Following on from the last post, I thought I show you the card I made for my sister and brother in law's silver wedding anniversary. Again, this card features not one bit of quilling - but again I've used dies from my Papertrey Ink haul!
The background panel has been embossed with a Cuttlebug "Swiss Dots" embossing folder - an old favourite of mine. But the matted number dies are new - will be using these a lot I think.
Back next time with some quilling, promise!
Jill
Hi everyone,
I generally keep this blog "pure" by only posting quilling related items, but I actually make a lot of cards without quilling, especially for my family who have received quilled cards from me until they are fed up with them. So I thought I'd just pop in quickly to show you a card I made recently. This was for my brother's birthday. I still find men's cards really tricky and often give in and just go and buy them. But my brother appreciates a well-designed handmade card, so I usually try and make an effort for him.
This card was made with dies from Papertrey Ink, an American company. I have lusted after a lot of their products for a while, but whilst their actual prices are quite reasonable, there is no way to order them from any UK supplier. So it means paying very expensive postage and customs charges. However my brother bought me a Gift Voucher for Papertrey Ink for my birthday, so this card showcases what I bought (amongst other things!) - I just LOVE that birthday die!
Hope he liked it!!
Jill
Hi everyone,
Just popping in quickly today - I'm enjoying the last day of my long weekend off work. Back to the day job tomorrow.
This is the card I've made for my mum's 83rd birthday which is next Sunday. I'm safe posting this early as she doesn't "do" computers!
It was difficult getting the lighting right to take these photos today. In the end I went outside and used the rabbit hutch as a stand! The photos still don't really do justice to the actual card :-(
Jill
Hi everyone,
Sadly the end of the school summer holiday will soon be here and I will be back to the day job, constantly complaining about the lack of time to get everything done! I had a million and one things to do today but instead having been playing in my craft room. This is one of the new designs I've come up with. I've had several requests in the past for thanksgiving cards. It's not something there is a call for in the UK but thanksgiving is obviously a big deal over the pond!
Hope our US neighbours think that this fits the bill.
Hope to be back soon - I have other new designs to show.
Jill
Hi everyone,
At last I've found some time to "play" with some of the new crafting goodies I've been buying lately. I bought a set of word dies back in May and here I've used them to put a new spin on a previous design.
I was previously using a die cut alphabet to cut out individual letters which looked great but was very time-consuming. See this card:
I'm really pleased with these word dies - I like using them much more than just printing the message on cards. Expect to see a lot more of them soon,
Jill
As promised, here is the other wedding card ordered by the same customer as yesterday's card. For this couple she requested a candy apple red base with flowers in fall (autumn) colours. Hope this fits the brief!
Short and sweet from me today. Have a great week,
Jill
Hello everyone,
Just popping in here quickly to show you a card I made recently for a customer. She liked this card:
but wanted the card matched to the colours of the wedding. Apparently the wedding is to be in Jamaica and the bridesmaids and groomsmen are wearing cornflower blue. The bride will be carrying 'exotic' Caribbean flowers!
This is what I came up with:
I thought this was a good opportunity to experiment with a new technique for me - "beehive" flowers (the large orange and yellow flower). There are lots of videos about this technique on You Tube, if you want to have a go.
The same customer (a regular!!) also ordered another wedding card, in a different colour scheme - I'll be back soon to show you that one.
Jill
