80th birthday

So it was my mum's 80th birthday and it took a while to find my inspiration but here's what I came up with. The flowers are from aunty Sarah's bloomers, lettering using my cricut machine, the butterfly die was a magazine freebie and the background was from spellbinders elegant labels four, woodware daisy punch and marianne creatables flourishes. Paper and card from my stash......!

Mum loved it as much as I loved making it.

Here's a cute crochet penguin cushion based on a design by Ilaria Chiaratti (www.idainteriorlifestyle.com). I really enjoyed making this. You can see this and some of our other handmade gifts and cards in our Etsy shop.

https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/186560725/cosy-crochet-penguin-pillow?ref=shop_home_active_2



Let me know what you think of our cute little friend!

New baby card using butterfly baby digi stamp by Krista Smith from Saturated Canary coloured with copics.

Sizzix owl

A friend asked if I would make a card for his granddaughter and here it is. It's the first time I've used this die and I'm really pleased with the result. Think this is going to become a regular feature in my  cards.

A few of my cards

Some of recent work. Birthday card and Mother's Day cards. Hope all you mums had a good one

Our Etsy shop.......

Our Etsy shop is open for business and with Mothers Day coming up shortly it's a good place to find the right card for your mum.  Here's what's available right now!

http://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/FranklinAndDelilah?ref=ss_profile

 

A new experience...............

Until now I've just made cards for my family and friends and shared a few of them with the outside world on Pinterest.  Not quite sure why but now feels like a good time to do something more. So here it is - my very first blog!

I love crafting cards.  I started by helping my daughter when she got into it about 8 years ago - I just used to stick the greeting bits on back then!  I really didn't think I had it in me to be the slightest bit artistic but she gave me a push and I've been hooked ever since.

Like most crafters I spend my spare time looking for more stuff - somehow I've just never got enough and when I see a card design I like then I must have what's needed to make it!

I'm digging up some of my old crafting skills too trying to see what else I am capable of! It's great to see that hand knitted and crocheted stuff is trending right now and even better is that I don't seem to have forgotten how to do either of them.

So today is birthday card day - looking to try out my new spellbinders adorning squares dies.  Guess the the outcome will end up on here at some stage so watch this space!