When my mum was alive, she often made rosettes for my dad's friends to wear to the football match, especially if Liverpool were playing a big game. She would hand-stitch satin ribbon to circles of cardboard and add ribbon tails. Her rosettes were absolutely brilliant, everybody wanted one, and she must've made hundreds over the years! I took inspiration from my… Continue reading Number one dad…
Category: Handmade
Thanks a punch …
A question was left on my blog yesterday asking how I got the background of the label bigger than the sentiment part, like on this card... So I've put together a tutorial to show how I did it. I hope it helps. Decorative label punch tutorial 1) First, choose a label and sentiment to stamp. Here, I've used tempting… Continue reading Thanks a punch …
Mojo Monday …
I've been playing along with the Mojo Monday website to make this card ... ... trying out some distressing techniques, and playing with my favourite stamps sets - Nature Walk and French Foliage. I distressed pages from an old children's book to make into background paper, using sahara sand, crumb cake, early espresso and soft suede inks. I… Continue reading Mojo Monday …
There’s a kind of hush…
...all over my blog, tonight ... and for the rest of this week unfortunately, as my camera stopped working after 11 years of faithful service so I can’t photograph my projects 😦 On a happier note, it was our wedding anniversary this week (24 years…wow!) and my lovely husband has bought me a fabby new camera to… Continue reading There’s a kind of hush…
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