Been away for a couple of days...

it's the first Pesky Party tomorrow, so I've been busy making cards. Here are my favourites.



This is a Jolly Nation 3d decoupage cat, with a matching gift tag. I love the little bowl



This is a pocket card - I've popped a tag in it, but you can take the tag out, and use it for money or a gift token or something flat-ish - it sticks out from the card by a few mm, so it could even be jewellery



and my absolute favourite. This one has brass brads on the front with a gold tie to keep it closed. Then when opened, the x-men 3d picture pops out on paper I've folded into springs!!

My favourite 5 cards I've made

This is my favourite cat shape ever, and it works well in patterned paper too.



Stickers from Paperchase, and word stickers brought back from America by Claudia. Just seemed to work together.





Cupcakes were one of the first things I painted, and the first thing I made a paper collage out of too. You can't beat the simple shapes.



I bought these little coat hangers and thought they'd be perfect for card making. Cutting out tiny clothes is fiddly, so I haven't ended up making many of them!

Paper Patchwork

Yesterday was productive - I got a few canvases and cards I'd been planning in my head finally finished. I'm really enjoying the slightly retro nature of these paper patchwork items. Somehow they remind me of old cartoons. I'm thinking of doing more involved pieces using vintage paraphenalia, but for now, I'm making stock for the 2 craft fairs which are coming up. I know that doesn't sound like a lot of fairs, but
it really is for me!

All photos can be clicked on and viewed bigger.

My favourite is this washing line. I used silver thread for the line, corrugated card for the poles, and real miniature pegs.



Beach scenes - one of these is for my nephew, but I enjoyed making it so much I made one to sell as well



Four small canvases I found, which were screaming out for cupcakes in different colours - Ian loves these



Two cupcakes



And while I'm here, a small painting I did from the flamingo photos

New greeting cards

This weekend I've been playing around with scraps of the lovely paper I got the other week, and enjoying making these collage type things. What do you think?





(you can click on any photo to go to my photostream and see the others I made)

I also finally came up with a way to use the lovely vintage photos Claudia let me have from her 'hoarding' box.