autumn mushrooms for Helen

Autumn is my favourite time of year because of all of the beautiful colours. September is also Helen's birthday, and this is the card that I made for her. I used a "Papermania tunnel card template" and the card was covered with my minds eye designs. I then added a few flowers from the papers and made some mushrooms for the inside. Although the design doesn't make up as a very big card, it was nice to make something different! What matters most of all is that Helen loved it! Hope you like it too! Happy crafting, love Pat x

summer strawberries 2

I added the waste from a chain peel-off as the seeds on the strawberry and some sequins for the centre of the flowers.

My daughter couldnt believe she was 25 already (!!!) so I added the bee (using the "Versamark" pen again) and wrote the sentiment on the pop-up strip.

I really love the wiper card mechanism and enjoyed creating my own image for a change.

Look out for Helen's card next time.

Until then,

Happy crafting

love Pat x

cupcake exploding box

Couldn't wait to have a go at another exploding box, so when my daughter Sam passed her G.C.S.E. english and maths exams recently, it was just too good an opportunity to miss! She loves baking so these papers were ideal.

The central pieces (i.e. presents, roses and hearts) were all put on acetate strips as before (see previous post) This time though, I wanted to create icing with a cherry on the top for the lid. The icing was made from 2 strips of paper which were concertina folded then glued into a circle, like the cases for cup cakes. The folds in the centre are then bought together and glued onto another circle of card. You have to hold this down for a while though to make sure it sticks properly!

The cherry was made from several punched circles of card stuck together back to back. I glued a double piece of green acetate into the centre as a stalk. (This also provides a means of opening the box quickly) I was really pleased with the finished effect and even I can't leave the box alone!

Tip: If the box is stored without the lid (before you give it as a gift) the explosion is more effective

That's all for now folks

Happy crafting!

Love Pat x

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