Commission Cards!

Well, how excited was I last week when I was asked to make some cards for a paying customer!!! My First Commission!!! The process was actually harder than I thought it would be... I usually work from an idea I get from anywhere, clothes, fabrics, home decor, magazines... then I sketch out my ideas and get working. Hardly ever do the cards end up looking the way I thought they would at the start. So, working to a strict brief of likes and dislikes was more challenging...

The first card was quite easy... My brief was Betsey Johnson (the fashion designer) and vintage jewellery... I found this gorgeous Betsey Johnson dress and the ideas started to flow....

A close-up of the detail....

This is the box I had to make for the card... Cute HUH?

Heres the card... I LOVE IT!!

Ive often tried the vintage 'collage' look on cards and cant seem to quite pull it off, I cant deal with the dishevelled, random, placement of trinkets and lace etc.... I love the look, but I cant do it. I have to have things simple, elegant and overall STRAIGHT! (Ask my friends. Im not quite as bad as I used to be... Before becoming an SU! Demo my favourite tool was my trusty ruler! YES! I would measure EVERYTHING to make sure it was centred and straight... Just a little anal huh? Im not so bad now, but I can still walk in a room and tell you which pictures hanging on the wall are not straight.) I think this is a happy compromise... what do you think?

Heres a close-up of the gorgeous flower detail... I lurve making these now... And the lace is a new fave too!!

So lastly a photo of the card and box together. The box was needed as the card was going in the post and wouldnt fit in a standard envelope. Im sooooo proud of this project. Oh yes, the customer was more than happy too! YAY!

Recipe.
Card...
Cardstock: SU! Pixie Pink, Basic Black, Very Vanilla.
Ink: SU! Basic Black and Pixie Pink
Stamps: SU! Frames with a Flourish and Happy birthday from stash...
Cuttlebug embossing Folder "Textile" (Folder brayered with black ink before running through Big-Shot) Flower detail-circles punched with SU! scallop circle punch. Button and pink pearls from stash. Lace made with Martha Stewart Punch.
Box...
Cardstock: SU! Very Vanilla, Pixie Pink, and Basic Black.
Ink: Basic Black & Pixie Pink.
Stamp: SU! Best Yet.
SU! Pink Taffetta Ribbon. Martha Stewart Punch for lace. SU! Small Oval and Scalloped Oval Punches.

I will share the other two commission cards soon...!

Enjoy!

C xx

Craft Monster!

In the long, long, looooong week between Christmas and New Years my daughter left a little message for me on a note pad... Can you make a box lid for me? There were some measurements and a little heart.. Cute! "Ill do it when I craft next honey... Im trying to think of 1,000 ways to cook with leftover turkey at the moment!"

Well, a few days later I was subtly reminded. She asked me for some pink card... I told her to take it from the scrap bag and she handed it to me and asked me to make the box lid. I did, then she told me to go away! I did!! (shes scary!) Other than the bits with sharp instruments involved this is what she made... Before & after photos...

It fits a treat, nice and tight, so no need to glue it on. And (as she pointed out to me) we can take it with us when we move!!!

Ive created a creative monster! ARGH! I have visions of 'Elbows at Dawn' poised and ready to fight over the craft mat and the trimmer... AHA! BUT - Only I know where the heat gun lives!!!!

Anyway enough early morning ramblings from me (Sorry - Im typing this pre-caffeine today!) Im off now to walk the dog in thick fog. Ooo. That rhymes. Boy do I need caffeine...?

TTFN

C xx

New Year, New Colours!

Well, for me anyway! I rarely make New-Years resolutions but this year I made a crafting one... To use colour.... More of it, and using colours I havnt used in a while! Heres the first one.

This card has a 'recessed window'. I didnt think of the idea, I got it from Splitcoast Stampers, but the instructions were for a square card and window, so I changed it up and offset the window in a regular sized card. I also did some colouring with my SU! Markers and a blender pen...


Papers are from SU! Tea & Crumpets DSP, card is Kraft. Inks are SU! Markers.

Heres a link to the tutorial for the recessed window....

Happy Halloween!

Ive not had time to do anything crafty this week so Im showing a project I worked on a while ago...


Happy Halloween everyone... Dont eat too much candy!

We are in and out with rehearsals and photo calls and haunted houses... Cant wait till tomorrow, clocks go back tonight so an extra hour in bed for us here!

Recipe.
Stamps: Recollections - Clear Halloween, and Inkadinkadoo - Creepy Crawly.
Cardstock: Basic Black, Only Orange Lavendar Lace and Green Galore, SU!
Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black. SU! Markers.
SU! Dazzling Diamonds Glitter & 2way glue pen. White Gel pen, Bling from stash.

Enjoy,

C xx

Flowers from Joanne!

OK, I made a couple of gifts recently which were the most difficult things I have ever made.

I lovingly scrapbooked some heartbreakingly sad photos for a lovely couple who suffered a devastating loss and I hope that I did them justice. I cant share the contents of this box but wanted to share the amazing flowers that I made from a tutorial by Joanne (click HERE for her instuctions).

And a close up of the flowers...

Arent they lovely? This is the first time I have attempted something like this as it always looked sooo complicated but these were made with just 2 punches some glue and some markers. WOW! DEFINATELY something I will do again.

Why not try something that you wouldnt usually attempt? You might be pleasantly suprised...!

TTFN

C xx

Simply Scrappin Project

This is a wonderful project I made for a lovely friend who recently had a new baby!


The whole set was made from the Simply Scrappin Confetti Kit... I bought this kit for myself as I wanted a challenge. Those who know me well understand that bright colours scare me! SO, I thought if I could make this work... so could anyone! Well, the results I think speak for themselves.

I was soooooo happy with the kit as all the hard work is done for you. All the colours coordinate with each other and the only extras I had to add was the So Saffron cardstock. I used this as a base because we didnt know if it was a boy or girl baby!

Inside the box I made 6 cards (2 of each design) watercolouring with my Blender Pens.

I found the instructions for the box over on Splitcoast Stampers a few months ago... I will definately be making soem more of these... Look out at Christmas everyone!

More projects with this kit to follow...

Thanks for looking,

Enjoy..

C X

Hostess Gifts

For all my lovely ladies who are holding a workshop in April here is a sneeky peek at your gifts that I have made for you... This month only, to celebrate National Scrapbooking Day!

This is a close up...

And the inside...

These mini-scrapbooks are ready to decorate & add journalling with enough space for 6 photos. I've made them in several different colour schemes so start thinking which one you would like...

Just a little THANK YOU for being so wonderful and letting me share my love of papercraft with you.

Enjoy...

Cxx