Monday 30 March 2015

Card Box for Tilda and Edwin Frienship card

Well here's the box I made for the Tilda and Edwin card. Had to keep it simple as it's travelling from England to the USA ...
Gingham paper made by me on the computer. The Butterfly is Marianne Designs Creatables Butterfly 3. Coloured with Tim Holtz distress inks - Mustard Seed and Wild Honey.
Take care & keep smiling

Thursday 26 March 2015

Tilda and Edwin friendship card

I made this card for a friend who has been ill and is currantly living in a nursing home. I wanted to make something cheery and bright. I was going to upcycle the Chasing butterflies card I made, but decided the colours weren't bright enough ...
Front image -
Magnolia Chasing Butterflies background and Summer background.
Helloooo - computer generated hand cut and then glazed with Sakura clear glaze pen.
Lace and cross stitch sewn by hand.
Flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts

Inside image -
Magnolia Chasing Butterflies Chasing Tilda, Chasing Edwin and Summer background
Butterfly - Cheery Lynn Designs small exotic butterflies dies coloured with Tim Holtz Mustard Seed and Wild Honey inkpads and sprayed with Glimmer mist Dazzling Diamonds
Flowers - punches from EK Success and Tonic Studios
Foliage - Cheery Lynn mini fanciful flourish die.
Cross stitch - hand sewn

Sentiment page -
Sentiment is computer generated.
Clouds - Memory Box mini clouds die
Cross stitch - hand sewn

All ovals are Spellbinders Grand caliber ovals and scalloped ovals. All images coloured with Derwents coloursoft pencils and Sansodor.
Gingham backing paper made by me on my extremely old graphics program and printed on hessian paper.

Thank you for looking. Take care and keep smiling :)

Sunday 15 March 2015

Tilda Birthday card

This was the first Tilda card I made, and I made it in 2004. Don't know why I never put it on my blog !!! Oh well better late than never :)
 Take care and keep smiling :)