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

Converted.....

...from this.....

 ....to this....

 Back of pillowcase

 ....fancy stitching on the back...

Thanks Donna for this old shirt. I loved the fabric and couldn't just throw it out. I think it looks great with my doona cover.
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

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.

Rachel's quilt

Hi, I have been improving my puzzle solving abilities making this one!
These were the fabrics and the pattern in the background. The pattern is "Speedwell Quilt" from a jelly roll book.

Cut into strips and sew into threes.

Sewn together. A bit of a puzzle putting it all together....only had to unpick one seam that I added upside down.

I intend putting a border on....maybe a white border.... then finish it off....with a bit of quilting and binding. That doesn't sound so hard. Ha ha ha
Gayle

First post for 2013....

Hi there and a very happy new year to everyone. I have been trying to be very productive on my holidays. I have finished Nicola's quilt top...see here in the top picture. The second picture was some trial and error with colours....I was going to use some brown from my stash and I had it all laid out then when I saw it the next morning I decided....not!! It was very busy and the brown made it very dark.

 I have also been making some cards. My stash of cards is very, very low.
I love this cute bird....and it looks very elegant with the embossed white card for the background.

 This card was made to use up some scrap paper. The flowers were altered using glimmer mist.....I didn't have the right colour flower so out come the glimmer mist for a very bold statement on the card.

 It is hard to see in the picture but the flower does glimmer!!

 Another embossed background.....Stamped flowers......3D butterflies.....

More cards to show you all soon.
Happy Crafting
Gayle

Purple...anyone!!

I must have been feeling rather "purply"!! I think that the owl is rather cute. I have used the big shot to cut out the circles and add the texture to the cards. Have to go craft now....See you soon. Gayle