Tuesday 27 May 2014

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.





Friday 16 May 2014

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.


Tuesday 6 May 2014

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.....?"

Monday 5 May 2014

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"