Saturday 31 December 2016

Whitework Floral......


.....by Julie Misters in PCM.

Added a peeloff butterfly and backed to rainbow paper.

Thank you for looking and for any comments; always appreciated xx




Monday 19 December 2016

Christmas card #3

A Child is Born
PCA template

Thank you for looking and for any comments; always appreciated xx


Sunday 18 December 2016

Sunday 11 December 2016

Christmas cards #2

Variations on
A Winter Scene
by Julie Roces in PCM

Thank you for looking and for any comments; always appreciated xx


White work looking out

Coloured looking out 

Coloured looking in 

coloured detail 

whitework detail 

Friday 9 December 2016

Christmas card #1

Variations of the Stampendous Tree of Joy stamp.

Outlined with Tinta inks and coloured with W H Smith blendable pencils.

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Friday 2 December 2016

Delightful Daffodils.....

.....by Kay James in PCM

A glimpse of Spring 😀

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Sunday 27 November 2016

April Daisies....

...by Linda Williams in PCM.

I used her border and wording
and added my own handmade flutterby and flower embellishments.
Coloured with W H Smith blendable pencils and mounted onto spotty paper.

Thank you for looking and for any comments which are always appreciated xx





Sunday 6 November 2016

Pink Dahlia....

....by Kay James in PCM.

3d flower and circle topper

Coloured with W H Smith blendable pencils.
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Tuesday 1 November 2016

New home #2....

....by Vicki Densmore

I recently made and posted this design but didn't do the border as it was too fiddly.
Now I have made it with the original border.

Coloured with W H Smith blendable pencils.
Secured with brads.
Backed onto rainbow paper.

Sending it to my elder daughter who is in a new home.

Thank you for looking and for any comments; always appreciated xx



Saturday 29 October 2016

Update and thank you

Thank you all for your help xx
I have decided on the Bigshot.
Ordered and on the way from Hobbycraft who:

had it on offer....

plus a discount voucher.....

plus my birthday gift voucher.....

means I only pay....

£5!!

Thursday 27 October 2016

Die cutting machine help please.

Hoping you can advise me please.

I have a very old Wizard and the plates are bent and not cutting properly ( or maybe I'm not doing it correctly?).

It will cost the best part of £30 to replace the plates so I'm thinking of a new machine but not sure which one. It only needs to be basic A5 size, not one of those fancy electronic things!

Which one do you use and/or recommend please?

Thanks

A xx

Saturday 22 October 2016

Shades of Purple.....

...by Pat Murphy.

Coloured with W H Smith blendable pencils.
Brads and ribbon from stash.

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Friday 14 October 2016

Rustic tea table...

...by Julie Roces in PCM

3d design secured with brads.

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Sunday 2 October 2016

Home on Wheels....

....by Judith Maslen
Coloured with W H Smith blendable pencils

For my friend who loves caravanning.

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Monday 19 September 2016

New Home...

...by Vicki Densmore.
This is a simple version (without the complicated border!).

My best friend is moving tomorrow and I made this for her.
Coloured with WHSmith blendable pencils.
Tattered Lace grid frame.
Secured with Papermania brads.

Thank you for looking and for any comments; always appreciated xx




Monday 12 September 2016

Butterfly Irish Blessing .....

... by Tina Cox in PCM.

Handmade 3d flutterbies coloured with WHSmith blendable pencils.

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Saturday 3 September 2016

Sunday Best Bonnet....

....by Judith Maslen in PCM.

This is the first time I've attempted skin and hair!

Coloured with WHSmith blendable pencils.
Various embossing tools.
Small and large straight grid work.
Small and large  PCA star embossing tools.
Pergamano large semi-circle tool.
Brads, bow and backing card from stash.

Thank you for looking and for any comments; always appreciated.




Saturday 27 August 2016

Lillies with rosebuds...

... by Sara Keen.

Coloured with WHSmith blendable pencils.

Send to a blogging buddy to cheer her up.

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Saturday 20 August 2016

The Beauty of the Butterfly....

...by Heather Thomas in PCM.

Coloured with WHSmith blendable pencils.
Handmade and coloured 3d butterflies.
Mounted onto rainbow paper from WHSmith.
Ribbon from stash.

Thank you for looking and for any comments; always appreciated xx







Saturday 13 August 2016

Abstract flower....

...by Bruno Piechota in PCM

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Saturday 6 August 2016

Hearts with Lattice.....

....by Anja Bakker in PCM.

Added a 3d peel off flutterby and backed with topsy turvy card from C&C.

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Friday 29 July 2016

Fabulous foursome.....

....by Alison Yeates in PCM

Mine isn't as fabulous as hers!!
It was really fiddly to make too :-#
No sentiment yet.

Thanks for looking and for any comments; always appreciated.




Friday 22 July 2016

Envelope card

This is my last Carla Larter pattern.
There are plenty more in the book but too difficult for me :-@.

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Sunday 17 July 2016

SUYP challenge #8 floral kitties

Show us your pussies challenge
floral kitties.

I used the free image for the challenge and slightly adapted it for Parchment craft.
Coloured with WHSmith blendable pencils and dorso pastels.
Backed onto blue card and rainbow paper.

Thank you for looking and for any comments; always appreciated xx


I would like to enter this for the challenge SUYP#8 HERE

Friday 15 July 2016

With Love...

...by Carla Larter

Parchment heart mounted onto pink card.
Frames by Tattered Lace in pink matching card and silver parchment.
Tattered Lace corners in matching pink.

Thanks for looking and for any comments; always appreciated xx


Sunday 10 July 2016

Summer Flowers in Semi-Oval

by Carla Larter.

Added gems to the flowers and a simple ribbon.

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Wednesday 6 July 2016

Sympathy card.....

...for my blogger friend whose husband has passed away.
If you have a hug and a prayer to spare I'm sure she'd appreciate it.
Thank you xx

Border by Dorothy Holness

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Monday 4 July 2016

Friday 17 June 2016

Saturday 4 June 2016

Open border

By Carla Larter.

Added two spellbinders butterflies backed onto some cloud paper and some ribbon and a bow.
Backed onto Dawn Bibby card.

Thank you for looking and for any comments; always appreciated xx



Saturday 28 May 2016

Lace hearts and flowers

pattern by Tina Cox in PCM.

I've made this for my MIL who will be 80 tomorrow.
It took me hours and hours and hours........
But I am really pleased with it; I think it might be the best parchment work I have made.

Each flower layer was cut and coloured individually before being assembled with brads.

Lots of grid work in the middle and edge pricking and cutting.

Backed onto rainbow paper, then gold card (her favourite colour) then onto some Dawn Bibby card.

Handmade bow and sentiment (also backed onto rainbow and gold to match).

And finally a piccie of her when she was 5years old.

I also made a box to put it in.

Thank you for looking and for any comments; always appreciated




Tuesday 24 May 2016

Frame of Flowers

Carla Larter design.
Thank you for looking and for any comments; always appreciated xx