Sunel's Crafts

Die cut card

2012-02-11T10:53:00.000+02:00

Made this lovely get well card for my SIL, hope it will cheer her up after her knee operation. Used different layers of Spellbinders Labels 1 and Fancy tags3 with a little digi stamp.Coloured with Copics

Embroidery card

2012-02-07T21:36:00.000+02:00

I received this silhouette cut out card from a friend as a gift at our funday, then i decided to do some embroidery around it, inserted a red behind the hand and add some peeloff stickers at the bottom.
I love this heart pattern.

Die cut card

2012-02-06T14:54:00.000+02:00

Made a couple of these card last week, quick and easy. Labels 20 Nestability, BRS car stamp, HA sentiment, EK success corner punch.

Friendship card

2012-02-03T21:03:00.000+02:00

Saw a similar card on HA site and got some inspiration for this quick and easy card.

Tilda card

2012-01-20T14:09:00.000+02:00

We had a wonderful day with Paola yesterday, played with all her stuff and i stamped a few Tildas, coloured it this morning and am quite pleased with it. i'm still learing to colour with the Copics,its not that easy but i'm getting there. this is Tilda with many hearts, MS corner punch, Nestabilities and punched flowers and leaves.

Folded card

2012-01-17T19:33:00.000+02:00

Hi ladies, made this folded card after i saw the template and idea on Qbee'sQuest blog, here's a link to her blog, http://qbeesquest.blogspot.com or directly to the kite card http://tinyurl.com/7egl9kt . This is a very cute card for a little boy.

Stamped card

2012-01-17T14:12:00.000+02:00

Here's another card i made today,,,different techniques,,,HeroArts background stamp, alcohol inks,eggshell technique on heart,,

Stamped card

2012-01-16T21:48:00.001+02:00

Been a busy girl today, made these stamped cards too, when i'm on the roll, i just go on and on.

Embroidery cards

2012-01-16T21:43:00.000+02:00

Cards I made and finished off today.

Crown

2012-01-09T15:17:00.000+02:00

Made this card for our Embroidery group challenge,,,bling it up and made it into an easel card.

Christmas cards

2011-12-30T16:33:00.000+02:00

Totally forgot to upload these cards for Christmas,, enjoy.

Mermaid card

2011-12-10T16:33:00.001+02:00

I made this Mermaid card for my granddaughter Shane, she turns 5,,its the 1st time i coloured with RED copics and it was very intimidating but at the end i'm quite happy with the outcome. it all glittered up on her tail and i've added bath salts as sand to the rock. took me about 6hours to finish this card.Embellishments - rolled rose from Die-namics

Machine embroidered

2011-11-29T12:44:00.000+02:00

Hi ladies, received this beautiful cream and gold card with machine embroidered layer from one of my friends. we get together once a month to be creative and sometimes i teach them something too.thank you for this lovely card Leesyl, appreciate the thoughts.

Notebooks

2011-11-23T17:24:00.000+02:00

Here's a pic of my notebooks,handy to keep at your telephone.

Bow making

2011-11-23T11:29:00.000+02:00

Hi ladies, this easy bow was shown to me by Desire, she found it on the Heroart website. you'll never forget how to make this easy peasy bow.
Take a piece of polysterene, stick 4 dressmaker pins in for your bow. Lay down a thin piece of thread,string or ribbon, now wrap your ribbon for the bow around the pins, you can pin down the 2 points if you want to, take the think piece of thread and tie a knot,,adjust your bow and take it off the pins, wha-la a beautiful bow and the nice thing about it,, you can make it either one colour or different colours, If you want a double bow, just go around twice,,, see my examples. Have fun.

Flowers

2011-11-09T09:19:00.000+02:00

Went for a 3D flower class with Margo yesterday and made this almanac, 4hour class but its worth it, learned sooo much about flower making, mine is no where near perfect but I love my almanac. Now i need more punches to make these again,,,

Holiday

2011-11-07T10:00:00.000+02:00

Hi all, had a great holiday with the kids and grandkids, we went to Palm beach in KZN. We had a few lovely days at the beach, went to Oribi Gorge and through the Eland Nature reserve. I took beautiful pictures and uploaded a lot on my Facebook,, if you're not on my fb to see them, here's a pic of my 4 grandkids together,,, a lovely picture.Lexy,Shane, Dian and Lieschen..... And then all the girls, beautiful little ones,Lieschen,Shane and Lexy.

