Hello fellow crafters, Just adding a few pictures of some cards that I made recently. I love the green/brown colour combination of this first card.

 Bright and happy card.

 Simple card...could be for a male or female.

 Happy purple card.

Happy Crafting to all.
Gayle

Looking back...



No cards made here sadly......  I do wish that there was twice as many hours in a day so that I could get all the crafting done that I want..Oh to dream....

So I wanted to share cards that I have made for my 2 daughters over the years. I am glad to say that over the years my card making skills have grown.

They are not in any particular order....this is how they come out of the box. Enjoy!

 

 The black flowers are rub ons and the rach is traced around some chipboard letters and glitter added.

 A personal favourite technique of mine is to add hand drawn stitches to the edge of my cards.

 I love to use up my scraps and I also love bright colours....who would of guessed...

 This is an old one....using chalks

 Trying different shaped cards.

 Something different....may have to try this again one day....it is a fun card.

 GIRLS=GLITTER

This one was for a 6th birthday and the 6th butterfly was on the inside of the card.
I hope that you have enjoyed stepping back in time with cards from the past.
Happy Crafting
Gayle

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

Thank-you!

Hi there again,

I wanted to share with you a card that I made recently out of some pages from an old note book. It was like a mini ring binder so you can see the holes. It had tabs to divide the different sections. I used the tabs to make this card and I was impressed with how well it turned out. So before throwing out those old notebooks.....take another look.

The butterfly was also cut from a page divider. I enjoy transforming old into new again. You should try it some time.
Thank you to you........for taking the time to read my blog...I love your comments.
Happy Crafting
Gayle

Orange...Missing in action

As Brooke can tell you....I love orange....(I also think that green could be my next favourite colour) so since I haven't made anything orange for soooo long. I reached into my scrap box, pulled a few orange pieces of scrap paper, selected the dotty background paper in a 6x6 paper pad and whipped up this ORANGE card....

 This one could pass off as orange too....

 I love how the layering of the butterfly makes the wings look like they are moving.

 This is a recent sunrise through the fog.

 Happy Crafting
Gayle

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