Fallen Leaves

When reading my copy of craft stamper I came across a design by Jean Franks Beck using fallen leaves, I loved it so much I wanted to have a go. My grandson picked up some leaves for me and I was good to go I did not have any tissue paper which was what Jean had used so I used Toilet paper which worked quite well

Jeans design which is a mini book

My version which I made into an Autumn card for my husband and he can leave it up all Autumn, I must say he loved it My heart shaped leave is rubber stamp and I put it on sideways onto the page it also meant I was using another one of my stamps for my friend and I stamp challenge

I adore Sizzix Dies, But have never really made a card using one

I recently got the Tim Holtz dressmakers dummy one and decided to glam it up and make a card out of it I really am pleased with the results

Cards made at my friends, our first craft day in her new room

My friend has recently moved into her new craft room and been busy sorting out all her wonderful craft items into there new homes As a way of celebrating the finish of her craft room and a new home to do our crafting in she invited me along to a craft day. We both had so much fun and set about making some of our Christmas cards for this year I made five all stamped and coloured in with promarkers

Looking forward to the next craft day

Have you used every single rubber/acrylic other stamp you have purchased

One of my friends and I were discussing how to store wooden based rubber stamps, well my storage of choice are the 12x12 boxes intended for paper but fab for storage of rubber stamps well 14 boxes later my wooden based stamps are stored.

While added them to the boxes I realised I had not used a great many of y stamps, my friend was just the same so our challenge to each other is to use every one of our rubber stamps at least once, they can be used on cards, LO's, ATC's. alter art, bookmarks, tags the list is as endless as your imagination We are also going to use all our other stamps in the same way I am on box one and will add some of my creations for you to see shortly I am making a list of the ones I have used and what I have made with them as I go along

I am also including stencils I have purchased these are my the first batch all cards.

This is what I did with my feathers

I wanted to make a giant size tag, the one I have made measures 14x10and a half inches. I first of all cover the card with white paper I used inserts out of 12x12 album

I started by inking up the edges of the page, green of cause lol

I then continued to ink up by  useing  ink dusters and distressed ink in shades of green, purple and pink

Then I added two layers of lace to the base of the card. I then  stamped the edges with a lavinia cherry blossom stamp, which I later coloured in. I then added a die cut (tim holtz) bird cage and birds, the feathers, a flower I made some beads and the title

 

I am going to hang it up inn my craft room, as I like nothing better that to listen to the early morning dawn chorus, I made this tag using that as a theme 

I thought I have a go at making feathers

I have a Wall hanging project in mind where I am doing a tall house shape, adding  a bird cage, some birds, glitter,  feathers  tree branches, flowers and musical notes. I found some music sheets in a bag of goodies I was given by a friend, the music was entitled Sunrise Serenade, it made me think of birds and there morning song,  so I decided to make the feathers out of the music sheets, these feather will go on my finished wall hanging

My friend gave me some embossed card blanks so...

Last night I made two cards using two of them. I had already made the oriental topper some time back it just needed mounting up The other card is made using My minds eye paper, cosmic shimmers to colour the  flowers in, stickles for the centre The rubber stamps are  Dawn Bibby clear stamps from QVC I put a birthday greeting on one, and left the other blank