Anything but the ironing........

so I have been adding to my card stock like crazy.

A long, long time ago I was 'into' Iris Folding in a big way.  At the time I was making cards to sell at my local shop and Iris folded cards were very popular at the time.

This was the basis of the card that I made.

The flowers were from  a CD programme called  Little Big Tree - Wings and Flowers. A fabulous system and I still use it.
I found the photo that I had taken at the time and decided to use it. I cropped  and then used another graphics programme to add borders and to duplicate so that I could add a decoupage layer.
I found a suitable bold and toning backing paper from La Pashe and made this:

Whilst I was looking through my old Photobucket pictures I also found another verion of the iris folded vase with some different flowers:

I enjoyed making the blue version so I well may do something with this one.

As I said - anything but the ironing.
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More fillers for the Birthday Box

Some more decoupage from La Pashe

  

And I even managed to make some chutney as well.   I have to make my own as I cannot eat onions and it is hard to buy commercial chutneys without them.  This is a from a family recipe- Apple and Date -  and here are 14 of the 21 jars I have just made. They are still slightly warm.

Carol
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CD Sunday - #4 - 'Anything Goes' using something from a craft CD - hosted by Wynn

Welcome to #4 - another 'Anything Goes' challenge - this one hosted by fellow teamie Wynn.   The teamies -  including myself - are all enjoying this new freedom to choose any theme as long as a craft CD has been used.
For this challenge, I have chosen to make a birthday card for a friend who has an April Birthday. Although this isn't an actual Easter card it does hint that Spring is on the way. (The friend doesn't follow my Blog so won't see this).

Here is the card:

The image and the sentiments are all from La Pashe - The Big One Vol 2 - 'Sports and Hobbies' and the background is from ??  I cannot remember at the moment.  There is a little decoupage.

We hope you will join in with us. If you care to leave a comment on your way past it would be very welcome. I look forward to visiting your Blog.    I know that when I go visiting I always find something new to admire ----or to buy!
Don't forget we are on Facbook here or you can email us at cdsunday2@gmail.com

I look forward to visiting you or hearing from you.

Carol
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ATC Swop UK

Now that Christmas and New Year are well and truly over we are back to monthly themed swops. For February I made a suggestion and it was kindly accepted - 'Jewellery/Gems'.  I have made quite a few as I particularly love making jewellery ones. You can find some super images and it is always a good reason for using gems.  Now, who doesn't like using gems?

These are the ones I have sent.  This is my presentation.  As I have said many times the organisers always do a super presentation - much more betterer than I could do.

I am looking forward to see what my swops will be.

Hugs
Carol
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Still filling up the Birthday box.....

The weather at the moment is so changeable - snow and then lashing rain and howling winds - that I have decided that making cards is the bestest thing to do. Keeping warm and dry and being productive. (anything but the ironing).
So I am methodically working through my card lists.  I am trying to use many of those dies that I have bought but not yet used and papers that I have collected and are collecting dust.

Here are another couple for the box:

This one uses a new frame die that I purchased from The Art of Craft. I wanted a square frame that wasn't a Christmas one (I have oodles of those) and the edge of the frame had to cover the edge of the insert image as much as possible.  The cats are from dies that I have had for ages and the sentiment is from my now favourite Happy Birthday die.
The peachy/orange background mat is from a pad of  6 x 6 adhesive mats by DCWV. I have had this pad for a long time and found it forgotten in the cupboard. I would like to find more of the pads in perhaps different colours (to purchase) but no luck so far. I also used one of the white sheets for the frame so it does diecut well.

Now for the next card. I have used three of the DCWV mats for this card. Two for the mats and one more for the  die cut frame and butterfly :

The sentiments are peel offs I found (yet again forgotten in the cupboard). I didn't have to search for the pearls. I always know where they are.

I hope you are all safe and dry and perhaps crafting. Just don't do the ironing to make me feel guilty.
Hugs
Carol
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Another one for the Birthday box....perhaps!

I have had so much fun making the card that I am going to find it difficult to send it to anyone.

It started off with a stamped card I saw displayed at The Art of Craft.  The stamp used was of a single blossom designed by  Julie Hickey.  I loved it straight away and had to buy it.  I had just bought a new set of watercolour pens from Amazon and I could see these two being used together.

To start with I stamped 5 and coloured in five different single bright colours.  Added the gold detail around the edges and then just kept looking at them trying to decide what to do next.

I went through my stock of die cuts and found all sorts of leaves and things in all sorts of colours  (all left over from other projects)  and just started to put them together.
I won't bore you anymore - here is the card:

Now it is all finished I will put it in the box - for the time being.

I wish you all the fun I have been having.
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CD Sunday - #3 – ‘Anything Goes’ using something from a craft CD - hosted by Meg

Good morning.  I think everyone has some snow by now,  but I hope it isn't too bad wherever you are. Here in Surrey, we have had a couple of falls and it is staying at the moment.  It does look very pretty but I am glad I don't have to go out in it.

On to crafty things that we can do in the warm.

We are still having 'Anything Goes' - using a craft CD - as our theme and this one is #3.

For this one, I took the opportunity to make my eldest son his birthday card (last week).  I have actually used this design before (here) and as I particularly like it I decided to use it again - slightly differently though.

Here is the card:

The image comes from a Joanna Sheen  CD - Victorian Ladies and Gentlemen Disc 1. There are a couple of areas of decoupage - the balloon and the large wheel/fan?  The top layer of the wheel has been attached with a brad.
The sentiment is a new favourite die. I think it is from here.

I hope you are going to join in with us. 'Anything Goes' gives you carte blanche as long as you have used something from a craft CD and tell us which one.

I look forward to more Blog visiting to see your wonderful creations.
Hugs
Carol
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