A bit more Grungeboard fun...

...well you didn't expect me to stop with one door hanger did you?  Just as my mojo has returned after it's summer vacations so thought I'd make the most of it and here is number 2...

and a close up of the flowers I made..

and the wording which I highlighted

and the corner which I used a stencil and embossing paste for and then dusted with colour before it dried..

Numbers 3 and 4 coming up soon - these are special ones for Mya and Grace, all will be revealed real soon.

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A door hanger...

...what fun it is to take a sheet of grungeboard, a few gems, a couple of rubber stamps and your ProMarkers and turn them into this.....

here's a closer view of the flowers I made backed by a couple of peacock feathers stamped, coloured and angel dusted...

and my new Tilda stamp...

isn't she gorgeous.  Then I just had to use my new Sew Easy tool so that I could add some hand stitching..

I have so enjoyed this project that I am off to make a couple more of them.

xx



...and you've guessed it...

MORE FLOWERS

I've been playing again and these are the more successful ones - a few did hit the bin.

This first one was made using a new set of rubber stamps which gives you the layers to build up a rose.

I then played around cutting petals freehand in 3 different sizes cutting 5 of each (I always find odd numbers look better) and I dont know about you but I thought this was more of a water lily.

Next I cut loads of 'wispy' bits of card and five small circles.  Then by one of those weird coincidences I had cut 30 wisps and 5 circles (no counting or measuring involved before hand) so I glued 6 wisps to each circle and then layered these up, I think of this one as a dahlia.

Finally I started to play with some circle nestabilities with a zig zag edge.  I cut the 3 smallest sizes from hammered card and lightly rubbed a stamp pad over the surfaces

then I cut into each circle between the zig zags

amd having flicked some of the pieces with my finger nail I ended up with this

which is so far nameless.

Watch out for more ideas coming your way shortly.

xx

Flowers, flowers and yet more flowers....

are you fed up with the cost of ready made flowers for your cards?

do you never have the right colour, or the right quantity, or the right size of flower?

do you love making your own flowers?

well I answered yes to all of the above and started fiddling around making my own flowers.  On an earlier post I showed you my 'crysanthemum' and roses made from 6 petal stamped images have been appearing on my work, but now I have started seriously looking at the possibilities out there.  Below are some of the things I have achieved so far and I will be adding more over the next few days as I get a chance to play.

Ok first up is a flower made using the new Nellie Snellen punches (be aware these punches are currently out of stock everywhere but more are due in this month, hopefully).

then we have this one made using Marianne dies and ribbon (the die cuts the slits for the ribbon)

 this was made by printing out a flower using MCS, changing the size and the colour.

this is with a Martha Stewart punch

and this is one of my roses

I love these little treasures and can now get a range of sizes