Hello crafty friends! I am popping in today to show you my latest card. It is for my Mum's birthday. I couldn't even find the inspiration for that. I have to admit to cheating . . . badly. You might recognise this one. It is a card that I had made previously and had in my stash, which I cut the front off and mounted it to a larger card base on which I embossed with a stencil, colouring the paste to the colours used on the card. I sprinkled the paste with iridescent glitter before it was dry.
In the meantime, whilst my mojo has deserted me, I am doing some sewing (that doesn't require any creative input).
Above is a dress that I made by attaching a piece of plain black fabric - that I gathered - to a sleeveless top that I made a little while ago. The piece hanging around the neck of the hanger is a 'self belt', made from the same fabric as the top.
Thank you so much for your visit today and especially if you have left a comment. You are all appreciated more than you know!
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I have been searching for inspiration as I thought it was about time I did a post for the new year! However, after the Christmas rush and the worry over my mum's chest infection - she's recovered from that now, thank God - my mojo just went walkabout, and I'm worried it will never return. 😓
So, in the end, I went through my 'bits and bobs' stash - you know, don't you, we all have them - bits that you have cut out, tried out, coloured, embossed and left to one side. Well, I came across this digi stamp that I coloured ages and ages ago and decided to try and build from there.
First, I stamped the sentiment from a new stamp set - as yet unused - as I thought it rather appropriate. Next, I felt the image needed framing in some way, so I chose a piece of card-stock that was similar in colour (I had nothing that matched exactly).
Then I took some card bases in different colours and held the focal piece in front of them, but the only one that it seemed to suit was a white base, but that looked a bit plain. So, then I tried stamping various backgrounds in a variety of colours, and none of them looked right.
I finally went for a white card base and stencilled some embossing paste through a stencil in random places. I let that dry and it seemed the best I could do, so I mounted the focal image to the card base with thin foam tape and called it done.
Below is the result, not inspiring, but, alas, that was the best I could do without the return of my mojo!
Happy New Year to you all, and let's hope it's a healthy, happy and creative one for us all!
Thank you so much for your visit today and especially if you have left a comment. You are all appreciated more than you know!
If you have a question, please be sure I have a way to contact you so I can answer, as a lot of you are 'no-reply' bloggers, so I am unable to reply via e-mail.
