Handmade flowers and embellishments

It's the second week of my theme books/book pages over at

TAG TUESDAY.

This week I made some flowers using the dictionary.

I inked up a sheet of dictionary using granny apple green ink

and punched out the leaves.

I made a larger layered butterfly using the pages and some

plain white card. I finished it with some gems.

The background of my tag has been inked up then I added

some greenery stamps from Enjoy Life stamp set (SU).

The sentiment, from the same set, has been

stamped in the centre.

I arranged everything around the sentiment to finish.

I would like to enter this into

613 Avenue Create - anything option leaves

Crafting Happiness - not a card

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - anything goes

Crafty Calendar - anything goes

I hope you get time to join in this week!!

I have been pretty busy at home, decorating, baby minding,

helping out the family in general and trying to keep up

with card orders so have had less time to spend on my blog.

But I will rectify that very soon!!

Thanks for sticking by me.

 

Page turner!

It's my turn to choose the theme over at

TAG TUESDAY

and I want to see you include books or book pages this fortnight.

For my tag I have used a very old dictionary belonging to my late Mum.

I decided to use it rather than hold on to something

I know my kids will throw out when I'm gone lol.

I cut the tag shape out then stamped the flower from 

Penny Black - sunbursts.

I didn't use ink but did use some watercolour markers to

add colour to the stamp, then filled the image in where I wanted

extra colour.

The butterflies have been punched and layered up using the

double butterfly punch from SU.

It has been layered onto some garden green card (SU)

and finished with some ribbon and a sentiment strip

from Hunkydory.

I would like to enter this into

Kreativtanten Challenge - anything goes

The Paper Funday - anything goes option thinking of you

Double Trouble - thing 1 punch it out

Crafting Happiness - not a card

 

Coming up roses!

It's the second week of Wendy's theme ROSES over at

TAG TUESDAY.

This time I used an image of a rose and added the lovely

quote which I had stored in my quote file for years.

I also had some stripes of vellum left over from some

wedding invitations I had been working on,

so decided to put it to use.

Don't you just hate waste!!

So I put the stripe through my printer and printed off

the word roses in red and then ripped the edges and wrapped

them around my tag.

The edges had been distressed with my scissors and I

then mounted onto my black tag base

and finished off with a satin bow.

I hope you get time to share some roses with us.

I would like to enter this into

Tag Tuesday - roses

Classic Design challenge - anything September

Creative Fingers - anything goes

Ally's angels - anything goes

Crafting Happiness - not a card

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - anything goes

 

Coming up roses!

Our new challenge theme over at

TAG TUESDAY

has been chosen by Wendy and she wants to see ROSES!

For my tag I have used a Lisa Horton set of

stencils, stamps and die cut.

The colours I used are poppy parade, garden green and misty moonlight (SU).

I added some blue around my rose, mounted onto some

garden green card and finished with some cord.

The sentiment is from the same set, inked and then

mounted onto some garden green card.

I would like to enter this into

Tag Tuesday - roses

A Perfect Time to craft - September challenge

Arty Divas - anything goes

Everybody Art - anything goes

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - anything goes

Crafting Happiness - not a card

 

September -Feminine

Our new challenge theme over at

STAMPING SENSATIONS is

Make it Feminine!

We have a lovely prize up for grabs from

Stamp Addicts is a family run business based in Bedfordshire and have been in business since 1992. We have watched the popularity of rubber stamping and all papercrafts steadily increase over time and now manufacture our own branded rubber stamps which frequently feature on Hochanda TV as well as exhibiting at craft shows across the UK.

For my card I dug out an old stamp set from Woodware called

Bubble Bloom. I stamped the flower, coloured it in

and then filled the flower with card candi and gems.

The butterfly stamp is from a set from Paper Artsy called

Tops and Tails 3. The butterfly has been colours cut and layered.

I added an embossed line around the edge of the flower image.

The sentiment has been stamped and punched out using my

oval punch (SU).

The background paper is from Oh So Ombre from Stampin' Up.

I hope you can come and join us this month!

I would like to enter this into

Crafts Galore Encore - September anything goes

Craftyhazelnut's PP challenge - September challenge

Creations in Pink - anything goes mainly pink

Crafting Happiness - Card: flowers

Simon Says Wednesday challenge - anything goes

Krafty Chicks - stamp act

It's our 43rd Wedding Anniversary today so hoping

to get away later and have some chips by the sea 💓