Friends

2011-10-17T10:34:00.000+02:00

Here we are at camp,,,Me,, Margaret McKay,Sue Minnaar,Desire Kantor and Verna van Zyl

Cardmaking camp 2011

2011-10-17T09:45:00.000+02:00

Hi ladies, we had a fabulous time this weekend, we started off friday afternoon receiving our goodie bag filled with lovely paper/cardstock/buttons, magazine,unmounted stamps and lots more,,,friday night we each received the same unmount triangle flourish stamp and had to make a card or 2 with it, it was a challenging task but the ladies created wonderful cards with it.here are a few pics of those cards. I made this light green layered triangle card and the green christmas tree, my tree is a bit 'fat', but time was limited and i tried my best with the idea in my head.hehee the other cards are from other cardmakers. This triangle was created by Chantelle Finaughty and made by Rubber Stamp & Engraving.

On saturday morning we started with our classes,, i taught them this treat card box by Melanie Schulenberg and they thoroughly enjoyed it.here are a few of my examples.

Stamped card

2011-10-10T14:12:00.000+02:00

Made this card by 'cardmap and colour challenge' for our stamping group.

Embroidery card

2011-10-05T21:15:00.001+02:00

Just sharing another embroidery card.

Embroidery card

2011-10-01T20:44:00.000+02:00

Another embroidery card i made for our embroidery group challenge. Corners done with MS embroidery floral punch.

Copic box

2011-09-18T16:12:00.000+02:00

hi ladies, spend most of my day making this box for my copics,, i'm quite happy with the outcome, now i've got to decide if i want to attach a 'handle' to carry it or not, this box has a lid that closes so nothing will fall out when its close. I must say this isnt my 'forte' to make things like this but at least all my copics are together now, yah!! now i can play and not always wonder which colours go together, even space for my Momento stamppad too.lol

Embroidery cards

2011-09-18T16:08:00.000+02:00

Here are the last 2 of this pattern, hope the "crafty ladies" will have fun with the pattern and show me what they did.

Embroidery cards

2011-09-05T12:05:00.000+02:00

I made a couple of new embroidery cards, this is such an easy pattern with end results all different and these cards are so gorgeous,even if i must say so myself,,just love doing this pattern.

Folded shirt card

2011-09-03T09:43:00.000+02:00

Made this card from a doller tissue,, is'nt it cute!!

Embroidery cards

2011-08-08T17:01:00.000+02:00

Made these 2 embroidery cards, very time consuming but love it.

Stamped card

2011-07-08T12:55:00.000+02:00

This is a stair fold card, image stamped and coloured, then i colored with my clear star glitter pen over it,, the scan dont show much.

Die cut card

2011-07-08T12:52:00.000+02:00

Made this card with my tool template and my Big shot,stamped tools from Technique Tuesday.

Crochet Rose

2011-06-17T17:14:00.000+02:00

I saw these lovely roses, Becca from Amazing Paper Grace had one on her card the other day so i just had to try it too as i love crocheting. You can just google Strip rose and you'll get a lot of tutorials about it.I just love it and its so easy to do. Hope you like it too. it can be used for a hat, brooch,card etc,,,

Embroidery card

2011-06-11T10:50:00.000+02:00

Sharing this beautiful birthday card with you today,, i received this from Laurie Atkins from USA, she did a super job on this card.

Handbag card

2011-06-06T11:06:00.000+02:00

Hi ladies, made this handbag card for my friend Sue, lots of cutting and 3d going on here. enjoy,,

Wedding Card

2011-06-04T11:35:00.000+02:00

Wedding card i made for Anton and Shani's wedding. I used MS punch, Nestability die cut, I stamped with Brilliance underneath the diecuts.

