Happy 2015!!

 

Well that's it Christmas is well and truly over and 2015 well underway. I would like to say we had a good Christmas and New Year celebrations but unfortunately both were blighted by ill health. We all came down with the awful cough & cold that's been doing the rounds. Then Christmas Day saw my Son in Law admitted to hospital due to dangerously high blood sugar levels, he's type 1 diabetic. Pleased to say it's  now under control. Then my poor hubby John was admitted to hospital New Years Eve and has pneumonia. Hopefully he will soon be back home once the intravenous antibiotics have done their job.

 

Anyway in the meantime I'm catching up on a few things inbetween hospital visits. Hence I'm here blogging which has been a rare occurance lately.

 

Her is a selection on Christmas cards I made.

 

Pop up box card with parchment flowers using Jayne Nestorenko stamp, Sue Wilson leaves die and Cloe holly leaves die

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Two using Serif Craft Artist

Using Jayne Nestorenko stamps

 



 

 

 

Anniversary card for my husband

 

Well that's about it for now, just hoping 2015 does improve.

Pat xxx



Box of flowers

 

 

Well as it's such a miserable day weather wise I'm here getting things sorted on the computer which I don't seem to find much time for lately, apart from a bit of facebook and even less twitter. Not completely savvy with twitter but I give it a go every now and then.

I managed to order a lovely Camper Van die from Joanna Sheen's shop this morning so I am looking forward to having a play with that when it comes. I've got a couple of cards to make for people that I know the Camper Van will be perfect for.

 

The card I am going to share today is one of the flowers in a box ones that seem to be popular at the moment. I made it for Mom's 91st birthday that she celebrated on Tuesday. I used some Laura Ashley papers which I had in my stash and coloured some of the flowers with copics to match.

 

 

Quite simple to create really but very effective especially as they fold flat for posting.

Take an oblong piece of card scored into 4 equal sections along the length plus a 2cm section to create a flap to join the box. Then score in half along the width. If you want the top sections to be shorter adjust the score line. Cut away the top section of the 2cm flap and cut down the score line on the top sections. Glue the flap to create the box. You need to cut 2 or 3 narrow strips to fit the inside of the box in order to attach the flowers or whatever you want in the box. Use acetate strips fixed to some of the embellishments to enable them to stand proud.

Now what to do with the rest of the day? Tackle the mountain of ironing or do a bit of crafting?I think you know what I'll decide!!

Bye for now

Pat xx