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Monday, June 03, 2024
All occasion card featuring watercoloured roses, striped background and some ribbon
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The roses were watercoloured using the same technique as this card. this card. Four rows of paper piercing using my tracing wheel and th...
Christmas cards featuring a tall tree, greeting and a gold star
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I made up a set of Christmas cards as a prize for a family event I will be attending in July. I found a set of envelopes in my stash that ...
Saturday, June 01, 2024
All occasion card featuring watercoloured shore birds with all sorts of paper piercing and some threaded eyelets
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Again, I coloured these shore birds in the same way I did the image on this card this card . I added paper piercing to the image and then ...
Friday, May 31, 2024
All occasion card featuring a watercoloured watermilll scene, seam binding and a diamond background paper
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The watermill scene was watercoloured and paper piercing was added once it was dry. I trimmed a green card to fit in my large envelope. I...
Event - Everything Rhubarb at Gaetz United - good food shared with friends
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We will be celebrating rhubarb again this year with the Gramma Link Africa group. Make a date with your friends and come and enjoy a coup...
Wednesday, May 29, 2024
May Card Club - Card #3 - quick and easy cards with little collages over some fun backgrounds
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I always try to have a quick card as our last one. These ones feature little collages as the focal elements. They were trimmed from a 12...
May Card Club - Card #2 - clear embossing resist with watercolour on decorative paper with embossed focal elements
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For our second card we also did a resist technique using clear embossing powder!! Also very fun!! We used decorative paper cut to 4" ...
May Card Club - Card #1 - wax crayon resist & watercolour, a metal embellishment and some doodled lines
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It is always a good time when you spend time with like minded people doing creative fun!! My friends were back for cardmaking yesterday and...
Thursday, May 16, 2024
All occasion card featuring a stylized dandelion with a watercolour wash background with layers, brads and a little turquoise bow
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Another card for a family birthday!!! Here is a dandelion ( Sweet Clipart ) which I did with this new colour wash technique I tried out a ...
Sunday, May 12, 2024
Sewing - tape for making quilt ruler non slip
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Having read up a bit on how to make my quilting rulers non slip I found a video that was recommending this tape for applying to the backside...
Saturday, May 11, 2024
All occasion cards featuring glittered poppies, paper piercing with ribbon flags over a striped background
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For this card I started with a large warm yellow card. I trimmed strips from a piece of decorative paper until I had enough to cover the fr...
Friday, May 10, 2024
All occasion card featuring a few simple daisies with a tied ribbon over a pieced background with seam binding
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I started with a large gray card and added the purple plaid background which had to be pieced from scraps so I added a piece of coordinating...
Wednesday, May 08, 2024
Birthday card featuring a watercoloured fabric background, stitched pieces of cake and candle along with some sequins
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Another card featuring some watercoloured (Inktense) fabric for the background, little rectangles stitched on to create a cake and two hand ...
Friday, May 03, 2024
A large all occasion card featuring a fabric mat with stitched candles
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I have revisited using fabric on my handmade cards. I used a piece of cotton from a pocket and used Inktense watercolours to give it a was...
Thursday, May 02, 2024
All occasion card featuring a scrappy woven background with a sunflower with a button & yarn accent
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For this card I laid down a long piece of double sided tape down the side of the card and added strips of coordinating papers varying their ...
Monday, April 29, 2024
Sewing - black and gray picnic placemat with a zippered pocket
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I made another picnic placemat from precut pieces from my stash. The dimension worked out quite well. I sewed the back to the front right s...
Sunday, April 28, 2024
Sewing - picnic placemat in blue plaid and gray with a zippered pocket
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Another picnic placemat!!!!! I am enjoying the process!! Again I upcycled a zipper and the backing is also an upcycled pant leg. Again, t...
Sewing - picnic placemat with a zipper pocket in rust, brown and ivory
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Another picnic placemat made with precut squares from my stash. I acquired these precut so quite a few had to be trimmed to be square and ...
Al occasion card featuring a hand painted background with an inked design along with a cute little cat
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Our oldest granddaughter has a birthday coming up and I made a card for her. I watercoloured a background and then added a black frame with...
Saturday, April 27, 2024
Sewing - picnic placement with a zippered pouch featuring a flying geese pattern
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Picnic placemats are perfect for those times when you have decided to eat at the park and find the table is in less than ideal condition. E...
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