Christmas Daisy

The Docrafts Magazine is giving away a free Daisy & Dandelion stamp this month (Daisy in a Santa Hat) so I thought I would give it a whirl, Stamped in Momento ink and coloured in a combination of Copic and Promarkers, a couple of background papers, base card, Nestabilities, Flowersoft and ribbon were used to put the card together.

Attention to detail...

White Flower Soft added to the hat

Stickles glitter glue added to the holly paper.

I used the In Bloom PTI stamp Set to make this card.

The base card was such a pretty Aqua colour that I used the left over pieces to stamp the sentiment, flowers and leaves onto and didn't need to colour them at all.

I took a square of white card slightly smaller than the base card and stamped the largest flower all over the card in black ink, tied a matching ribbon around this then stuck it onto the base card leaving the aqua border showing.

I cut out the sentiment, flowers and leaves and attached them to the card with foam pads then a couple of pearls and a little bit of stickles and I was done.

Attention to detail...

A dot of stickles glitter glue was added to the centre of each flower and the the veins of the leaves to make them pop.

Transfer T-Shirt Paper - Review

This is a transfer paper by Photo Paper Direct and is so clever, all you do is simply print out the image you want then iron it onto T-Shirts, Bags, Baby growers(Onesies), table clothes, napkins, pillowcases Oh my word the possibilities are endless.

I made my printout onto the paper for work hence the La Pashe logo, but I also had all of the crafting Cd's in my head when printing this, Oh my! imagine a bag made with Joanna Sheen's Hollywood CD or personalised bedding, matching sheets and pillowcases from floral Cd's heavens the possibilities are endless.

All in all a great product simple to use and they also do a glitter transfer sheets to add a bit of bling.

I nearly forgot to add my plain cotton shoulder bags cost less than £1 and the transfer sheets are priced at less than 50p a sheet so I great present or even a fund raiser for less than £1.50

I did the back of the bag with a smaller design

I love this idea of taking a low priced cotton bag and personalising it as a Gift for friends and family (Ohhh Christmas is coming).

I even managed to get my daughter Natalie to model.

Our Talented Team at La Pashe

Meet Craig Pearson, he is our sales manager for La Pashe, he ensures that the stock get out to the shops that you buy from. he is pictured below with his 2 cats, Alfie and Max.

This card was made by Craig, he asked if he could help to get the samples together and of course being a cat lover this one was his first pick.

This is Craig's first time making up one of our cards and somehow I don't think it will be his last as you can see he did a marvelous job with this.

Tips for making up the new decoupage with the background sheets.

1. Cut out the background and add it to the inside of the card

2. Add acetate to the aperture oval

3. Close the card so that you can see the background through the aperture.

4 add the front image aligning it up so that it sits in the correct place for the background sheet ( in the case of the card below you can see that the cat is sitting on the window ledge).

5. Build up the decoupage on the front then add the back image on the inside of the card.

A view of the inside of the card

A Day Out with Mam

We set out for a little trip to Hieghly Gate Garden Centre, for those that haven't been and live in the North East what are you waiting for? not only does it boast some spectacular plants but it also has a fabulous eating place and a bit of craft, clothing, and lots of unusual kitchen items.
Any way I took my little camera along and found myself quite snap happy. Below is some of the shots I took, really pleased with the way these turned out and although my camera isn't a SLR (something I must save for) I think it performs fabulously.
All of the images can be clicked on for an enlarged view.

Just look at the colours in centre of this flower.

The full bloom.

Blooming Beautiful.

Tropical Colours.

A bit of sunshine in a pot.

Simply gorgeous.

They were selling this one with a free bumble bee.

Oh so fluffy.

I do hope that I'm not boring you all with these, something I am often asked is where I get inspiration from, well, nature is one of the biggest things that I call upon when I'm needing some.

Does this hairy creature belong to anyone?

A piece of elegance.

Isn't the colour of this one just Divine?

I just thought that these buds were so pretty

Although I'm not green fingered somehow I do really well with Orchids, my own at home are in their second year of flowering and are laden with blossoms.

Now that's what I call a throat

Little Donkey - Flippin' Christmas

Flippin' Christmas by La Pashe Designed by myself and Art work by Jim Harker

These were fun to make.

My tip for the day is add the background to the card first, then the front image and lastly the rear image.

The reason for this is you can then see where the image needs to go to be in the right place for the background showing through the aperture of the card.

The inside view

To see the other deisigns in this series pop by and visit

Toni

Karen

Jackie

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From Little Acorns...

Another 2 stamps from the Lovely as a Tree stamp set by Stampin Up, I used one (the leaf) to make a background and the other ( the oak tree) as a main focal point.

A bit of matting and layering some patterned paper a ribbon and a couple of brads to finish the card.

Attention to detail...

After stamping the image with a water based inks, I took a damp paint brush and lightly blended the tree and shadow underneath it. It gives the impression of a watercolour painting.

Talking of little acorns Lauren stopped by with Jack, he was 3 weeks old on Thursday.

Jack was weighed and he is now 9Lb 11oz he's a Hungry Horace and loves his tucker.

Grandad took him out for a walk and on his way back he popped to the cemetery and introduced young Jack to my Dad Great Grandad Jack, I thought that was so sweet of him.

He said he was talking away to them both much to a ladies amazement who was there visiting a loved one.

Little Rascal

The image used is a stamp by Art impressions, it is JESSE FRONT + BACK stamp, I coloured the image with a mixture of Promarkers and Copic Sketch markers, then used the rectangle Nestabilities to cut out the image and mounted it on a scalloped rectangle in the same red as the base card.

Some dotty blue paper, a few die cut letters and a ribbon and I was done.

Attention to detail...

Little alphabet dies are fabulous for adding just what you want to say, the one used here is Moxie by QuicKutz