Stamps- lady

2011-05-11T15:59:00.000+02:00

I did a bit of stamping,,this card has no layer, i stamped directly onto the c/s, coloured with aquarelle pencils, glitter and finish it off with a few pearls and ribbon. I quite like it even tho there's no layers, what do you think??

Black Magic cards

2011-04-28T14:58:00.000+02:00

Made this card and almost forgot to upload and show it to you all. This is called Black Magic. Its very easy to do,,Stamp a solid image with a white dye inkpad onto black cardstock,, heat set and then colour over the white image with Aquarelle watercolouring pencils(i coloured with purple), stamp over your image again with the white stamppad but this time with an outline stamp that kinda match your 1st stamp,,,and your image will "pop",,like Gina K would say,,hehee

Black n White criss cross card

2011-04-05T16:31:00.000+02:00

Here's a criss cross card, its almost like an envelope where you can slide your invite or sentiment in. i've used the c/bug Herringbone template for the embossing of the black cardstock. various ribbons and then the Fiskars punch for the strips on the inside of the V. I used the MGill flower punch with the smaller EK Success punch for the flower.

Blossoms

2011-04-05T16:25:00.000+02:00

Here's another PINK blossom card altho it don't look pink, its a pearly pink cardstock with a big pearl and tiny ones around it.fiskar punch for the borders.

Blossoms

2011-03-29T09:49:00.000+02:00

Hi all, i just LOVE this Blossom stamp, cant get enough of it and every time you can do something else with it, use different background paper, punches, ribbon and it looks completely different and to me its a very elegant card. Love, love love it...The white and black card have glass beads in the centre and the green card has a silver embossed cuttlebug background.

Serviette Podge

2011-03-18T10:10:00.001+02:00

Hi all, we had a great crafty day yesterday,, we decorated shopping bags with serviette podge. Here are my 2 bags i decorated,, i'm very pleased with them, now they look too good to take to the shops,hehee

Blossoms

2011-03-15T21:31:00.000+02:00

These are variations of the beautiful blossom,, LOVE this flower stamp.

Blossoms

2011-03-12T11:10:00.001+02:00

I bought this fantastic Heartfelt Creations Dutch Iris-Blossom 3 Collection at the Hobby X show,,made this card and just love my new stampset. I used the MS trellis punch with it and HA happy wishes. I'm going to make a few cards with my new flower,, so watch this space...

Challenge cards

2011-03-03T20:32:00.000+02:00

Here are the other Challenge cards,,,,
Kathy Pitot

Sue Minnaar

Verna van Zyl

Julie Baldwin

Desire Kantor

Dale Diepering

Easel card

2011-03-03T20:24:00.001+02:00

Another easel card with a Tilda, this was our "Cardiologist" challenge for today, we used a map from Mojo Monday 176 and here is my card, i was the lucky winner of the day too.All the cards were gorgeous.
My card,,,purple and black, the roses are very dark purple.

Craft day

2011-03-03T07:59:00.000+02:00

Off to have some fun at our Cardiologist -day,,there we just relax and have fun,not a care in the world,,,i'll upload my challenge card when i'm back,just now someone sees it before we get there.hehe

Easel card

2011-02-24T20:16:00.001+02:00

Another red ,white and black easel card, this circle is done with a MS corner punch

Die cut easel

2011-02-18T13:51:00.000+02:00

I've tried my hand at this type of easel card, i like this card very much although a bit bulky for posting, will have to give it to someone closeby,heehee They are both cut with nestabilities, folds at the top and then i added another cut out for the front. Scallop circles and Labels 1, fancy tags for the words and Cuttlebug Herringbone for the embossing.HA stamps

Tilda card

2011-02-17T15:46:00.000+02:00

Here's another Tilda sitting on Lace work, decorated with roses and borders cut with fancy scissors.

Tilda card

2011-02-16T10:29:00.001+02:00

I made a couple of cards this week, some i cant show now otherwise it will spoil the b/day surprise, hehe,,, here's a tilda i coloured, got a few pics from my friend. the pink c/s doesnt really show up nicely but its a glitter cardstock,,,enjoy your day!!

