Emoji

OK This is something I never thought I would be asked for

"Please Mum can you make me a Birthday Card with a Poo Emoji"

So this is the card that I came up with. 

I think I did a reasonable job considering it is a Poo Emoji

Teaching for the Vintage Chicks Club

The other day I had a message from Bella who owns and runs the 

Vintage Chicks Club 

asking me to give her a call.  

So when I called I  received a wonderful surprise 

Bella asked if I wanted to become one of her teachers.

Of course my answer was yes .... yes ... yes ! ! ! !

So please hop over the Vintage Chicks Club website and have a look at all the wonderful workshops and retreats they are offering.

Don't forget to sign up and visit their shop which will be opening soon. 

I am a bit scared  to be teaching but on the other hand very excited as this is something I have worked towards for years. 

Also I can wait to meet all the lovely ladies attending the workshops.  

I will keep you all informed as to 

when and where I will be teaching.

Dressing a Mannequin

The other day I went into Lincraft to pick up a couple of scrapbooking supplies and came out with a Mannequin.

I have always wanted to dress one with paper, lace and flowers but always had trouble finding one. 

This is what I created - the first step was to paint it purple - but that was a mistake, I didn't like the colour so I decided to rip up little pieces of paper and glue them to the bodice.  Once they were dry I covered the bodice with gloss.  Then I made the skirt from paper triangles in two different paper patterns which I attached to the mannequin.  I then made a skirt of lace and my special beaded lace.  The final step was to cover with flowers, feathers and lace.  It was fun and I am really thrilled with how it finished. 

Blue and Silver Birthday Card

 Blue and Silver Birthday Card - that was the brief I was told by my daughter

Tara Turner from Taras Sweet Surprise had an order to make a Birthday Cake.  As part of the Cakes and Cards Business we have decided to make sure that with every cake made by Taras Sweet Surprise is given a card provided by Syder Scrap Creations.

So with the remit of a Birthday Card in the colours of Blue and Silver.  So I searched through my papers and found a beautiful one created by 49 and Market with the Scents of Nature - Blue Petals paper.

I first fussy cut the main picture on the left hand side of the paper and then used the other side of the paper to cover the card.  The fussy cut picture is then mounted and layered over the top of a dye which has been cut from the reverse side of the paper.

The inside of the card was made and with a scrap piece of the paper and once again overlayed over the top of a dye also cut from the reverse side of the paper.

The whole card is topped off with the beautiful butterfly and then sprinkled with glitter - just a little to give it a bit of sparkle and but not to much.

Secret Santa Present

Carrying on from my previous post the Secret Santa Present 

I created for the workshop put on my  

The Vintage Chicks Club

I made a Christmas Tag which I put on the front of the bag that I used for the present. 

I don't usually make tags but I had so much fun making this one and adding all the different dimensions to it such as feathers, pearls, die cut flowers and little sayings. 

I am looking forward to Christmas and being able to make some more Tags for all my special friends. 

THE VINTAGE GIRLS CLUB - CHRISTMAS WORKSHOP

I recently attended a wonderful Christmas workshop at 

The Vintage Chicks Club 

The workshop was a full day affair and we created two beautiful pieces which I will talk about in the next couple of days

As it was a Christmas Workshop each participant was asked to bring along a Secret Santa to share with other crafters. 

I always have trouble trying to work out what I am going to make - as this was a craft workshop I wanted to make something in line with the theme of the workshop. 

So I put together this little box and filled it little scrapbooking treats. 

I first painted the box and then covered it with Stamperia Papers. 

I had just purchased some wonderful flower dies and then put it all together with feathers, pearls and bronze embellishments. 

I was thrilled when Bella from The Vintage Chicks Club was the lucky person who received this gift. 

Flowers - Flowers - Flowers

Last year was a hudge year for our family.  

Our daughter said 'Yes' to the love of her life when he asked her to marry him.  

The biggest part of the whole build up to the Wedding was that they both decided that they would get married in a 200 year old church in his home town.  The whole family were excited as we had to travel from Australia to England to be part of the happy event.  This was going to be a 'First' for both my husband and myself as we had never been to England or Europe so decided to make a big holiday of it. 

The part that I thought would be hardest was organising a wedding from so far away but my daughter is so well organised she achieved it making it look so easy. 

However, she did decide that she wanted Mummy made flowers

 - so started a year of flowers - flowers - flowers. 

To begin with we had to find the design of the flower that she wanted, then the type of paper and finally the size of the flowers. 

Needless to say I spent a year cutting little bits of paper up, folding them, gluing each petal together and then putting the five petals together on a piece of florist wire.  

My craft room looked as though a flower explosion had occurred.

I ended up making little flowers to put on the back of every chair, flowers that went on the cake, flowers for the church, little flowers that where scattered on the sweet table, across the fireplace mantel and of course not forgetting the bridesmaids, flower girls, men's buttonholes and the most important the 
Bridal Bouquet. 

Of course the part of the fun was getting all the flowers from Australia to England - they went into each and every bag that flew to England including many of the little ones in the Tardis which was used as a card holder. 
The bouquets all went into boxes and were distributed to everyone who was flying to England to take with care. 

To learn more about the cake please visit Tara's Sweet Surprise to find out how she made her cake in a strange house with borrowed equipment.