Decoupage cards

I picked up issue #124 of Papercraft Inspirations the other day and it had a great decoupage kit ~ Hugs With Henry.  They images are adorable and the PP very sweet.    I decided to CASE the samples in the magazine.

First up I used a cute little bunny image

I trimmed all the PP's and matted onto the kraft card and then after punching holes, I hand stitched around all the layers.  I did the decoupaging and then used the Wink of Stella to add some glitter to the bunny and the flower.  I added a little Cuttlebug tag stamped with the cute as sentiment stamps from a Winnie & Walter's set.

Entering this one into the Simon Says Wednesday challenge ~ Anything Goes

My next one used a puppy image

I used a Spellbinders die to cut the main image.  Luckily the second layer included the flower so I could have it hanging over the top.  I used a Fancy label die for the mat.  Once again, I used some of the little sentiments from a Winnie & Walter set.

I've got a third one with some glossy accents on it drying and am ready to start  number four.   As we are heading off to the beach tomorrow evening for the long weekend, I might take the kit with me.  Otherwise, I've just got two new books on my Kindle.  The forecast is for a cold wet weekend, so snuggled up reading sounds like just the ticket!

I'm Blog of the Month....

Papercraft Inspirations have a Blog of the Month and I was super excited when I opened November's issue to find it's ME! 

 

About 6 months ago I got an email from the magazine to say they were interested in showcasing my blog and asked me to send a few of my favourite cards.   I'd forgotten all about it...so imagine my surprise when I opened the magazine at lunch time when I bought it and there I was.  The magazines are always about a month later arriving here in NZ.

Our weekend was super busy ~ we did some Christmas shopping, got our tree up and decorated and for once my hubby did some impulsive buying.... He NEVER buys anything on impulse.  We had gone to look at a new sofa for our dinning area ~ and he saw a nice two seater that was 75% off and bought it on the spot.  It got delivered on Sunday and we found it was about a foot longer than the old one.  So some rearranging was needed which resulted in having to clean the carpet.  But it's all looking good now

Hope you are not too stressed in the lead up to Christmas.  I'm off to a team lunch tomorrow.  Weekend busy and next week our neighbourhood barbeque is here on Wednesday and then the following Sat my parents arrive... in no time it will be Christmas Day!