Blog Candy - ABC Crafts

2011-02-03T21:34:00.001+02:00

Hi all, I received a blog award from Margaret @ http://deniquecrafts.blogspot.com/ , On this site

http://abccrafts.blogspot.com/search/label/BLOG%20CANDY is some lovely blog candy available for South Africans only. you can go to her site and leave a comment and stand a chance to win.

The aim of this award is to give it to 3 -5 blogs you have visited that are relatively unknown and bring them to light [not with thousands of followers already]. So here are the terms for accepting the award:
1-create a blog post showing your award and say you accept it - done
2-say who gave the award and link back to them - done
3-link to 3-5 of your favourite blogs and let them know about the award - done

And taadaa.... here are the blogs I would like to honour:
1. Cariena from Jeffreys Bay - http://cariena.blogspot.com/
2. Dale from Pretoria, a very good friend and fellow crafter http://dale-kdcrafts.blogspot.com/
3. Hayley from Durban - http://hayleyshobbies.blogspot.com/
4. Ursula Uphof - http://ursulauphof.blogspot.com/
5. Shamela from Cape Town - http://stampnscrapwithshamela.blogspot.com/

So, do pop in to see these blogs, join as a follower, and leave a message congratulating them on the award.

Baking for a change!!

2011-01-28T11:23:00.000+02:00

We had a very good special on bananas and i bought enough to make these 4 banana loafs,,,i'm so glad they came out so nicely, mine always burst open at the top, dont know why,,but they are yummy!!!

30th Anniversary

2010-12-12T16:50:00.000+02:00

Today is our 30th Anniversary and Anton baked me this delicious choc cake with caramel filling. He always bake this recipe of his mom and its always a winner. We had a relaxing day with the kids and grandkids at home.

I'm doing very well after my back operation, i sit for short periods, walk around , hope to be much better by Christmas.

Update

2010-11-17T13:02:00.000+02:00

hi all, sorry i havent been very active and uploading cards etc,,, but i have a back playing up and after a lot of cals to the medical aid, i might get the operation soon. i just want to say i wont be active and hope next year brings us more pleasure of card making. Have a wonderful festive time,prepping for your Christmas lunches/dinners, buying all the gifts and wrapping them all up.I wish you all a Blessed Christmas time and a Happy New Year. I know its a bit early but i dont know what the future holds for me, how active i can be etc,,, dont think i'll be posting anything further this year. take care till later.

Hi Friends

2010-11-06T12:16:00.000+02:00

Hi all, just a posting,,, i'm not very inspirational these days with everything going on around me,, my craft room is a mess after the camp retreat, i need to sort out a lot of things,,, maybe i'll get my 'groove' back next week. just been to a lovely site with all these christmas songs and that was sooo relaxing just listening to the music,, i'm adding her to my list of fav blogs,,, http://www.simplyinger.blogspot.com/ if you want to check it out. Have a great weekend!!

Marquee card

2010-10-29T15:39:00.000+02:00

here's the magical opening,,,, whaaaa-laaa

Marquee card

2010-10-29T15:37:00.000+02:00

sorry having problems uploading them all together,,

Marquee card

2010-10-29T15:35:00.000+02:00

hi all, i have a nerve pinching,lying in bed to rest but couldnt resist to show you my lovely cards. this is the card i was teaching to the 66 ladies. its a very versatile card with many possibilities. all the credit to Jan Tink from The Netherlands(I think), i watched her video and then converted it to metric size for the class. all the ladies loved this card.

Tildas

2010-10-10T10:59:00.001+02:00

Here are 2 tildas I made up into cards last night, a bit of shadows on the cards ,hope to sort that out soon,,,how do you like them now??The tilda on swirl is an easel card, I love to make easel cards.

First Tildas

2010-10-09T13:05:00.000+02:00

Hi ladies, i'm on my way with a new venture of Copics and Tildas, very challenging to do the colouring but i've tried and here's my first ones,,, please email me personally any critic,help to do it better,, i wont take any offense as i'm still in baby shoes and trying my best. I didn't mount them and fluff them up on cards yet, will first want to learn more and get them better.

