I knew it had been a while since I'd last posted on here, but can't believe it was way back in January. I have lots of new designs to show you so please stay with me but today I thought I'd show you one of the reasons for my long absence. On 3rd April this year my parents will be celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary and I have been busy making the invitations for them.
No quilling here - just a very simple design, I know, but sometimes (always?) the simple ones take twice as long to create. Once I had the design it was fairly simple to put them together though. I used white linen card from PaperMill Direct, glimmer paper from Stampin' Up and little diamante buckles MeiFlowers.
Here they are all together:
I am quite looking forward to the celebration - I think it will be the first time the whole family will be together for 10 years, since their Golden Wedding anniversary!
Jill
Wow,
is it really over a month since I last post on here? Bad blogger! To make up for my lack of posts, I have 5 cards to show you today, albeit very much variations on a theme. Early in January, I managed to find a little window of time to have a play and make some new Valentine cards designs. First, three cards with a little bit of beehive quilling...
And then a couple of cards with no quilling. Instead of the quilled heart I've used a die-cut heart cut from red glitter vinyl.
I'd love to know which one you prefer - leave me a comment. Thanks in advance,
Jill
Wow, just where has the last month gone? It's hard to believe that the big day is almost here. At one point I didn't believe that I was ever going to get everything done, but somehow, I think I'm almost there. A few more presents to wrap and the last minute food to sort, then I can relax!
I know some you follow my blog to see my quilled creations, so sorry to disappoint, but as I've said before, a lot of the cards I send to friends and family are not quilled. This is usually the case with the Christmas cards I send and a couple of weeks ago I spent a very happy few hours messing about with dies and punches and coming up with some new designs. Just thought I'd pop in here to show them.
The first card uses some lovely Memory Box dies - I have a lot more designs in my head for that Merry Christmas die but I am very happy with this card.
The next card uses the same Memory Box Country Border die, along with the Star of Wonder die. The blue card is pearlescent but you can't really see it in the photo.
The next four cards I made to use up some embossed snowflake frames (originally from Craftwork Cards) which have been in my stash for ages. They are all very similar but with some subtle differences. The central snowflake is a die-cut.
After I had cut out the snowflakes, I decided to use the negative which was left to make another card. It's made with silver mirror card, which is really hard to photograph, but I hope you get the idea!
And lastly a card using the Papertrey Ink holly embossing plate - love it!! And some little poinsettia and holly dies - very sweet!
Hope you like them!
Jill
Hi everyone.
Well it has been a while! I've been kept busy with lots of orders from my Etsy and Folksy shops in the run up to Christmas.
Just thought I'd drop in here today to show you a special order card which is currently winging its way to Japan to wish a little boy called Sho a Happy Christmas. The brief from the customer (his mum) was for a Christmas tree and a teddy.
I'm loving these word dies I used for the message - really makes the message stand out.
I think the Christmas season in my shops is just about over now so maybe I can now concentrate on making some cards for family and friends - I know, very last minute!!!
Jill
Hi everyone,
As promised here is the card from yesterday, made in a different colourway.
This time I have used red paper with a shiny gold edge. Not sure the photos really reflect how pretty this card is. It will be winging its way to my parents in a few weeks.
I'm now off to list both these designs in my Etsy and Folksy shops (links to the left). They can be personalised especially for you.
I will hopefully be back again soon - half term began for me today and I'm not back at work until Nov 5th, so hopefully lots of time for crafting and blogging!
Jill
Hi everyone,
I've been getting in a festive mood, making lots of new Christmas designs. I have had this idea for a while and finally found a moment to make it. Happily it was one of those designs which looked exactly as I had hoped - doesn't happen often :) It is a very clean and simple design, as are many of my cards.
The photos are not great, I'm afraid as I've been struggling to find a day when the light is good enough. The bauble is made with white paper edged with pearl blue - from JJ Quilling, of course. The bow is a Memory Box die I think. I really should find out how to link the supplies I've used at the bottom of a post - can anyone help me?
I made another version of this card in a different colourway - pop back tomorrow to see it.
Until then, have fun,
Jill
Hello again,
Just popping in quickly again with another new Christmas design. Not a completely new design, but a new take (and new colours) on an old one.
Again, this card can be personalised to say anything you'd like. For sale in my Etsy and Folksy shops soon,
Jill
