Birthday · Handmade

Gorgeous grunge masculine 30th birthday …

I'm still busy making Christmas cards and gifts, but the other day I needed to turn my attention to a birthday card for my friend, Jon.  Masculine cards are sometimes difficult to make, but I had a lot of fun making this 30th birthday card for him … Based on the popular music CDs, I thought it… Continue reading Gorgeous grunge masculine 30th birthday …

Christmas · Handmade

From this day forward …

There's a fab challenge over on the Less is More challenge blog today – a one layer card with the 12 days of Christmas as the subject.  This really had me scratching my head at first – I didn’t think I had anything in my stash that would work.  Until I remembered the from this day forward stamp… Continue reading From this day forward …

Christmas · Handmade

Season of style Christmas wishes …

Christmas is just around the corner.  My tree is up, but I've seen a cute heart-shaped Christmas decoration in my local department store that would make a great new addition  to my holiday collection.  It's a cotton patchwork of materials, with pretty embroidered holly in the centre ... it is so pretty it may just find its way onto my tree.  I made… Continue reading Season of style Christmas wishes …

Farewell/Goodbye · Handmade

Sparkling best of butterflies …

Ooh! What a busy, bustling time of the year it is!  Lots to do as we prepare for Christmas.  But amid the seasonal makes, I found time to make a card for the lovely Diane, to let her know just how much she is going to be missed. I used the largest butterfly from the… Continue reading Sparkling best of butterflies …