A Vintage Wedding

Hi Everyone,

I have just had a lovely manic weekend with my gorgeous grandsons. We went to a spooky welly walk yesterday in aid of the Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation and had lots of fun and laughs as well as getting just a bit wet.

So this week I have been busy making more Christmas decorations and some customer order cards. One of which has been a beautiful vintage wedding card that I can share with you tonight. I love making wedding cards and invitations and have a Facebook page for my wedding makes called Wedding Wishes so pop along sometime and have a look.

Back to the card, I love making cards with lots of layers and beautiful papers.

I have used lots of my stash on this that I have had such a long time, including lace, doilies and paper roses.

So tonight I am making a large A4 Christmas card for a special wife, watch this space and I will share as soon as I can.

Have a great week

Love

Gill x

A Handmade Christmas

Hi Everyone,

This year I have decided to have a change and make all my tree decorations. I have lots of bits and bobs and lots of ideas for decorations in nice neutral colours and I am sharing the first of them with you today.

This is the beginning, they are cardboard toilet roll holders that I flattened and made a bunting / flag shape by cutting an upside down V. I then painted them with bronze acrylic paint from The Works.

I added a mat of music paper and a fancy top boarder and finished off with some mini pine cones I picked from a friends garden a few weeks ago. 

I am really chuffed with the end result because I love to recycle and re-purpose. I have some lovely chunky logs from the same garden so once my hubby has cut them into discs I will get going on them as well. I also have some fabulous large pine cones from another friends garden so I am going to have a good look at Pinterest for some inspiration.

Have a great week

Love 

Gill xx

Emerald City Craft Challenge - October

Hi Everyone,

Sorry I haven't been around much, I have had a poorly hubby and mummy over the last couple of weeks so I have been concentrating on them..

I am even a day late showing you my DT work for Emerald City Craft challenge so a slapped wrist form me to me.

Here is a lovely gift bag made with the Madamoiselle Digi downloads from Linda Simpson Designs. Pop over and see Linda's website there are some fabulous items and downloads for sale.

Why not check out all the DT designs on the challenge blog and even enter one of your projects, as always it is Anything Goes

That's it from me short and sweet, I have a brand new great niece that I have to make some lovely bits for. I will share everything when its done

Take car and have a great weekend

Love

Gill xx