has lovely colours.
I used Nestabilities and my Cropodile to make the book and it was really easy to put together.
I dug out one of my trusty Elzybells stamps and coloured it with Promarkers and paper pieced the dress.
I think the stripey paper was from a Papermania pack I got ages ago. I have never tried pink and yellow before on a card and I think it looks very fresh and summery!
I used some more of my Jolly Nation Christmas decoupage.
This image actually reminds me of my Son when he was little and used to have a massive stocking. Christmas was much more fun when the kids were little and they had much more exciting presents, it is all just books, cds and games for their games consoles now...
The Challenge element was to use Animal themed stash so I used my 'neglected' DCWV Pets pad too. It it lovely and bright and I love the sparkly card with the bones on it.
Every third meeting, they hold a Workshop where they teach you a technique.
Tonight, we made cards with a Flower decoration made from Nestabilities.
We had 5 scalloped circles, 2 small, 2 medium and 1 large. The 2 small and medium size were folded 8 times to make 16 segments. One valley fold was cut to the middle of the circle and the circle was refolded to make a fan.
The flower was then assembled from all the shapes and stuck to the front of the card with a lovely paper flourish and a heart tag.
I had a lovely evening and I am really pleased with the finished card, was a bit worried before I put it together that it would look scruffy.
I will probably have a go at making a rosette using the same technique for another card design I have in mind!
Jane
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I thought it might be a nice idea to make the card into a note holder to put on the front of a big card. I made a small pocket from card and fixed it to the inside of the ballerina card. I then fixed some ribbon to the back and front of the card before building up the layers.
The bow can then be tied to keep the surprise hidden! I embellished the ballerina with a small fabric rose.
I was amazed I made 4 cards altogether with using half of 2 backing paper sheets, 1 die cut sheet and a few odds and ends from my stash!
I always like to make a collection of small cards at Christmas as they are handy to put money or vouchers in for a last minute present.
This card was so quick to make, I layered up red paper, lovely sparkly vellum, mirror card and a square of white card and then popped the 3 holly shapes on top. I gave the berries a bit of sparkle with some Sakura pens but you might not be able to see that on the photo.
I made the box using the Crafter's companion score board. It was a bit tricky as the card was quite thick and corrugated but the finished box looks great. I made a topper with the Elzybells flower girl stamp. Her dress is paper pieced with Dovecraft paper and she is coloured with Sakura pens and Letraset promarkers.
The Friends card is also made with an Elzybells stamp and Dovecraft paper. I love the pink and green colour combination!
I received some goodies from the Crafthouse Press today so am off to have a play with those now :-)
The Elzybells teddy and his chair is paper pieced and the heart button is from John Lewis.
I made this card last night for my kids to give to my hubby for Father's day. I bought the decoupage last year and spookily it really looks like him! I cut the scalloped squares at my craft group last Tuesday and I thought they set the decoupage off perfectly.
I am going to give to my Best Friend and her Husband today. I am babysitting her gorgeous baby son while they go out to celebrate their wedding anniversary. Stamp is Elzybells (no surprise there then!) and the papers are mostly bargains from the Works, the spotty paper was a magazine freebie.
The Stamp is so cute so and the dress lends itself so well to Paper piecing. All the papers are by K+co.
I decided to make a gift box inspired by the tutorial by the very talented Tracey Dee who was a guest designer at the beginning of the month on Elzybells blog. The box holds some baby bootees and scratch mitts. It was the perfect size for a small baby gift to celebrate my Friends fabulous news.
On the inside I layered up Silver Mirri board and white card and stamped a greeting. I then added I paper pieced snoozing ted.
Don't you think this is the cutest Ted ever?
I have still been feeling awful today and have slept most of the day, I hope I will start to feel better tomorrow.
The second swap I took part in was ATC swappers run by Paul and they are all fantabulous as well! Thank you to Paul, Dawne, Sheila, Michelle, Cheryl, Steph, Angel, Hazel, Becky for your amazing mini masterpieces!
Am off to have a sleep now after I have put my cards safely away in my ATC folder:-)