Wedding card commission

A wedding card commission on the request from my chum Fiona Veerman who had asked if I could do her a wedding card in lilac or purple as well as a money gift wallet. The request came about due to a facebook post I had made about re-kindling my passion for papercrafting again..........

A quick birthday card......

a quick birthday card for my friend Denise - for the first time in a long time I was actually organised to get a card to her in time for her birthday.

Take a box of chocolates........

My workplace grounds - bluebells a plenty.........

I work at the Astley Ainslie Hospital - some may know it as a rehabilitation hospital.  The grounds look beautiful just now with the leaves opening up on the trees, the daffodils have bloomed and gone.... and now the bluebells.  I had promised myself to bring my camera in to snap the bluebells before they disappear too.

Christmas countdown - applies to December only!

At work [my NHS job], we deal with a company who organises for consultants to take our out patient clinics at weekends in a bid to reduce the waiting lists for lots of specialties.  Each year they gift the staff a new calendar.  This being almost my first year in the post as departmental secretary, and an eye for altering/crafting, I asked my colleagues to keep some of these back for me so that I could recycle.

I saw the block style calendars in the Range at the weekend - they were cheaper than Asda's block calendars but even at almost £7 a set!  Those wooden block style calendars were quite popular to alter at one point I am sure but thought it a little expensive "just because" LOL.  Then it occurred to me that I still had the above calendars stashed away in a drawer.  I even chopped down the pre-printed calendar bits that flip over from month to month, and recycled those by covering them in patterned cardstock and cut out numbers from the Sizzix Lollipop number series.  

I must apologise now for the calendar I made was actually for a "sleep countdown" for the festive season - yes I am quite a bit ahead of time but I am never this organised and wanted to have this done.  I have another 2-3 to make.  This is the prototype!

 

How the back looks:

The front and numbers put in place:

yup, 'fraid so, this is Santa Claus!

I layered certain areas of this die cut, with a little chalking from Stamping Up, given Santa the rosy cheek look.

Nouveau was the Sizzix Sizzlet alphabet used for "How Many Sleeps.....?"

Scrapbook of Marianne's High School Prom from 2010 complete at last!

I have been working on this on and off over the last couple of years!  Today on a rare day off work, I managed to complete it and bind it all together using the bind it all!

Rediscovering the BIA

 Aiming for the vintage look:

 part of the double layout including above LO

Another rediscovery - an old punch from Creative Memories:

A wee bit of bling embellishment instead of dotting the "i"