Birdhouse ATC's

Well you might of gathered by now I like doing ATC's from time to time. I love to try doing things a little differently and I was pointed in the direction of birdhouse ATC'S and I just loved doing them.

They are a little fiddly to cute out, but well worth it in the end.

I did a folded birdhouse, but you could just do it as a flat ATC.

Water colour painting attempt

I prefer to paint with acrylics but I just had to give water colour a go and here it is.

Special Occassions

Here are two cards that I made for people very close to my heart.

This one was for my husband. Being a Spurs fan I found this hard to make lol

 This is for a retired Pastor and his dear wife who are moving to wales to be closer to family. They will be missed by all the church..

Triptych ATC's

I do fortnightly swap with a lady at a craft club I go to, and our theme/style was Triptych ATC.

I decided to do three themed ATC's

Oriental theme

Open ATC-The back

Closed ATCInside the ATC.

Nursery ryhme theme

The back when opened

Inside when opened

Closed ATC

Art Deco Theme

Closed ATC

Open ATC, this is the back

The back when opened

I have had so much fun with these. They are time consuming but worth a go.

Trinket boxes.

Had a go at making something a little different yesterday. They are little trinket boxes they are decorated inside and outside.

Below are the first two I did. I used decoupage paper to layer all over then put the picture on top and bottom of the box.

Pictures below show the lids and and base of box.

Below are boxes with lids on.

They are painted in gold enamel paint, then I decoupaged some beautiful ladies on them.

A few more Art Deco style.

A few more cards completed. Took a while to get going today the sunshine was distracting me.

Fun with pro markers

I am an absolute novice at using pro markers, but had so much fun using them.

These images came from a lovely lady from here . She creates beautiful digi stamps you can use, pop over and have a peek.

Here are a few I have made today.

Items I have made for my stall.

I have a table at a local community centre Saturday week and I have been busy making cards. I now have enough Art Deco themed cards, going to start on some male type cards next.

Its going to be a mixed table. I am also selling off some craft stock e.g stamps, mini embossers, fiska cutters etc and I am hoping people will bag themselves a bargain.

The craft club I go to have asked I bring any stock left on the Monday after so thats great!

Below are some more Art Deco cards. I never make identical cards as you might of noticed.

Gatefold Card

I just have not been organised to post anything recently.

But here I am atlast.

This is An Art Deco themed gatefold card.

Inside the card

The front of the card.

Decorative birds.

I made these yesterday. I thought they would look great on a shelf or ontop of a bookcase.

Sunflowers painting.

I haven't painted in months and today I actually got my paints out and had a go.

It is acrylics on stretched canvas.

Golden Wedding Anniversary Card

I made this card yesterday. The backing paper is a pale yellow tie die effect, then I added a sparkly pale green and yellow floral print paper. Topped with decoupaged yellow flowers and some white silk flowers with beads. Edged with gold. I added a couple of wired leaves to break up the pale colours.

I tried to keep the colour scheme yellowish/gold for the theme Golden wedding Anniversary.

Not Art Deco for a change

Well I have actually made a couple of cards that are not art deco themed.

One is the 50's and the other 60's era.

Masquerade.

Below I have posted some masquerade themed cards.

I would also like a few new idea's for paper crafts as I have a table at the end of March and would like different themes/gifts/cards to fill the table.. I tend to sell everything at cost as its just to replace what I have used. All idea's greatly welcomed.

Shall we dance?

I have had these images for sometime as I fell in love with them, but was unsure where to start as they were so big!

Then the light bulb came on and I brought some stunning papers for the background. Then I cut around the images reducing them in size. They all have three layers but I kept them as slim as possible for posting and they are all a little different,as I do not like to do cards identical. But thats just me.

The photo's really do not do them justice.

Baby Cards.

Below are a selection of cards I have done for an order. I try to make all the cards different.