Thank-you Card

This is a thank-you card I made for the girls' teacher. I have used all things Tim Holtz on it. Including the edge die, the embossing folder, stamps and distress inks. I used the edge die, then folded it back and used it as a stencil.

You can just see the shape behind the bird.

You can see where I also used the edge as a stencil to ink up the inside of the card too. Not quite the traditional Thank-you card, but I think she liked it.

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Ok everyone here it is. Last week if you visited you would have seen me at my best. This week alas I am back to my old untidy ways. I had some friends over yesterday so everything was moved to the kitchen and just dumped back on the desk afterwards. The mirror as you can see has still not been finished, but I did get a card made.

The card sits atop one of my fave pieces of equipment, my Woodware paper trimmer. Off to check out some other desks. For more information on this great experience check out Julia's Blog

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This is what's on my desk today. Some unfinished projects. A wall hanging thingy, a mirror and a cute little birdhouse.

The mirror is hopefully going to be a present for hubby on our 20th wedding anniversary. It will look tidier when I have decided which of the pieces to stick to it!

You may have spotted the little box in the background and wondered what it was. It is my box of distress ink sponges. I coloured a tab with each of the colours, cut some cut 'n' dried foam and stapled the label to the foam. I now have all of the colours at my fingertips.

Father's Day

Sorry people, long time no blog. I hope to get back on track from today. Although the sunshine does beckon! Every sunny day is a bonus in Ireland, so we need to catch those rays when we can.
This is the card that I made for my husband on Father's Day. He flew away to England yesterday, hence the theme of the card. The card is distressed with vintage photo and brushed corduroy ink, over-stamped with brushed corduroy and walnut stain.
The tags are made using two different techniques. The green tag is distressed with peeled paint and shabby shutters. It was then swiped with espresso paint and finally the edges were embossed using vintage photo distress embossing powder. The brown tag is coloured with scattered straw, tea-dye, vintage photo and brushed corduroy inks. The stamps are Tim Holtz for Stampers Anonymous and the whole tag is dusted with some Perfect Pearls in Heirloom Gold.
I am entering this card in the My Partner in Crafting Crime Challenge #4.

Flower Wreath - Finished at last!

For those of you who have seen this wreath lurking in the background on some of my previous posts, this is the finished product. I am happy with the amount of flowers on it at last. I kept seeing empty spots when I held it up that I had to fill. I ended up making some smaller flowers and putting them around the sides.

This is a close-up of the top of the wreath.

I also made this one today. It has a much more muted colour scheme and I wrapped the wreath in a dark green Hessian ribbon first to take the blank look away. It meant that I needed a lot less flowers for this one than the last. We live and learn eh?

What's on your Workdesk Wednesday

Well it's Wednesday again and as you can see by the shocking state of my desk, I have been busy starting lots of projects. I must say that not a lot of them got finished, but we will battle on! In the foreground are some tags, The orange one was inspired by Linda Elbourne in the latest issue of Craft Stamper. She used just one colour of distress ink to create a complete piece. My flower heart wreath is still languishing in the background and I have also started to alter a bingo clipboard. This needs lots more work.

I was crafting with friends on Monday night and everything that I brought with me is still piled up on the side of the desk.

On a tidier note, this is one of my storage areas, complete with Regie Pie puppet. and one of my 'Wishing' Bird Houses.

And this is another storage area. Hope you enjoyed your visit.

St. Patrick's Day Badge

This is my entry for the Tuesday Taggers Challenge this week, and for Paper Cutz Challenge #31. I am making St. Patrick's Day badges at the moment, so I thought I would enter one of them. This is the badge attached to the wearer. It is a ribbon rosette with a paper rose in the centre and some lovely green Hessian ribbon at the back. It is attached with a standard badge pin.

This is the badge as it comes on the tag.

This is the back of the tag. It says Happy St. Patrick's Day in both Irish and English.