Purple....

 Over the weekend I have managed to sit and complete a scrapbooking page. It rained a little here so everything slowed down. I had this photo from my neices graduation and it worked with the feature paper. It is a very simple page using papers, ribbons, buttons a butterfly embellishment and some glitter. (it is hard to see but the glitter is on the purple circles on the outer border)

 

 

 Usually when stitching one would assume that if you are to get injured you would prick yourself with the needle......I will share my story......I was sewing a button onto a pair of hubby's work shorts. It was rather tuff going through all the layers of  the cotton drill. I was using my middle finger to push the needle through and the eye end of the needle went into my finger. OUCH!! All good now....
Had to share....Tip of the day.....use a thimble.

Happy Crafting
Gayle

Creating In the Pink Zone!

Hi...I must have been in my pink zone for these cards.

 

I cracked open a new set of embossing folders. See dots and sentiment's below. Cranked up the handle on the Big Shot and got creating some pink cards.

 

These could be my favourite colours for this month.....maybe??

 

 

I may have to make my Mum a Mother's Day Card in these colours this year.

 

 

Have you made anything pink lately? 

 

Gayle

Quilty cards

Hi, I hope that you are all enjoying the rain. I find that I am most productive when it is rainy weather. Today is NOT the case. I have been ??? not sure actually where today went.

These cards are cards that I made some time ago and have recently photographed. When I looked at them to title this blog post I thought they reminded me of quilts...I hope you like them too.

These last two cards do not remind me of quilts but thought I would add them in aswell as I do love the colours.

Happy Crafting
Gayle

Ugly paper picture

Hi,

This is a little late, but this is a photo of one of the sheets of paper in our "Ugly Paper Challenge". Brooke and I have this sheet of paper to work with in this challenge. I rather like the paper now....now that I have made my card for the challenge. I am thinking of making a second card...so that the one I have made has a mate!!

 I have also finished Rachel's quilt and I have made a cushion cover to match. Very glad that this one is finished, so now I can move onto planning a few new projects.

 This was the sunset I saw on the way to craft last night.

 Dyed buttons...this was a fun (but messy) little project. I love the watermelon coloured buttons. But they are a little hard to see in this picture.

I hope that you can fit some craft into your day.

Which one's your favourite?

Hi There Everyone,

I am back from a wonderful stay at the Sunshine Coast. Just not long enough. The weater at the coast was amazing....32oC. Then we come home to a 40oC day and you really notice it.

Thank you so much Brooke for looking after our family dog and farm!!

Before I went away I was going to blog about these cards that I made......but blogger had different ideas. It is still being temperamental...so I had to go around the problem....Anyway here they are.

 

It is a little hard to see but the spotty black and white paper is flocked paper and feels great.

I like the colours in this card....odd but I think that it works.....

I love the cute little bow on this card.

Tried to make a manly card.

I am really into butterflies at the moment....and dot's as usual....
I will be back soon with a post about Nicola's quilt. Nicola got her quilt while we were at the coast. I think she liked it....a bit hard to tell.
Which is your favourite card? Leave me a comment, I'd love to hear from you.
Gayle

Pink Paisley Papers

These cards were created using some pink paisley double sided papers, flowers and a few buttons. One of the papers had all little images that you can cut up, matt and use as a feature picture on your card. Which I found really great. Make designing these cards very easy. (I'm all for easy crafting)

Awhile ago I had a go at dying buttons and today I used those buttons on these cards because the colours matched so well. They are a little hard to see in these photo's.

I like these cards they are not my normal/regular kind of card or my usual bright colours.

Black and White plus One Challenge...

For the “Black and White plus one” challenge I decorated a ribbon holder. These come packaged as 6 pieces of wooden cut-outs that join together to make the box.Some of the wooden edges were painted and some covered with paper. On the top I painted the chipboard letters and applied a glossy top coat. The flowers were hand made from orgnaza (well that is what I will call it), the edges of the flowers were held over a flame to melt them into a petal shape. Then the rest was easy….just add some buttons, bling and ribbons (or as we say in the scrapbooking world….embellish!!).

My second crafted item is a button teacup. This one was inspired by the black and white beads. (That once upon a time were a very chunky necklace) Buttons and beads are wired together and held in the cup with hot glue and florist foam.

I have also created a scrapbooking page using a black, white and brown colour theme. The bark on the tree in the photo inspired the colour scheme.

I have enjoyed doing this challenge very much. It has taught me that any colour looks great with black and white!! I do like to use lot’s of different BOLD colours to craft with so this has made me craft outside my little box. Thanks for some fun!!

Gayle

Here are some of the rainy day creations. This is a b'day card for R's schoolfriend.
Starting early for the Christmas rush.

This was the rather dramatic cloud that went over late in the afternoon. All show .......

Another button creation......

Funky house card

With all the "funky houses" around on blogs. I thought that I would have a go at making a "funky house". This card is super easy to make. I used up card scraps and added some "doodles" to set it all off. I added a few buttons for dimension. Have a go in your favourite colours......

Recycle.....

.....Using something that is going to be thrown out makes you feel good when you can use it later after a few simple alterations..... in this case a bit of double sided tape, ribbons and a few buttons. How easy is that. All your old tins from your tin fruit to your tins of tuna can be used. What you will need is a can opener that leaves a smooth edge rather than a sharp edge.

The brown tin I am not yet sure what I will do with it just yet, but the tin in the bottom picture is my craft table scrap bin. It is bright so that no one can miss it (no excuse for making a mess on my scrapping table).

I use the buttons to cover up the ribbon joins. I have made some more of these but covered in paper and embellished for my girls rooms. One daughter places her hair bands and clips in them and the other maybe a rock collection one day or something just as important the next day.....
Have fun creating these tins.

Back again...playing with buttons

I have cleaned out my scrappin area, sorted out my buttons, rearranged things and made a few things. I love school holidays. I seem to have so much more time for the things that I want to get done and enjoy doing. Below is an easy bracelet to make, all you have to do is string on your favourite coloured buttons onto some stretchy elastic cord and tie off the end and there you have it. ONE BUTTON BRACELET.

....or TWO BUTTON BRACLETS. (I can't show you the third one yet)

This is my favouite. A black and white button teacup. (Thanks to Debra for the teacup.) The black and white striped round beads come off an old necklace that was ever so chunky that I could not wear it as a necklace so it went into this creation.

Danger Zone......Some more playing with buttons was required here.

This one is made in the colours for R's bedroom. It already has a loving home.

This one is so funky and bright.