Finally used my BG Figgy Pudding papers and managed to set part of it on fire on a candle! It was a very small fire though so not much harm done... actually looked quite cool in a very non-cool way. Anyway, hope you like this one, more to follow. Other papers by Dovecraft, 'Tis the Season' and just printed out the letters and cut them out.
These are a couple of cards that I made for a friend and my mum for their birthdays. The 'Twenty-One' card is based on the idea of the Celebrate card but with a different colour scheme. The prima flower was kindly given to me by Ruth - I've not got any of my own yet but I do think they are pretty. Papers by Dovecraft.
Guess what - I bought some inks!! Woohoo! As you can see I used them asap, my technique may need refining but it was fun! Did this on a similar theme to the 'Love Joy Peace' one but added a crystal gem and some glittery mini-bauble stickers. The paper are scraps left over from other cards by Dovecraft, 'Christmas Blues'.
Sorry about the poor quality of the pictures but here are the rest of the cards I've made with the red and gold embellishments I had. I've kept the style much the same with a few minor variations.
Contents: Tis the Season paper by Dovecraft, etc. etc..
I love this! Think the idea of big letters is an inspiration that will make its way onto a few Christmas cards as well! Another tip I worked out doing this as well, is to hole punch the unused edges of your peeloff paper, then you have a sticky circle that I've used for the inside of the flowers. I used a black ink pen to shade the words on the top and bob's your uncle.
Contents: Dovecraft black and white papers, Woodware flower punch, etc. etc..
Students love snow, and the fact that several of the Birmingham variety all posted Facebook albums called 'Snow!' in the last 12 hours can only mean one thing: it has snowed in Birmingham. Can you believe it? I can't remember the last time it snowed so early - usually we have to wait till January or February! Who knows, it could be a white Christmas after all. Anyway I took some artsy fartsy shots of it, using the reflection from my bedroom window. I particularly like the fact that, as my friend pointed out, 'The Enemy Within' is placed just above 'Thatcherism' with a charming pic of the Iron Lady herself. Not deliberate, I assure you... but possibly Freudian.
Here's around half a series of red, gold and green Christmas Cards I'm doing, using some lovely shapes that my friend's mum bought me for Christmas crafting! I'm really pleased with the effect here. I don't as yet have any inks so I shaded the edges of the papers for definition. Then I cut out squares using the cloud scissors and glued the trees and star onto these, in the cases of the trees using green card for the background. I then threaded ribbon through the top and punched out some mini snowflakes and gold circles to embellish. Hope you like it as much as I do! :)
