Hidden Greeting card

I've been a little remiss over the last few weeks and neglected my blog. My next class is two days away and I realised I haven't even posted the pictures for it never mind the "How to do it" for the last class. Anyway, here they are:

The above is the main card for this weekends class but here are some more ideas with the stamps I got to work with.

Once again the formatting is playing stupid games and the photos refuse to move around the page! So they are all over the place!
The background for this top card has been embossed using funky foam to create a stamp from a Tonic die. This will also be covered in class.


 





 

Fed up of trying to format this. It won't even align left now. Time for bed!

Night Night.

 

Yve

 



 

 



Even more La Blanche colouring ideas.

 I think I'm all coloured out now so here are the last La Blanche cards I'll be posting.

 I need to start my mock up cards for my next class which will be a hidden greeting card plus one other (which I haven't decided on yet) but will post them as soon as they are done.

 

 

Yve

More lovely La Blanche stamps

Here we have a few more of the images I have been chillaxing with this afternoon.
What is it about colouring in? many people never grow out of it!


I apologise to any gardeners out there if I've got the flower names wrong....I tried searching Google but either the flower looked wrong with the leaves or via versa.

Here in Yorkshire it's been a beautiful day! T-shirt weather....no kidding!
Took my poochie for a walk and it was glorious!
Another "what is it....." ... about dogs? do they have telepathy?
before I went on the walk I went into my bedroom and put on my trainers. My dog couldn't see what I was doing as I'd shut the door and I didn't want my dog, to get my daughter's dog, wound up since I wasn't taking her. As soon as I walked out of the bedroom there they were! both of them, like jack-in-a-boxes, all exited and thinking they were both going out for a walk.

Yve
:)

Happy Crafting whatever style you choose.

Finding space!

 No.....I don't mean the stars at night, but space in all those cupboards and drawers that us crafters seem to fill with endless crafting goodies.

Well, a week ago I was having a rearrange and came upon some La Blanche foam stamps that I had almost forgotten about. What I mean is, I knew they were there, I'd just forgotten how gorgeous they are. After stamping out many copies I was going to put them all back in the cupboard,but decided that I needed the space for new goodies. So I put them up for auction and have been having fun colouring some in, ready to use as card toppers in future. Here are some of the ones I've done so far.

I hope you like them as much as I do.

Once again I have been having trouble formatting the pictures! they just don't seem to want to move where I want to place them. So, I apologise that they are all over the place.  SOOOOO frustrating!!!!




Yve


 

Thank you cards

 


Just a selection of some Thank You cards I am working on at the moment.


This one (and the birdie one below) are done with Kanban stamps. I think it's the Cheery Lyn lattice die in the background and an Anna Griffin sentiment. I've added liquid pearls at the cross points of the die for added dimension which gives the card a finishing touch.

 Here I have used a Rubber Stampede stamp, a Die'sire butterfly embossing folder and another Anna Griffin sentiment.

The main image is an Anna Griffin stamp (from a binder set), the Martha Stewart beaded ruffle edge punch and blue Kanban paper.

Finally, I have chalked through a lattice stencil for this background and used the Kanban bird stamps.




I hope this give you inspiration for your cards and keep watching this space for more great ideas.



Yve

Class for 1/3/14

Back by popular demand we are doing the resist technique. I have made it simpler this time by only using one layer of resist. I have included a small amount of decoupage in the leaves as well, which can be seen in another example in store.
Hope to see you there.

Yve

Upcycling

Hello again. It's been a while but I've been a little busy what with one thing or another.

At work this Christmas we had a themed dress code on the last week of term.  Each day we had to dress in specified colour, but I struggled with the last day when we had to wear a Christmas jumper. I couldn't find one I liked in the shops and because I left it very late I just thought they were all really horrible colours or very tacky. It was too late to get one mail order....so what to do?
I have 4 Beth Terrell chenille jumpers (that I absolutely love), three of which had gone bald on the front left side. Two of those I had patched making them look reasonably designer ish, but the black one was worse than the others.
Eventually an idea formed. I went to a large craft chain and bought 2 squares of white glitter felt. I got out my Anna Griffin snowflake dies and cut the shapes out. Having done that I sprayed the back of them with adhesive and stuck them over the bald area. It does not totally cover the patches but it does divert the attention. I'm quite pleased with the result and I don't have to throw my beloved snuggly jumpers away. What do you think?

 

 

Yve