First Stamp of 15years ago,,,,

2010-10-08T21:01:00.001+02:00

As hostess of our Oct funday i picked the theme and sketch of the challenge,,, we had to make any size card, use our very first stamp and "jazz" it up like we make cards now and we had to use the triad colours of the colorwheel. This is my easel card that I made using blue,pink and yellow. MS trellis punch used for border. EK Success corner punch, scallop nestability and plain circle .Leaves Emagination punch. Cuttlebug rose template for background piece, square scallop nestability for yellow layer and finished it off with holographic peeloff strips. I got the most votes for my card but as i was giving out a prize i picked the runner up for the prize which was Dale, will see if i can get her card to upload too.

Christmas ornaments

2010-09-30T10:27:00.001+02:00

Yip, time to think about Christmas!!!I made these 'homemade' Christmas ornaments for our crafties getogether, very easy ones that you can even do with the kids or grandkids. the crystal bead angel is just strung onto thread, the cone should have been a bit longer,misjudged myself here, but it can still be filled with candy, i made a swirly pattern on cardstock with glue, poured glitter all over it and let it dry.the rest is easy just stick down your lace and put a ribbon on. the star is made of 1 toilet roll cut into pieces after you cover it with a shiny paper, then cover the top and bottom with paper ,lay down and glue together, glitter, embellish etc,, very nice and easy to do. I saw all these ideas on the internet but i just look and do , dont keep url's,,i just do it once. Hope you like them too.

Christmas cards

2010-09-19T20:37:00.000+02:00

Its about time I post on my blog again, been down with a lower back pain but i'm on the recovery. I made this double pocket card for the Scorpals group challenge, a great idea for a voucher and b/day or Christmas card. You can make this card too, the tutorial is here
Other punches used are Martha Stewart double loop and a circular punch, unknown make, but i just punched at 4 sides.

Friends cards

2010-09-08T18:09:00.000+02:00

Today i'm featuring a card of a very good friend, sadly she passed away the weekend after a long cancer batlle. I've been on yahoogroups with Bev Barnett for years and have received a couple of cards from her over the years. I found this one in my folder and today i'm honouring her by showing you her lovely card.
RIP my friend.

Blog Award - Thanks Tilly

2010-09-03T13:03:00.000+02:00

I received this Blog award on the right from Tilly,,, a very inspiring cardmaker, you can check out her blog here
1. I love to spend time in my Craft room where i can craft,watch tv,surf the net and relax.
2. I love my family and will do anything for them and i love it when they spoil me,,,
3. I love food, cakes and dessert!!!yummy,,,will never be able to stick to a diet,,,
Here i am with my friends from left Kathy,Sue and Verna on a boat at Qwantani, we had a wonderful crafting and relaxing week there.

Please also do the following:
1. Thank the person (ME), who gave you the award
2. Put the award on your blog
3. Mention 3 things you love to do
4. Post your favourite picture
5. Pass this award on to 5 of your favourite bloggers as well.
Thanks for keeping the Cherry on Top Award going!

Friends cards

2010-09-03T11:22:00.002+02:00

Here's the gorgeous easel card in a box and oval gift box that i received from Paola, just beautifully made up, fantastic colouring, love my card and box to bits and the colours are my fav too.

Friends cards

2010-09-01T09:55:00.001+02:00

What a beautiful Spring day!!!Happy Spring day to everyone, today i'm showing you a card that i received from my friend Ria. i just love this swirl,, its beautiful.

Friends cards

2010-08-30T09:03:00.001+02:00

I received this beautiful birdie card from Tilly McLeod as a surprise, such a dainty birdie card with tiny jewels.

Monday

2010-08-23T08:01:00.000+02:00

Hi all, not very creative this month,,maybe i'll get my mojo back in a while,,,going to a funeral of a very lonely man, then its my moms 80th b/day saturday,,,i'm making the pudding,hmmmm,,, take care, i'll post as soon as i can again.

Christmas cards

2010-08-15T17:34:00.001+02:00

Made this Christmas tag for my friend Carla's challenge, 2Spellbinder Fleur de lis die cuts layered with foam tape and alcohol inks acetate inbetween,, i stamped the SU reindeer on the acetate but it doesn't show up very clear.Stickles glitter all around and pearls to round it off.

