Many, many apologies for the long absence. I’ve not really
felt up to blogging. Not really felt up to anything to be honest, but managed
to get by on the essentials, including going to work and making my Convention
swaps. If you’ve had the same bug as my you have my sympathy; it masquerades as
a heavy cold but leaves you feeling totally wiped out.
But enough about me, I have a few projects to show you and
am scheduling some posts to appear while I’m at Convention. We set off tomorrow
morning and hope to be in Germany by the afternoon, to get ready for the first
Convention events in the evening.
Meanwhile, everybody’s doing it so I thought I’d jump on the
bandwagon and make one of those fabby ornaments from the front of the
Autumn/Winter catalogue. This one was my first attempt – it’s a reasonably
close copy of the front page one, although I forgot the linen thread and deliberately used Designer Series Paper instead
of stamping it. This saves a lot of time as, for starters, you don’t have to
line up the framelits dies around the image and secondly you can die-cut up to
three sheets of DSP (please don’t attempt more than one sheet of cardstock with
these dies!) at a time.
Front page ornament
Cardstock: Old Olive (on back, unseen)
Paper: Festival of Prints DSP Stack
Accessories: Simply Scored tool, Regals Buttons, Dazzling Diamonds Glitter, Lucky Limeade Baker’s Twine, Cherry Cobbler Scalloped Tulle, Holiday Ornaments Framelits Dies, Big Shot
After I’d had a go at this one and realised just how
straightforward it is, I tackled the ornaments on page 3 of the Autumn/Winter
catalogue.
Page 3 ornament (Cherry Cobbler)
Stamps: Greetings of the Season, Ornament Keepsakes
Cardstock: Whisper White
Ink: Cherry Cobbler
Accessories: Holiday Ornaments Dies, Snowflake Die, Naturals Buttons, Whisper White Baker’s Twine, Big Shot
Stamps: Greetings of the Season, Ornament Keepsakes
Cardstock: Whisper White
Ink: Old Olive, Cherry Cobbler
Accessories: Holiday Ornaments Dies, Snowflake Die, Lucky Limeade Baker’s Twine, Big Shot
Confidence boosted, I decided to make my own up! This one
follows the same principles but is a symphony in purple... with lots of
glitter, too!
My Elegant Eggplant ornament
Stamps: Greetings of
the Season, Ornament Keepsakes
Cardstock: Very
Vanilla
Ink: Elegant
Eggplant
Accessories: Holiday
Ornaments Dies, Snowflake Die, Wisteria Wonder Baker’s Twine, Dazzling Diamonds
Glitter, 1” circle punch, Big Shot
Nice to have you back and I'm just trying to get past the dreaded lurgy too. This one is my favourite but that's probably because I love the colour. Have a great time at convention.
ReplyDeleteOooh lovely, esp the last one! Try and get some rest at convention...ha! Enjoy!!! You can rest when you get back home :)
ReplyDeleteGorgeous ornaments! Hope you are feeling much better soon! Enjoy your time at convention!!
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