Butterfly Friends Birthday Card

Hello there

Just a quick post with a card I made at the weekend for a friends birthday. I made it very late on Saturday evening / Sunday morning so lets not look too closely at the obvious mistakes! lol (If your a crafter and a Virgo like me run away now!). I was tired, decorated the box lid before I glued the base sides together and realised the base was too big for the lid! And when I re made a smaller base the card wouldn't fit into it! Arrrrggghhh.

My friend loved it, so it was all good. Happy birthday Jeannette xx

The paper is by KaiserCraft and it's from their Timeless Collection, I only bought one sheet but will be going back for more. Loved it and it's double sided, so if you wanted to use the other side it has images of postcards on it, fab. I think it is different from what I usually do, I mean just look at all that white space around the sentiment! How I managed to resist swiping the distress inks all over it is beyond me. I was good and only gave the very edge of the circle a light coating, and the very edges of the gorgeous papers.

 

I also decororated the inside to match the front, but the sentiment inside says Happy Birthday. I have seen other people decorate the inside of the cards and loved how it turned out so I am sure I will be doing this again. And as I was on a roll, and getting carried away with myslef I made a box for the card. . . . .

. . . . .and decorated the lid to match the card!!! Well, 1.30 a.m in the morning is no excuse not to try!



Thank you for coming over for a peep.
Sharon xx

Pink ladies Card

Hi there

It’s been a while and mojo is still missing. However I did attempt to make a simple ladies card to enter into this month’s Crafty Individuals ‘Summer Ball’ themed blog challenge.  See link below:

http://craftyindividualsblog.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/june-challenge-begins.html

I made the card grungy, pink and a bit more pink lol. So I think it really is one for the ladies!

 The stamp I used is a Crafty Individual’s stamp that I have had since I first started crafting about 5/6 years ago. It’s CI – 068 (It was a bargain too as I got it in a sale at a local craft shop for £2.60!)  Not sure that they still sell this one.

The pretty papers are from a collection called ‘Blush’ by Lost & Found. Looking at how pink I painted her face with Rangers distress inks I think it’s rather appropriate.

I painted the flourish with crackle paint, and then covered this with perfect pearls, and still not happy with the look I rubbed some dark brown ink.  The obligatory pearls, flowers and cotton lace finished it all off nicely.

Thanks for taking time to have a peep

Sharon xx

Quick post

Hello peeps

It's been a while since I have created anything as life has been a little hectic. Today I logged onto my blog so I could have a peep at what my fellow crafters have been creating and try and find some inspiration.

Paula over on http://ephemerasattic.blogspot.co.uk/ is running a blog candy post so I have to enter. I love Paula's work and part of the candy is one of her beautiful bag creations. These are stunning and I would love one, I think I have bag envy lol.

Pop over and take a look at her gorgeous work. Hope to be back soon

Take care
Sharon xx