Butterflies,, flying off,,,

2010-08-15T14:07:00.000+02:00

I just Love these Fabscraps punched butterflies.BRS swirly stamp, Spellbinder labels4, MS Double loop punched corners and cuttlebug squares on White Linen cardstock.

ATC's

2010-08-14T11:45:00.000+02:00

We had to make 2 season ATC for our card-io-logist stamp meeting and this is what i came up with,, winter and summer.The summer 1 is paper cut out laying it all together again, all from scratch,,,I sprayed it with glimmer mist but unfortunately the shimmer dont show up on a scan. we had to use 3 colours and picked them from a list,i picked brown for my basis and then layered with orange, bright yellow and shocking pink, the winter 1 was more suttle in browns and greens and yellow.

Wedding Bells

2010-08-11T16:41:00.000+02:00

Made this wedding card a while ago, just love this stamp so my friend Ursula stamped me a couple of these images.

Cards to Share,,,,

2010-08-10T10:48:00.001+02:00

I received a couple of these cutie images from my friend Marcia in Brazil, tried to colour it to the best of my colouring abilities. how do you like her?

Z Fold

2010-08-09T13:06:00.002+02:00

Here's a Z Folded Christmas card that I made for a Challenge using unusual colours.

Tri Shut cards

2010-08-07T20:37:00.002+02:00

Hi Ladies, I made this floral card for our WISH meeting(woman in stamping heaven), and won the 1st prize, i'm real proud of my card. the computer dont do justice to the vibrant pink colours, at least not on my computer,,,

It's Friday!!

2010-08-06T12:05:00.000+02:00

Hi all, its friday and a long weekend here in SA, Womans day. Tomorrow we are going to our Wish Meeting (Woman in Stamping Heaven), hope to see some interesting dems and mingle with the ladies. I'm working on my butterflies for our craft camp in October. We'll be making a butterfly tag chunky book and i'm busy preparing my butterflies.Have a great weekend!!

Envelopes

2010-08-02T12:40:00.000+02:00

I enjoy making my own envelopes when i hand deliver a card,I dont trust the postal services to send my cards in these,,hehehe
Here's how you can make it too:
I make my envelopes with serviettes and freezer paper that i got from overseas or you can use our local brown laminated paper.Take off all the layers of your serviette that you only have the 1 layer with the bright prints on it, scrunch it up into a bal and undo, lay the laminated side to the back of your serviette and iron it with a DRY iron. Iron slowly to really melt the laminated part to the wrong side of your serviette.The more wrinkled it is the nice it looks. Trace your template to the wrong side and cut out. I use a piece of x-ray in the middle to fold my flaps against, then score it and stick down. I've cut all the different envelope size centres from x-rays, makes life just easier this way. Put it onto your cut out envelope and fold to have a neat and square/rectangle envelope. Have fun!

Cards to Share,,,,

2010-08-02T08:34:00.001+02:00

Here is my card that i made for the Cansa Event, Sharon is collecting these cards to go with the goodie bags for the event. i spritz my card with the glimmer mist and its all shimmery in real. Made some envelopes with serviettes to go with my cards.

Embroidery work

2010-07-26T08:58:00.002+02:00

This lovely butterfly was worked with a variegated blue/red/pinkish thread. I fell in love with this pattern the 1st time i saw it. I added red jewels and the red flower to finish it off.

Z Fold

2010-07-19T21:30:00.001+02:00

Here are 2 cards made with the Z Fold.I used my MS punch for the borders

Christmas card

2010-07-17T20:19:00.001+02:00

Got a new stamp,,,Yippeee,,,, tried it out with this card. stamped the trees and the reindeer and did some masking to do the one tree. I just love dasher,,he's soo cute.

Puffy flowers

2010-07-16T22:09:00.000+02:00

I'm busy making a few puffy flowers, punched flowers,,, i'm on the roll. Its freezing cold,, keep warm, once these flowers are on my cards i'll upload some pics.

Irisfolding cards

2010-07-14T10:24:00.001+02:00

OK this is the last one,,, Christmas Joy!!! I know I can sometimes go a bit overboard with 1 technique but if you're on the roll,, you go with the flow. Hope you all enjoy looking at all these beautiful irisfolded card.

