Friday, February 18, 2022
Christmas cards with Christmas trees doodled onto bright watercolour paper
Bright watercolour and some Christmas tree doodling
Monday, February 14, 2022
Heart card with beautiful paper and a layered heart accent over beautiful ribbon
I have had this piece of paper for quite a while. I have been saving it for a project worthy of its beauty. I decided the time had finally come!! I created a large yellow green card to fit in an envelope in my stash. I added a length of this beautiful soft ribbon to the paper before adhering it to my card front. It is very shimmery in very deep luscious colours. For my heart embellishement I started with the collaged heart - colourful tissue paper hearts collaged with sparkly white glue onto white tissue paper which I made up when I was doing up my tribute to front line workers last year. I cut it out by hand using the same pattern I used for my book of colours for my youngest grand daughter. I layered it onto some gold cardstock and trimmed it with scallop decorative scissors. It was feeling a little naked so I checked my little stash of hearts and found this red and gold one that worked perfectly to fix that little problem. To finish off my card I tied a short length of the same ribbon to the length on my card to simulate and bow and add my heart with 3D foam tape. We need to celebrate all the loves in our lives!!!!! Therese
All occasion cards with a punched frame and silk flower embellishements
Joyful Hearts book of colours
Sunday, February 13, 2022
Cars quilt with a strip of red plaid down the middle
My sister donated this cars fabric to me so I have been pondering how I could use it to make a quilt. It was a long shallow piece of yardage so I cut it in half and added a strip of red plaid between the two pieces!! I did create a pieced strip to go in between them but it was "too heavy" to go with the cool little cars - the red plaid is so much better. I am sure that the strip will end up in a different quilt in the near future. I added a piece cotton for batting and a warm green cotton backing which has a bit of a flannel feel which will make this a lightweight cozy blanket. I used the inside out method and added two rows of stitching in brown thread around the edge. Also added two rows of wavy stitching to each cars panel in brown and two in the red strip using red thread. Minimal quilting but it is only 36.5" x 45" so that will do quite well. I am really happy with how well it worked out and I managed to get it all done today!!! Therese
Friday, February 11, 2022
All occasion card featuring a butterfly punchie, a punched accent and an embossed paper strip
I started with a blue card and added a layer of colour printed hexagon decorative paper (SU digital). I cut a 3" x 3" piece of white cardstock and used the eyelet punch (SU) to add a centered opening on each side of the square. I embossed a strip of yellow with my score tool and inserted it in the bottom slot of this element and brought it back out of the top slot. I glued the ends of my strip to my card using double sided tape which leaves the middle area without glue allowing the square element to be adjusted up/down and side to side. I added a butterfly punchie (1.75"- SU) in the middle of the square to finish off my card.
Therese
All occasion cards with a wavy row of flowers and cute little butterfly
All occasion cards with a little vellum envelope filled with a heart
Sunday, February 06, 2022
Christmas cards kits all made up into cards
Wednesday, February 02, 2022
Al occasion card featuring a photo of a peony bud and a collaged background
Tuesday, February 01, 2022
All occasion cards with hexagons and paper flowers
Monday, January 31, 2022
Anniversary card with hexagons and a layered heart embellishment
Thursday, January 27, 2022
All occasion card with a photo of a bee embellished with glittery butterflies
It has been much fun!!!
Therese
January Card Club - hexagons over decorative paper backgrounds with flowers and leaves
OOPS!!!!! I see that I snuck one of the #2 cards into this photo!! See this post for details!!
These cards started with the hexagons cut from a variety of papers and then the coordinating backgrounds and cards were chosen. The embellishments were then created to enhance the cards. The flower embellishments were created by layering silk flowers and adding a sequin then a brad to hold them together. The leaf was punched, embossed (TH) and then gold embossed to reveal the texture. I tied on a little cording on the stem for yet more texture. These embellishements were added to our card using 3D foam tape. Therese
January Card Club - layered decorative paper backgrounds with fun images on scalloped circles
Therese