Dinning Room

I posted yesterday about a lovely new Tanya Whelan paper collection from Craft Consortium , called ' Wild Rose ' and today I have another card I made using papers from it. (It's available here and here .) I used Sizzix's Basic Step-Ups Card die set for the card base and layers, and Sizzix's 'Floral Wreath' Thinlits die set from Brenda Walton for the butterflies, banner and smaller leaves. The 'thanks' die is from Mama Elephant, and the flowers and larger leaves are from a Crate Paper 'Flowers' die set. You can see the details of the steps better here. I punched holes and added eyelets, through which I strung Baker's Twine, to hang some bunting. I stuck on the die cut elements with foam pads, and added two layers of 'thanks' die cuts, to stiffen it up a bit. The 'Floral Wreath' die set I used. Product Links:    

I was delighted to receive a beautiful 12x12 paper pad recently from the new UK craft company,  Craft Consortium . The collection is called 'Wild Rose' by the wonderful American designer Tanya Whelan , and both the designs and the quality of the papers are simply gorgeous. They're available already from a few places, including here and here . The papers include a variety of finishes and are all double sided. I made this card using papers from the collection, and Sizzix's Card in a Box die. The large cardstock roses which I used to decorate the card, also came from the paper pad. The front cover folds open and is printed with lots of glossy roses which you can cut out. I added three partitions inside the box card, adhering roses to the front and back ones, and a clear acetate panel to the middle partition, to which I adhered the 'Birthday' die cut. The 'Happy Birthday' dies are from Marianne Designs. I used an envelope maker to make the envelope with m

Hello!  It's been so long since I've blogged but I am going to try to get back at it for a while.  Unfortunately I suffered some very serious health complications back in April.  I'm sad to say that I was diagnosed with colon cancer and sepsis and then after my cancer surgery, I suffered a bilateral pulmonary embolism, a collapsed lung and pneumonia and nearly lost my life. I've worked on a few projects after I gained my strength back and will share those with you soon.  If you follow me on Instagram, you have probably already seen them.  Honestly, it is so much easier to use Instagram than to blog, especially for me right now because it takes so much time and I almost forgot how to take a photo with my camera, lol.  But I wanted to let you know I was still here, on the mend, and show you a tiny new item for sale in my shop. By now you've seen my medium walnut bread boards.  Well now I'm making tiny little walnut butter boards to go with them.  I really do love