Irisfolding cards

2010-07-14T10:22:00.001+02:00

Going to the ball??? A Wiper card with this gorgeous ball dress.

Irisfolding cards

2010-07-14T10:20:00.001+02:00

Irisfolding started by someone using the insides of envelopes to make these beauties,,here's the kite i made of the inside of envelopes,,pretty hey,,,

Irisfolding cards

2010-07-14T10:18:00.003+02:00

Fan easel card

Irisfolding cards

2010-07-14T10:17:00.003+02:00

Standup card , red shirt card

Irisfolding cards

2010-07-14T09:54:00.001+02:00

Standup card with irisfolded ice cream in pastel colours,, it looks yummy!!!

Irisfolding cards

2010-07-14T09:51:00.001+02:00

A Man's card,,

Irisfolding cards

2010-07-14T09:48:00.001+02:00

Great card for a little baby boy!!

Irisfolding cards

2010-07-14T09:47:00.001+02:00

With Christmas only a few months ahead, we need to start planning again,, great pattern and real easy.

Irisfolding cards

2010-07-14T09:45:00.001+02:00

I made a couple of cards as samples for the ladies to see. we're having an irisfolding class tomorrow. i like to do a variety of techniques and this is one of the easiest ones i know. enjoy the eyecandy....

Embroidery cards

2010-07-02T12:46:00.001+02:00

On my embroidery group we get a challenge per month and this was our card to make last month.

You get the pattern and then make it up as you pleases. I've done the embroidery, turned it around and did paper pricking from the back around the pieces where i've cut it out, punched the corners and then layer. lot of work into this card.

Digital stamping

2010-07-02T12:40:00.000+02:00

This is my card that i made for a Digital stamp swap. coloured with aqaurelle pencils.

Kids cards

2010-06-16T16:13:00.000+02:00

Hi there, hope you're all crafting away in this cold weather. I undertook a pledge this year to make cards for my almost 80year old mother as she love giving cards to her friends and family too and due to her poor eyesight, she cant do it anymore. well, this time i made mostly kids cards to fill her stash. She took me to my first stamping class with Blanche in George, almost 15years ago.Here are some of the 14 cards i made for her.

Bicycle

2010-06-07T08:19:00.000+02:00

I'm on the roll with this bicycle, just love it,,here i've done with flowersoft,,, yip,, i took the plunge and bought some,, works great for me.MS punched border, EK Success corner punches. Impression Obsession sentiment stamp, bicycle - Great Impression stamp.

Christmas card

2010-06-05T08:14:00.001+02:00

This is a Popout frame card, borders with MS punches, Nestability tag, HA Christmas tree and Calendar year stamp,BRS branch stamp and embellishment dangling in the opening.

Emboss Resist technique

2010-05-29T08:02:00.001+02:00

Hi All, Emboss resist is actually very easy but it can look very pretty on any card and they will ask,,how did you do that??
I stamped the wording background first with Momento potters clay stamppad,,then you use your anti static pad and go over your card, then you stamp the bicycle with a Watermark Versamark pad, pour some clear embossing powder on and heat. Now you use a sponge and add some colour to your layer in circle movements, i used 2 different colours, Butterscotch Adirondak pad and Rich Cocao Momento for the middle, when you've gone over your picture, take a papertowel and wipe the extra ink off, your embossed picture will then come through and thats -emboss resist. enjoy!!

Great Impressions Bicycle

2010-05-25T10:53:00.000+02:00

Here i've done the bicycle with Emboss resist and embellishments.

Scherenschnitte cutting

2010-05-24T21:13:00.001+02:00

Made these for a challenge on one of my other papercrafting groups. Now it will look pretty on the grandkids walls.Handcut with exacto knife.

GI New Stamp

2010-05-23T18:38:00.001+02:00

I received my new stamp from Blanche of Great Impressions and couldnt wait to try it out,, it stamps wonderful and i just love my card,,even if i must say so myself,,, i want to buy some flowersoft for my next card. This is an easel card that i made.