Pinterest project

I don't know about you but I pin loads of ideas on my Pinterest boards.......

 and don't often go back and try them!!

I was a bit stuck for ideas for this months Blog party.....Pinterest to the rescue!

This tree is made from a brown paper bag from our last Indian takeaway.

This is the pin that inspired me...http://pinterest.com/pin/168251736049046190/

I sprayed the tree with gold shimmer mist and made little Halloween decorations using Waltzingmouse stamps and punches. The picket fence is a Marianne die and the flowers are made with a memory box die.

Of course you can't have a Halloween scene without a witch so here is Cicely ready to party...

Hope you like it....I might be making whole forests for a variety of occasions!!

                                                                                   

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18 at last!!

My friends daughter seems to have been a grown-up for a long time but she has only just turned 18.
I wanted to make her an elegant card....she definitely isn't a cutesy girl!!

The cake stamp is from Docrafts and I think it's really pretty. The set comes with more tiers and candles
but I couldn't fit 18 candles on the cake so I went with numbers instead!!
The card is a lovely pearly taupe on a black card blank. A simple border and a few jewels to finish.
Hope you like it!!

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Happy 40th!!

I was asked to make a 40th birthday card for a friend of a friend....always tricky when you don't know much about the recipient!!
I thought I'd go for a simple combination of black and pink with a hint of silver for birthday sparkle.

Pink,silver, sparkly rosettes and glittery ribbon.
 I cut the ribbon buckle with a spellbinder die and only added a little "40"
Hope the birthday girl likes it!!

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Bewitched!!

I had a day off work today and had good intentions to catch up with tidying, cleaning and other such exciting jobs. However I didn't do any of those things....I chatted to my daughter on Skype for ages, did a bit of cooking and then some crafting...much better than dusting!!
I've got some new Halloween stamps from Waltzingmouse so I played with them.....

The design is based on a sketch .........WMSC118

I stamped the image and coloured it with markers, then I masked it and stamped the starry

background and embossed it in silver. The papers are from my stash!!

I made a  little rosette to back the sentiment and used punches for the borders.

Done!!!

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Back again!!

The last two months have just flown by and I haven't blogged in all that time!
Now the holidays are over and Niamh is back at uni...time for crafting and blogging again.
My mum sent Niamh a lovely frog card and so I thought she needed a princess to go with it...




WMSC 117



I used the waltzingmouse sketch as my inspiration. The stamps are Waltzingmouse too coloured with promarkers. Need a bit more practise with my colouring/shading I think!

Hope you like it.

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Quotes...a joint project!!

Night duty over for this week at least though I'm not sure my body clock has reset yet!!
My daughter and I went to a craft session a little while ago where we played with ink, shimmer mists, masks and stamps. It was messy but fun and lovely to spend time crafting together!
So...what to do with the tags we made...well Niamh thought they would make a great present for her friend if we made a few more and added some of her favourite quotes...so that's what we did.





 

 

We used a mix of stamps and hand-written words. Some pages were decorated with border punches to add interest and we put in some blank tags for Lizzie to add her own favourite quotes too.

I hope she likes it!!
If you'd like to see Niamh's take on our collaboration check out her blog post at Niamh creates and leave her a comment!!
Thankyou!

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With sympathy...

Just a short post today as I start nights tonight and won't be around much for the next couple of days!!
I find it hard to make sympathy cards sometimes....you want them to convey your love and care without being too fancy.
This is one I made for a friend recently.

I used pearlescent card for the base and the embossed butterflies, floral paper from my stash, a punched lace strip and a few crystals for the butterfly bodies. A stamped sentiment to finish.
Hope you like it.

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