The Guest book

heres the guest book, Flowers were made from the off cuts of parchment from the invites!

I kept it all within the colours the Bride had chosen. Yes I was forced to sign it, sigh, dont see why I should have had to though, as I made the darned thing!
we only stayed an hour, as youngest went and fell over, and tore a flap of skin off his knee cap! Blooming typical!
Mind you having said that I have now spent the past 3 wednesdays at the hospital!! Firstly Middlest dislocated his fingers and chipped a bone in his wrist, the the next wednesday Youngest got into a fight after school, and broke his finger, then wednesday just gone, I had to take him to the Fracture clinic, where they tried to re-break it, to put it straight, and failed, and have now decided that it will be "re-modelled" during his growth phase, Youngest is a bit clumsy at the moment!

Sigh

Lou

the invites

Next up are the invites, on Parchment and centura Peal cardstock

Printing on Centura Peal is do able if you have a printer that will thake the weight of the card, why oh why wont Printer manufacturers listen to us crafts?
And if you're quick, you can cover with embossing powder.
The embossing folder is from Crafters Companion.

Lou

Didnt realise I hadnt blogged these

I posted an example of something I had done to the KNK forum, and then suddenly realised that I havent shown you lot!!!

First up is this Birdcage, requested by the bride, as a receptacle for the wedding cards. Its quite large, 2 1/2 ft tall by 12 inch wide, so that cards could fit in through the top, under the cage lid.

The lovebirds are from Here: http://liagriffith.com/make-a-paper-love-bird/, Thank you Lia, perfect for what I needed.
The doves are from: http://theideaking.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/diy-paper-dove.html

the flowers are a mix of old Hunkydory and my own quilled flowers.
The cage is cut on my zing, you can buy the file Here:  http://alittlehut.com/decor/three-birdcages, on some 400gsm card stock, then covered with Pinfliars Gold Buff it, and Prescious metals leafing fluid.

Lou

my favourite so far

For some reason this one sings to me, which I wouldnt have thought from the starting point, but its amazing how a design can develop.
Again, a bargain from the boys over at Kraftyhands: http://www.kraftyhandsonline.co.uk/webshop/prod_2962805-Christmas-Die-Cut-Mega-Bundle-19-Sheet-Set.html

so starting point was the main image, on a white square background. so first step, distress with old paper! get rid of so much white! then choose the card colours, I took the red from the Angels dress, and the lighter older green of the tree.
so to make it pop a bit more, I matted and layered on Black pearlised paper. the Green is embossilicious  Poinsettias sanded back on core-dinations cardstock. a few Cosmic shimmer pearl dots for the visible centres of the poinsettias
the die is cheery lynn, holly flourish, some lime organza ribbon, and an ezi-bloom from the boys over at Kraftyhands.
the word Nan was created using a mixture of Crafters companion 1 inch dies, and Cheery lynns script die, and glued to the black pearlised paper, before cutting round to create a shadow layer.
on the topper there is glitter as can be seen in the top picture, some cosmic shimmer pearlised glues for the tree baubles, and the whole reason for 2 photos, is the mica I added to the angels wing, catch it right it shines, dont and it doesnt, so it grabs the eye when it does

wow that was a long post from me!

lol

Hugs

Lou

on a roll

okay heres number 3 so far from the boys at Kraftyhands and their mega die cut kit http://www.kraftyhandsonline.co.uk/webshop/prod_2962805-Christmas-Die-Cut-Mega-Bundle-19-Sheet-Set.html

Okay topper, cut a mask for the image leaving the bear visible, then I used some DSA to cover him, before dousing him in Micro Beads. Glitter, Wink of stella, and some 3D glaze on the tree baubles, sign and penguins beak and eyes.
I found an old frame from a kit I had several years ago, and embossed it with Embossilicious Vintage music, before colouring it with Tim Holtz, Faded Jeans.
an 8x8 Scalloped Card base, embosilicious Snowflake folder, and a distress of Faded Jeans, and a papermania Christmas bow, and jobs a gud 'un, as the Kiwi's would say

Hugs

Lou

card number 2

gotta catch up here, got more drying!

again from the boys at Kraftyhands http://www.kraftyhandsonline.co.uk/webshop/prod_2962805-Christmas-Die-Cut-Mega-Bundle-19-Sheet-Set.html

a landscape A5 card base, trimmed with deckle edged scissors, Black pearlised paper, again used deckle edge scissors, and card topper lifted the creatures from the card base by trimming around at points and using silicon glue underneath for dimension and shape, then loads of ultra fine glitter, fluffy stuff, and some Wink of Stella
hugs

Lou

yay Thumbs working again

Hi guys,

well enforced 2 day rest after an injection in my thumb, which fingers crossed seems to have worked, so time to blog this kit comes from the Mega Christmas Die cut set from the boys at krafyhands, : http://www.kraftyhandsonline.co.uk/webshop/prod_2962805-Christmas-Die-Cut-Mega-Bundle-19-Sheet-Set.html

a double popout gatefold,
Inside paper from Kraftyhands Santa's Little Helpers CD
embosilicious snowflake embossing folder

hugs

Lou

my take on HD's accordion card

Right I am still watching and making, but currently I have had a batch of Thank you Teacher cards, so heres my take on Hunkydorys Snowflake concept card

This is using K&Co's Sweet Talk papers, and some diecut flowers From Katy-Sue designs. The file will be made available for cutting machines via MTC, from the gallery within MTC.

Lou

July Challenge at Kraftyhands

This months Challenge over at Kraftyhands is Summer Holidays. http://kraftyhandschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/

I used the Vintage Transport CD, selecting 2 of the papers, and increasinging them via print options to fit  12x12 sheets.

The file is from SVG Cuts, and cut on the Zing.