A Card for my Father

Here's a card I made a while back, it was for my Father's 60th birthday and was once again inspired by my love of art deco and Rennie Macintosh designs.

Claire

Scrapbook Pages

I have been very lapse in my scrapbooking recently, in fact the only time I have picked up a piece of 12x12 paper in the past few months has been to cut it up to make a card! Here's a double page layout I made to go in a scrapbook which I am going to give as a gift. There are no photo's - I've left all the pages blank so the parents can put in the photo's they choose. This is a mummy and daddy layout, with poems and space for photo's on each page. I have used hand made paper and autumnal colours to embellish round the edges. The poems are printed on vellum and then mounted on matching card. I took the photo's with the pages already in the album which is why they look a bit bent!

Claire

Money Tin

I have been making so many one off cards recently and I keep being paid in change for them. As much as I keep records of all money received I keep putting the coins in my purse and they disappear quickly. So I feel I have nothing to show for all the cards I've sold recently. I've decided to keep all the coins I receive in payment for cards in one place and save it up so that I can buy myself something nice - don't know what yet!

I was going to put the money in a spare purse but then I thought it would be nice to have a special place and decided to make a pot for my 'Card Money'. Here's my money tin which started life as a chopped tomato tin.

Here's a photo of the inside, I thought it looked a bit boring when you looked down on the tin so I added the label to the inside.

All I've got to do now is fill it!

Claire

New Baby Girl

A friend asked me to make a card for her to give to her niece who has just had a baby girl. All my friends seem to have had baby boys so I haven't really got many baby girl embellishments or paper. After a bit of hunting around I found some candy pink stripy paper and a short length of pink footprint ribbon. Obviously the little girls name is Melanie Rose and the letters are once again cut out using my Sproutsies Sizzix alphabet. I love the little bunny rabbit stamp which I got free on the front of a magazine a couple of years ago!

Claire

Some Jewellery

I don't think I have but apologies if I've shown you these before. I used to make quite a lot of jewellery but packed all my bits and pieces away a few years ago and hadn't got them out until earlier this year. I don't really know what inspired me to dust off all my old tools and wire but when I did I couldn't stop making things. In fact the only thing that stopped me was the sore fingers I have developed working with the wire! I made about seven rings all in different styles and colours and have worn them loads of times, here are a few of them.


It was probably about six months ago that I made these and I have to say my jewellery making box has seen the light of day since but just sitting writing this has made me want to get it out again and start creating other pieces of wearable art!

Claire

Art Deco Style ATC's

I made these a while ago but thought I'd show you. I think they are some of my favourite atc's because I have incorporated my favourite stamp and art period. I embossed the stamped image and then coloured them with mica pigments, it was the first time I had used the pigments and they took a bit of getting used to but I was happy with the end result.

I love anything art deco/nouveau. I just think it was a very elegant time and the architecture and design works from the period are stunning. I swapped these on the cm&p forum and asked for the same style in return; the swaps I received were fantastic.

Claire

Another Birthday Card

Here's another card I've made for someone on the birthday list on the CM&P Forum. It is their birthday during August. I love black and white cards and I think the bit of red really makes it stand out, I hope they like it.


Claire

Birthday List

I have recently joined the birthday list on the CM&P Forum. At the end of each month we are sent a list of members names who have birthdays in the following month. We then make and send birthday cards. The rules state that you do not have to send cards to everyone it is completely up to you how many cards you make and send each month. I thought this was a great idea, both the idea of a birthday list and also the fact that you do not have to commit yourself to making loads of cards each month. I am going to try and send to as many people as I can and I also want to try to make each card as individual as possible.

I have made a couple of cards for people who are celebrating birthdays in August, here's the first:


Claire

Anniversary Card

I was asked to make an anniversary card to be given by children to their Grandparents. It had to have the words Grandma and Grandad on it but other than that the design was completely up to me. The people are a Magnolia stamp, I water coloured the image and then cut the people out. I then mounted them on a gate fold card so that when you close it they kiss! I've also added a heart made from a shiny bronze card which I absolutely love, unfortunately the photo doesn't really do the colour of the heart justice. The lettering is a sizzix alphabet called spoutsies.


Post soon
Claire

Going away for a while

Hi all. I am going to be away for a while taking a much needed rest but also doing some consultancy work in Devon; my all time favourite place. I have scheduled posts to appear while I'm away, so do keep coming back. There will be new things appearing here and I'll show you a few bits and pieces I've made recently and haven't as yet got round to blogging.

I am taking the computer but the wifi connection is always very temperamental where I'm going so I won't promise I'll be able to log on but I will try.

Not sure when I'll be back yet but I'll post as soon as I am.
Speak to you all soon
Claire