Heart Rose - Floral Craft

this was made with a regular sized heart punch for the petal and a regular double leaf punch.

I shaped each heart and curled them into petals 6 for the bottom layer then 5, then 3 and rolled the last on for the center I glued each petal and a round disc of card which i shaped by pressing an embossing tool into the centre, I scored the leaves to show the veins an adhered then to the bottom of the rose.

The base card is in cream then I used the birds and swirls folder to emboss the pink layer and punched corner hearts I then used the swiss dot folder on some cream card and cut a circle from this i added the rose to the top of this circle.

Layered it all together and added a pink ribbon to finish.

Oh Holy Night - Fantasy Tree

The Tree by Penny Black was stamped onto a black label shape cut with the new style nestabilities and heat embossed with white detail embossing powder the Flourish from the Silent Night stamp set by Papertrey Ink was stamped dirctly onto the card and heat embossed with black detail embossing powder. I stamped the sentiment by Papertrey Ink onto the card then cut out with the ribbon tag by spellbinder added a ribbon then layered up the pieces cutting a larger label in gold to add the tree on top.

Brother Birthday - Stamped Tin Bth

I just love this Tin Bath Stamp (my own)I gave it another airing as it is my Brothers Birthday and although I can vaguely remember the tin bath I am sure he will have memories of it as there is 11 years difference between us.

I stamped it in black versafine ink then used my watercolours to paint it I used K&Co background paper and distressed down the edges. The sentiment is by Papertrey Ink and I used a cuttlebug ribbon slider to add it to.

Flourish Stamp - Card

Just playing with a new stamp I made, so this quick card is the result.
stamped in black ink a few pearls added a ribbon and a simple With Thanks.

Oh my Crazy, Crazy husband

Well what can I say other than he is as mad as a hatter.

Over the last few weeks we haven't had a great deal to laugh about and I have been pretty down today. Chris (husband) usually shaves his hair on a weekend and this one was no different, so out came the shears and whilst I was sitting at the computer he was not far from me shaving his head.

He then went on to say "well that didn't work very well" and yes I had to ask the question "What didn't"

He then turned to show me what he had done saying that I'd been so down lately he wanted to do something to make me smile.

and here it is, he had shaved just below his chest.

I think it worked perfectly

A Gift Arrived

Look what arrived all the way from the US, one of my cyber friends Julie (Grace) made this beautiful necklace for the last Papertrey Ink Blog Hop.

Not just that but I also received a wonderful Card to accompany it. I feel so very honoured that Julie sent this to me the necklace is even more stunning than the photo shows.

Thank you Julie.

Thank You for the Cards

I thought I would show you some of the wonderful cards I received from fellow crafter friends.

They are all beautiful with thought and care put into making them and wonderful words of sympathy.

I have kept the picture size quite large so if you click on the image you will get a closer look at them all.

Giving Thanks - Flourishes

Both my Mam and I thought it was only fitting to send a thank you to all that gave money for the I.C.C.U. at the hospital who were marvelous in Dads final days.

I thought after chatting to Mam last night that I'd better make a start and at least design something ready for the making, I wanted something simple yet elegant and with the right wording.

So this is what I came up with.

As you can see we need a fair few of these, so before I knew where I was I'd made 14.

At the front is the envelopes which are also stamped to match the card

with the flourish stamp by PTI.

Stamps used:

Everyday Blessing by Papertrey Ink

Silent Night by Papertrey Ink