Seaside Butterfly

Having spent a few days at the seaside chillin' out last weekend I was feelin' all relaxed and summery! So this weeks card is made from a 6 x 6 paper in "seaside" blues.

I made the butterfly from 2 circles of paper which were concertina folded, then held together by a piece of beading wire wrapped around them. You have to leave a short piece of wire at the beginning, and at the end to form the antenae.

The flowers at the bottom were layered, to give a more 3-d effect and added to the paper with pads.

Using a card measuring 14cm x 21cm, I added a deckle-edged mat in a complimentary paper, then a white mat, followed by the picture. Although its hard to see from the photo, I added some stick-on pearls and small butterfly peel-offs. Finally I glittered the folded butterfly and flowers.

I think that this design would probably work with any corresponding papers that you might have.

Till next time, Happy crafting,
Pat x

"Mr. Bluebird"

When the wings are pulled the centre of the bird comes open to reveal an egg! (The original was an orb, but I thought that in this case an egg would be more appropriate)

It took quite a while to perfect the design and I'm hoping to create more cards from the same basic pattern in future.

Hope you like it!

Until next time, Happy crafting,

Pat x

"Mr. Bluebird"

Some time ago I was asked to have a go at a "spring card" with a difference. The original design was of a ladybird. Once I had managed to master the pattern, I adapted the details to create my Bluebird card.

It was quite a difficult design and took me about 6 weeks on the "drawing board" so to speak.

Sams "Big Zip"

Just wanted to congratulate my eldest daughter Sam on completing her "Big Zip" ride for Marie Curie Cancer Care. She launched herself from a crane, on a zip wire, over the river Trent on 13th June. She raised a total of £130.00 and we have since heard that the final total was in the region of £50,000! Well done to Sam and to all of the other people who took part on the day!

waterfall tree

When it was my husbands birthday recently, I wanted to make something personal that was a bit different. So while we were at Shipley Park(in Derbyshire) I took several snaps of a twisted tree he's always been fond of. Once they were developed I created a waterfall card with them.

I must admit that it was quite a large project that I had to make a special envelope for but I was really pleased with the effect!

I think it's a good thing to mix your media and I wouldn't mind using photography for other cards in future.

Happy Crafting x