I decided that instead of just shoving the offcuts from yesterday's card into my offcut Bermuda Triangle of a box I would use them up and see how many cards I could make out of the sheet I cut into.
For this card I have teamed the image with a fabric patterned paper from the S.E.I Windsor stack that I had for Christmas.
The spotted strip with the brads is from the G45 paper and the lace edging by Paper Cellar......sort of a plasticky, papery type self adhesive stuff which doesn't actually stick very well....I had to glue it.
I found some grungy number stamps for the 1930's and used the fashion word again that I used yesterday.
I've started another card and there should be enough left to do a fourth so for 85p my G45 paper has gone a really long way. I do love value for money.
Got another unexpected day off today as Deb phoned me at 8am to say that she had got several phone calls from various people about the state of the roads and travelling conditions to the shop so we weren't opening.
Why is it that this sort of day off feels so much more delicious than say a days holiday?
I cooked a proper tea for DD as she will be out in whatever the skies throw at us tonight and then got the washing up done. Sauntered upstairs and threw a few bits of card and paper together and had a game of Freecell on the computer. I am sooooo relaxed that I am almost horizontal which is a very strange feeling for me....lol!!!
Well 'the boss'...........or the man who thinks he is will be home soon so I had best go and sort out his supper then I can mop the kitchen floor before I disappear back upstairs.
Bye for now and thanks for your visit.
Sheila-x-
I couldn't decide whether to post this card here or on my other blog but then I realised I had marked it as manicstamper so here it stays.....lol!!!
Can't quite believe that I have cut into a sheet of this paper by Graphic 45 from the Times Nouveau range......I haven't even had it six months yet......lol!!!
Anyhoo.....the tiny spot background is MM.
The L shaped border is cut from the G45 paper as are the ladies and the larger spot strip.
There's a bit of inking around the edges and the fashion word is a stamp from the same set as the lady with the felt flower I posted the other night.
Lace Tape is by Paper Cellar and the tape measure is just something I picked up on my travels but can't remember where from.
Decorated the border with some tiny self adhesive pearls and added a brad to the stamped word.
I think I am going to treat myself to an early night tonight. I feel proper weary and me poor toes are nearly blue with cold sitting in this back room. Hubby has just got in so I shall have a nice hot cuppa with him and then go and snuggle down.
Thanks for dropping by
Sheila-x-
Tonight's card is one I made today to pass a bit of time while I was at the shop.
I love this numbers embossing folder which has been done onto Co'redinations cardstock and sanded.
The numbers have been outlined with a black marker pen.
Tag is a XCut die and stars are a Sizzlet die.
The rub on letters are from Kars.
It was awfully quiet today but then I don't think I would have gone out if I hadn't had to go to work.
Still.......I got this card done and Deb made up a couple with the Kanban Concept packs so there are samples out for people to see.
Tonight I have been diecutting as the drawers where I keep all my offcuts won't shut properly and while I have been doing it I have been sorting the dies to get rid of some.
I have so many that have similar versions on the Cricut cartridges that it seems silly to keep them lying on a shelf doing nothing.
I'm hoping to have chance to make a dent in the pile of offcuts at the shop tomorrow as well and do some diecutting.....also in the hope that the exercise will keep me warm.....lol!!!
Well hubby is standing at the door with a 'feed me' look on his face so I had best go and see to him.
Thanks for dropping by.
Sheila-x-
Due to a bonus day off today.......well a part day.......I have had the chance to have a go at a fabulous technique which I had seen on MEL'S blog using wax paper and matt Mod Podge.
I did the technique as described but didn't have the same ink pads so I used Distress Ink pads which worked very well.
For an image to go on my background I chose this gorgeous one from a set of UM's by Elusive Images and added a felt flower which I cut with a Sizzix die and embossed using the Swiss Dots folder in the Cuttlebug.
I spritzed the flower with water before embossing and coloured the top layer with DI's and quick daub of a Timber Brown StazOn to make the spots stand out a bit.
I really enjoyed Mel's technique and will be trying it out again as I have a roll of wax paper which I have only ever used for the wax resist technique and I got a bit bored with that.
So why did I get a bonus day off today?.....................it SNOWED......YAYYYYYY!!!
It wasn't so bad at home but when we were travelling to the shop it just got worse and worse. At one roundabout we went into a skid which frightened us both and by the time we got to the shop it was like a whiteout so Deb decided to close for the day.
When I got home it started to snow a bit and then a bit more. Eventually we had about four inches though I think it is starting to melt now.
I had a good tidy up in my room before I started playing as it hadn't been touched for a few days. Moved some furniture round and made a bit more space. I am hoping this year to be able to afford to buy some of the proper 12 x 12 storage units I keep drooling over in the magazines so some of my mismatched stuff will have to go.
I am off for a nice soak in a hot bath now and a read of the Jeffrey Archer book I am just reading. Not my normal choice but I picked it up from DD's shelf as I had nothing to read. I have to say it is flippin' good.
Thanks for dropping by.
Sheila-x-
Well so much for doing artistic things yesterday.I didn't get upstairs until very late last night as I had forgotten that it was my week for doing the laundry and then hubby had asked for a beef stew for last nights tea. So that was all I did all day.....washing and cooking. Then while hubby was out at a retirement party last night I got DD to do my hair.........I do have to keep some secrets from him.......lol!!!By the time I got upstairs it was getting on for midnight so I just finished off and packed some Valentine cards for the local shop.Won't get much done today either as we are off to my brother in laws for Sunday lunch and I don't really know what time we will be back.Roll on next weekend.......lol!!!Thanks for dropping by.Sheila-x-
I decided that instead of just shoving the offcuts from yesterday's card into my offcut Bermuda Triangle of a box I would use them up and see how many cards I could make out of the sheet I cut into.
