Altered Book

 A few years ago my Daughter In Law's mother gave me a book that the pages were folded to spell my name. My very dear friend Jill saw it and loved it so I thought I would do one for herI have to admit that I did not do the folding of the book don't think I would have the patience to do it

           

This is the book  folded and undecorated

 This is the book decorated









I covered the book with wallpaper added a strip of hessian on the spine unfortunately I didn't take a photo of that I then put two strips of crochet tape front and back, made the flower with hessian and paper from another book, cut the leaves on the cuttle bug with papers from my stash, added beads and gems  for the butterfly trail, Hessian string wound around the book and tied up in a bow, I tied a knot in the string before tying the bow so it wouldn't untie, added some little butterflies to inside of book

was rather pleased with how it turned out and Jill loved it















have put it in this challenge
http://www.happylittlestampers.com/2017/03/hls-march-mixed-media-challenge.html

more cards

just another couple couple of cards I made during the week
both have backing paper adhered to base card lace added flowers made by me clock faces cut out adhered to coloured card stock then onto a white doily pearls and gems added

click on link to go to web site
http://www.craftynzcardmakers.yooco.org/home.html

just a few cards

Our theme for the monthly swap  on our card site was for hinged cards so I made two filigree hinged cards, using some spellbinders nestabilities dies, each die was adhered with foam to 3d them sentiments were done on the computer  then die cut the rose was coloured with copics Flowers were made by me
The purple card was made with one die cut with another inner cut the same card as the base card
Was rather pleased with how they turned out

click on link to got to the website
http://www.craftynzcardmakers.yooco.org/home.html

Hogs and Kisses

Am so pleased to see From the heart blog  up and running again this month’s stamp  is a pig and Hershey chocolates

Cut the card on the Cuttle Bug with a couture creations nesting die I partially cut it so I could turn it around to make the card larger did the same with the backing paper that was in my stash The hearts didn’t quite look right being white so I got one of my punches that cuts out a border of hearts and used the hearts that came out of the die and placed them in all on the white hearts printed image onto card, with a spare so I could 3D it, printed sentiment on same piece of card cut the image and chocolates with the scan n cut  coloured pig with copics and put it alltogether


http://fromtheheartstamps.com/community/2017/02/01/free-stamp-of-the-month-february-2017-hogs-kisses-pigwit/

Back to crafting

After a bit of a wonky year 2016  with 3 trips to hospital and a operation I am starting to get back to my crafting.
Have had my son,DIL and grandson living here for a few months so most of my craft time was doing things with him,making all sorts of super hero masks,pirate hats, treasure boxes and heaps of colouring in we even made a few cards for his Mum and Dad.
They have since moved on so now its my turn to do what I want, hopefully my mojo has not taken off with them 😊

Birthday Mice

Tuesday morning sketch

Started with a maroon base card adhered floral baking paper to cream card image coloured with copics and adhered to maroon card adehered to card with foam didn't know what I wanted to put at the sides (I am trying hard not to put flowers on everything) found these buttons  threaded so maroon cotton to them and knotted them

http://tuesdaymorningsketches.blogspot.co.nz/

Hedgehog Love

Saturday sketch

 



Found this backing paper in my stash thought it was quite lovely so I started with that and the card sort of made itself
Adhered it to red card then added the silver paper to bottom,hedgehog colored with copics  then adhered to red doily, sentiment is stamped part ribbon threaded through then all was adhered to white base card




 Am entering these challenges
http://sketchsaturday.blogspot.co.nz/
http://cutecardthursday.blogspot.co.nz/
http://crafterscafeblogchallenge.blogspot.co.nz/2016/09/156-use-two-patterned-papers.html