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Showing posts with label sweet songbirds. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sweet songbirds. Show all posts

Sunday, 14 September 2025

Things with wings


I sharing another tag and ATC for our midway challenge over at
where the option theme is things with wings.

For my tag base I started by covering it
in cosmic shimmer in candy pink.
I then used a stencil and some gesso
to add texture here and there.
When it was dry I stamped some text using
a stamp set called Gorgeously Made (SU).
Then I stamped some flowers from a set
called Flourishing Phrases and cut them out.
I inked up the background in various colours
of distress ink then spritzed with water and
removed some again.
The flowers were cut to fit the tag
and some pearls added to the centres.
Next came the dragonfly which was stamped, punched,
coloured and layered up.
The set is from SU called Dragonfly Garden.
I added some sentiments from an old Hunkydory book
and some sequins here and there.
It was finished with a piece of seam binding
which I coloured to match.
I definitely embraced the journey here lol
but totally enjoyed getting messy.

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For my ATC I used some scrap paper cut to the size.
I stamped tree branch, leaves and music notes
directly onto my base. Then I stamped and punched
the bird, layering it up, and added to my branch.
The stamp set used is called Sweet Songbirds (SU).
The wording was cut from a free craft paper set from
years ago, which I coloured to match the bird.
I finally ran the ATC through my sewing machine
for the stitching.

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Remember we have a great prize up for grabs
so come along and join us!



Friday, 1 December 2023

Bright and cheerful!


I had a December birthday card to make for a family member
so decided to have a little fun and make my own background
using a set of stamps I never thought of trying this technique with.
Nice little change from all the Christmas madness!!
Can't believe it's the 1st of December already.

I have a video showing the process which you can watch

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(flower dies, border die, leaf die)

It's soooo frosty and cold out there.
My Grandsons Sean and Tom are in a cross country race
for their school this morning!
It's great that kids just don't feel the cold lol.
Have a lovely weekend!

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Wednesday, 6 September 2023

Pocket Favours



My tutorial today shows how I made these little
table favours.
They hold either a little bar of chocolate, gift card,
money, teabag etc, and a sweet in the centre.
The front flowers are actually attached to a little tag
with a nice sentiment.

You can watch my video here



All you need is a sheet of 6" x 6" dsp for the pockets.
Card for Tag - 2 1/4" x 2"
The flowers I made using the Paper Florist dies
and some copy paper.

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Welcome to my lovely new follower STEPHANIE S!
Thanks so much for following me.

We are still patiently waiting on our roof tiles arriving!
Thank goodness the weather is really good but I would
be much happier with the roof finished!

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Sunday, 6 August 2023

Mood board inspiration!


Our August challenge over at
is anything stamped with an optional mood board.


We also have some lovely prizes up for grabs too!!


For my card I have gone with the bird and the colours green and yellow
The layout is very simple with just two punched circles
of paper to which I added some colour to the background.
I stamped the branch, leaves and flowers then stamped and punched
the bird and added more hand cut flowers.
I finished with a sentiment and some little star embellishments.

I hope you get time to join us this month!

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Friday, 30 June 2023

Sweet Songbird!


My VIP Video today is a sketch card
which also uses up those little scraps of dsp.

I have used the Sweet Songbird stamp set and matching punch
Songbird Builder.
The scraps, of which I still have loads 🙊 were very
useful for this sketch.

I put in a big effort today, showered and put some clothes on lol.
Finally beginning to see light at the end of the flu tunnel.
This is day 9 and it has been a long hard struggle to get here.
Hubby is at about day 6 so you can imagine 🙈
It seriously has been the worse flu I have ever experienced,
way worse than COVID.
Anyway hopefully that me on the mend and hubby close behind.
Take care out there!!

Welcome to my lovely new followers Diana!!

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