Forever Friends

Hello again. Jude with you on this wet and blustery Monday.  According to the weather forecast we should be thankful for rain as we apparently have snow coming soon!!  I love to see the snow but the country grinds to a halt with just a couple of inches.  We really don't have a handle on how to deal with snow in the UK.  I know some of you have much worse snow than us and still manage to get around on the roads or public transport; we just don't have enough experience I suppose to cope with the excessive fall we've had in the last couple of years.

Still hearing about snowfall means that I'm starting to feel a bit Christmassy.  I've even bought a few presents!  You never know I might actually be ready by the time it arrives, lol.

My cards are practically all going to be seasonal as I have quite a few to make.  Today's offering comes from a Forever Friends paper and embellishment pack.

These are little chipboard toppers layered on 3 papers from the pack using foam pads for dimension.  I took a 6x6 scalloped blank and added a checked paper layer.  I rounded the corners to keep the look of the blank.  The stars is a 3x5.5 piece added at an angle and the button paper is the same size but I rounded the corners again.

The sentiment is from another set but still Forever Friends.  I thought it balanced the card out nicely.

I wanted some kind of sparkle but wasn't happy with any of the bits I added.  I eventually found this elastic string with stars and beads, which I think matches quite nicely.

What do you think?

Thanks for joining us again.  TTFN Jude xx

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It's Saturday!! Yeeaaaaahhh!!!!

I had a days leave yesterday and spent it with my granddaughter, Keira.  It was wet and miserable so we didn't get to go to the park as planned, but we did go shoe shopping instead lol.  I bought her some new white trainers and a pair of black boots, and she was thrilled with them.  Trying them on was fun as she insisted on checking she could run and jump in them, so I chased her around the shop for a while :-))  It would have been less tiring going to work, but not nearly as enjoyable.

By the time I got home last night I wasn't feeling much like crafting, so I dug through our stash to find some ready made toppers or embellishments in order to make a quick and easy card.  This is what I came up with.

The paper and chipboard stickers are from Smirk.  I liked how the raised elements added dimension to the pre-printed background.

The sentiment was very pale against the bright background so I coloured the letters with a pink and a purple Stabilo 0.4.

Once I had chosen a couple of embellishments it really was as simple as adding paper and chipboard to a card blank!

I think it turned out quite well.  What do you think?

TTFN Jude xx

 

Hello friend(s)

Morning crafty friends!  It's nearly the weekend yyyyeeeeeeaaaaaahhhh ;)

 

This week I have bought a couple of card kits from WH Smith and I thought instead of just looking at them and then sticking them in the stash, I would actually use one :o  Radical I know lol.

 

The other one is Molly Bloom and I will share that later but today it's Cardmaking in Easy Steps.  It actually does what it says and shows you instructions for loads of cards to make with the pack.

Along with the usual stamps and papers there was also some chip board embellishments.  I loved the feathers and was hoping to use them on a card some day. 

 

Fortuitously in another of our mags there was a free paper pack which had some feathered paper in.   

 

 

Fate had delivered me an excuse to use the feathers and who am I to argue??  This is what I came up with.   

 

Starting with an A5 blank I added the feathered paper and wrapped the bottom with co-ordinating ribbon and a bow.

I placed a piece of orange card stock in the centre and added the feathers.  In the pack were many other pieces including the Hello Friend sentiment.  I felt it was just right for this bright, fun card.   

 

What do you think?

 

TTFN Jude