Calendar.

At last, I have remembered to find the photo of the desk top calendar I made for myself this year.

It is made the same way as the drawer of cards boxes that I enjoy making, but with an easel on top.

The top note shape is cut from the SU die that karen gave me for Christmas, the flowers are from a SU stamp set too, I think it is called vintage florals. I have used distress inks and scrunched the paper up to mske the flowers, I used brads with pearls in for the flower centers.

At the moment the drawer is used for storing paper clips as we seem to have a shortage of them in or house.

Craft Day

Can you believe it!! A week and a half of the summer holidays has flown past already, where does it go and why does it go so quickly?

Last Friday Lucy and I went to Natalie's for a craft day, Karen and Helen were also there as well as Natalie's lovable children who made me laugh when I should not have so I got wrong as well.

Lots of crafting went on, Helen made a card, it was beautiful, for a 21st birhday, she was so suprised with herself for actually finishing something, she also got out a scrapbook page that was started a while ago and added to that. Karen did some more pages of her birthday book, it looks amazing, I'm sure it will be on her blog when it is finished, I love the way she has done the pages to match the months. Natalie made some beadedflowers to go on wands and finished some tiara's she was working on. Lucy kept the girls entertained, or was it the other way round, Lucy also made a thank you card to send to her Auntie Alice. And me, well I finished another drawer of cards, with a music theme this time, I made the box ages ago but added to it and finished the cards.

 This drawer of cards holds four 4"x4" cards and envelopes, the backing paper on the card is from the fancy pants range, this one is called needlepoint and is double sided. I used the side that had the music printed on it which I also used to make the rose with that sits on op of the drawers.

I punched out a butterfly in vellum then layered it onto co-ordinating cardstock. I added glitter as well but that does not show in the photograph. All I need to do now is add gems to the bodies of the butterflies.

Draw of Cards

I love the colours of the paper I used for this project, they are my colours.

This draw of cards holds four 3"x3" cards and envelopes, this time I made all the cards the same.

The roses were made using a die I have used many times before, they are English roses, I have added stickles rock candy glitter to the edges of the roses but it cannot be seen very well in the photograph. After I took this picture I decided to finish the drawer by lining it with green card stock.

I used my Martha Stewart cherish punch to shape the cards and for the decorative panel on the top of the drawer holder.

Drawer of Cards

Here is another drawer of cards that I have enjoyed making. This time the drawer holds cards that are 3"x3", not the usual A6 size I often make. The paper I have used is Hello Beautiful by MME. The roses on the top have been made by using the English Rose Creatables die in my vagabond the rolling the roses up and securing with glue.

I made five matching cards to go inside the drawer using a mixture of hand cut embellishments, Martha Stewart punches, nestabilities and stamps. I also added distress inks, stickles glitter and pearls for the finishing touches. I love making these card holders and think they make fantastic gifts for family and friends.

Another Drawer of Cards

Here is another drawer full of cards that I have been working on,  I love the small flower print of the

 paper.

Karen and I hope to do this as a class through Craft Buddies. Karen is going to decorate the top of the drawer with her own unique designs.  The drawer will hold 5/6 A6 cards which will all co-ordinate. The paper I used is Fancypants Heirloom, the card is Coredinations Purple Grandeur.

A drawer full of cards.

This is a collection of cards I made my Mum for christmas, with a drawer/box card holder. I think I first saw these drawers on splitcoaststamper.com and decided to make my own version. I used double sided papers that I already had, inked around the edges using distress inks which I also used to stamp the flourish. I used clear embossing powder to highlight the flourish.

 The flower is made using grunge paper which has been covered with old paper from a book I bought at the arthritis charity shop and inked,again using distress inks. I first saw how to make the flowers in craft stamper magazine some time ago.

The cards were made to match the drawer using the left over papers. Mum loved her christmas gift, she says she will not use the cards!!!