A few cards I have recently made

Hi Everyone
Well at last I am back. I had a stroke just before Christmas and at last am now managing to make a few cards. My daughter gave me a Thomas Kinkade 3CD set for Christmas and that has made life a lot easier to make the cards.  I am really missing the stitching ones but at last have just managed one which I am a bit proud of. The stroke was very scarey, fortunately I only lost the use of my left  side, being left handed that was a real problem. But me being very stubborn has got me going again LOL!!  I have had a lot of support from my lovely family and friends who encouraged me to keep it up.
Well that's enough of that boring stuff, I have now got a few cards for you to look at.
The first one is the one I stitched and made an origami paper bow for the centre (how good is that haha!!)

The rest are from the Thomas Kinkade cd, not my usual stitching but determination got me going with them

Oops!! the one above this is from the lovely cd Crazy Cats, the images are sooooooo cute

Hope you all are keeping well,

Hopefully I will be back soon

Thanks for dropping by

Sue xx

Birthday Card for friend

Hi Everyone
I have made this card for my friend Sandy at the craft club. She makes such beautiful cards I
felt I had to make a bit of an effort.
The image of flowers and butterfly was done using a pretty little stencil on velvet paper. I used Diamond Sparkle Medium paste by Imagination Crafts in the stencil.  It is a beautiful paste and really sparkles when dry.  The rest of the items in the card were bits and pieces from my stash.
Thanks for looking
Hope you are all OK
Sue x

Christmas Penguin

Hi Everyone
I have just crocheted this cute little friend.  It was from a free pattern from Craftsy, they have a lot of freebies on their site so why not pop in and have a peep.
I really enjoyed making him, (no name at the moment).
I find crochet a bit hard to do these days, the old bones in my hand are playing up a bit so have to keep resting it, still with the very wet afternoon we had today it was a lovely way to spend a few hours.
The web site for Craftsy is    

www.craftsy.com/patterns

there are a lot of patterns to buy as well as freebies.
Thanks for looking in
Take care Sue x

Notelets and Holder

Hi Everyone
I have just made this small pack of notelets and holder.  The holder was made just using an A4 piece of card folded and decorated up with patterned paper and bits and pieces from my stash.  I seem to be getting hooked on making the concertina type of flower with feathers. They are a bit fiddly to make but look nice.  I cut and embossed the small notelet cards and chalked over the fronts to match, then made the little envelopes to fit.
Well I really enjoyed making it, now I don't know who to give it to hahaha!! I am sure someone will get it.
Hope you are all OK, take care
Sue x

Pretty little Origami Box

Hi Everyone
I have had a lovely afternoon playing with paper.
Thanks to Cardsarus blog,   I picked up the link to

www.card-making-magic.com/

Thank you Jenny.

There are some really lovely video tutorials on the site and  the tutorials are very easy to follow, trust me haha!!  I need easy.

Anyway this is the result of the origami box, I am rather pleased with it, don't know what to do
with it yet, probably fill it with sweets and give as a pressie  (or keep it myself - minus sweets haha!!)
Thanks for taking the time to look in, and always appreciate comments.
Take care
Sue xx

Frames and Cards

Hi Everyone
I have made two more of the frames and cards. These are for 2 of our grandsons getting married. First is Matt and Gemma on 31st August and then Russ and Lisa on 12th September.
I love the yellow and white theme I used for the other one I made.  Again the frames are from Ikea, they are a real bargain and they do look rather pretty when decorated.
Hope you agree
1st, Matt & Gemma

 

And then Russ & Lisa

 

I am now going to concentrate on getting a few Christmas cards put together, and will show them when I get that far.  I have stitched a few simple ones and now need to do something with them.

I will be back again soon,

Take care everyone

Sue x

Birthday card and Wedding card and boxed photo

Hi Everyone, It has been quite a while since I last put some projects on here.
I have been very busy decorating the outside of the bungalow, garden bench and my summerhouse (workshop). I have given them all a lick of paint and now they are all clean and bright, very satisfying now that they are done.   I have fitted this all in between my dear husbands chemo, so life has been a bit hectic of late. Making the best of the lovely weather whilst it lasts.
This card is for one of my son-in-laws birthday. It was a bit fiddly doing the cards which I have coloured with my lovely Promarkers.

I have made the Wedding card and the boxed photo frame for a friend of my daughter.  Her favourite colour is bright yellow and her favourite flowers are Sunflowers.   I painted white daisies with my lovely Promarkers and pulled the petals around a bit to make them look a bit more natural.  I could find any Sunflowers so thought coloured daisies would do the job.  My daughter was well pleased with the results so I expect that's OK   Lol!!

I have another 2 Weddings coming up so I had better get cracking on them now that these are finished.
Well I hope you are all well, and enjoying this lovely weather we are having
Take care
Sue xx