Beautiful Blue Tit

I fell in love with this stamp when I saw it.  Reminds me of my childhood when we used to hang out bacon rinds for these beautiful little birds to hang on to.  They are such amazing acrobats and show their beautiful colour off to full advantage as they hang, often upside down,  and eat the rinds.  This is a Barbara Gray creation right from the Clarity Stamp to the composition.  Can't thank all these talented ladies enough for being so generous in sharing their talents with we lesser mortals.  Thank-you.

Butterfly Corner

A big thank-you to Christina Griffiths for a fantastic You Tube tutorial on how to make this card.  I love it.  I have made several now and they are a pleasure to create.  This one (and another one the same) are for my niece's 50th and my great nieces 21st.  I just need to make boxes to house them now.  The pictures show front and back views.

Robots in a Box

And this is my version of Card in a Box for Trent our Grandson.  Again it is a just because card for when we go away on holiday.  I was SO lucky to get the lovely 'puffy'Robot' stickers as well as the bug stickers on his sister's card.  Yeah for the 1 2 3 Dollar Shop.

Bugs in a Box

This is my card in a box for our youngest Granddaughter Tayla.  It's a just because card to send to her in a few weeks when we go away on holiday.  I am thrilled with how it turned out and I think she will be too.  

Results of Dolly Day

On /Saturday I joined Kate (Sister Act Craft Shop owner) and 5 other ladies and we played dollies ALL day.  These JulieNutting doll stamps are VERY cute and super fun to dress up /(or down)  The very large tags are made especially to house the dolls but one of our group made conventional cards from her dollies.  It is a great way to use up some of those ENDLESS scraps too.  We all scissor cut our dollies and clothes but there are a couple of dolls who come with cutting dies so you don't have to scissor cut.  Just position the die over the stamped images, tape in place and run it through your cutting machine.  Thanks for visiting.  See you next time.

Special Cards for Our Special Girls

I've probably told you this before but here goes anyway.  When we go away on an extended holiday (which we are just about to do) I always make cards for our two daughters and three Grandchildren. These three cards, which I finished this afternoon, are for our two daughters and our eldest granddaughter (almost 25). I am VERY pleased with how they turned out.  It took me quite an age to cut all the components out on my E-Bosser but then I was able to sit quietly and assemble the cards last night and this afternoon I sat at the table in the cosy dining room and played with my flowers, ribbons, beads and glitter and decorated the front of each one.  I wish I could photograph them better.  They really do look better in real life but hey ho.  I hope you like them.  Now this evening I am going to start on box cards for our two youngest Grandchildren (12 and 10).  I got some pretty cool components yesterday so I hope they turn out as good as I'm seeing them in my head.  I will of course post them when they are finished.  Stay warm and dry if you live in my neighbourhood.

Layering with Stencils on Tags

Hi Everyone from a very yukky Upper Hutt.  The weather has been miserable all this week.  Lots of rain and today was pretty cold too.  On the plus side this makes for good crafting sessions.  I'm still working on stencils for the class at the end of the month.  I want to show the Ladies as many different stenciling techniques as I can.  So with that goal in mind I have been trying my hand at layered stenciling a la Sir Tim style, which has to mean tags of course.  The first picture shows three miserable failures.  I just couldn't get the right look. Then bingo!!  Go for the faded/distressed look. And so I began to stamp with second generation ink which made ALL the difference.  The other two pics show the tags I LIKE.  I have to say that I do LOVE the layered technique/look very much.  Thanks for stopping by tonight.