Water Lily Tag

I couldn't sleep last night, so got up at 4:30, made a cuppa and decided to have a play and make a tag.  In my mind it was going to be a water theme, hence the colour scheme, but for some reason it wouldn't gel, so I ended up making it more of a water lily.

I used an off cut of chevron patterned paper and inked it in various shades of blue, green and mauve.  I found a small section of a die cut honeycomb which I glued to the top.  I then rummaged through my die cuts box and found the foliage in just the right shade.  The flower is in three layers and was secured with a pink brad.

A floral Tag (using freebies from Simply Cards & Papercraft Magazine)

I received my copy of "Simply Cards & Papercraft" magazine, Issue 162, earlier in the week.  I've not had a chance to look through it yet, but I was drawn to the free stamp and die set that was in the front of the pack, so I decided to have a quick play by making a tag.

I embossed the tag using a We R Memory Keepers "Woven" embossing folder to create a textured background.

I then stamped the jar, flowers and leaves, using my watercolour pencils to colour them.  I then die cut and hand cut the components.  I played with the positioning, once happy I glued the pieces down.

Throwback Thursday - First Scrapbooking Pages

I recently took a look at my old scrapbook albums.  I have not scrapbooked for many years, so it was nice to see and reflect on my early layouts.

The photos of the layouts below are my first two layouts ever.  I clearly remember the trepidation when I made them.

I used the same photograph (our Son, Philip) in both layouts. I obviously thought that a ripped paper edge was the way to go at that time, although that was more likely down to minimal papercrafting stash, so my choice was limited.

I by far prefer the second layout.

Week 16 - 52 Week Mini Art Card/Tag Challenge 2017

It's Easter Monday and time for the Week 16 prompt which is "Black & White / Monochrome".

I started off with a black background then added a die cut overlay in a honeycomb design (Memorybox Honeycomb Background Style No,99434).  I punched some stars in white card and die cut foliage in two shades of grey using Creative Expression dies.

I played with the position of the components then glued them down, adding sticky backed pearls and ribbon.

Easter Greetings

Thank you for looking at my little blog of makes and ramblings.  I hope you're having a lovely relaxing weekend.

Here's a chocolate ganache cake I made using mini eggs on the top.

Just A Note Card

I needed to make an acceptance card, so made this quick card using patterned paper from the 6x6 "Paper Flowers" set.

The decorative central area is a Spellbinders die from their "Jubilee Tags" set, with a stamped sentiment of "Just A Note".

Stampers Anonymous Mini Bouquet Wild Roses Tag

Undecided what to make, I started off stamping some flowers from the Stampers Anonymous "Mini Bouquet" stamp set.  Colouring them in with my water colour pencils in pale shades of pink.  I'm not sure what flowers they are supposed to be, but to me they look like wild roses, so that's what I'm going to call the tag for this purpose. I then cut the images out by hand.

I picked a selection of dies, I think they are mainly by Creative Expressions and cut the foliage and scrolls.

I played around with positioning finally deciding what I liked and stuck them to the pale pink with tiny white dotty background of the tag.