80th Birthday card with box

Hi all, long time no see eh?

Anyways, here is a card I made at the weekend for an order :)

I have used 'Tilda with Butterfly' as the main image, coloured with distress inks, an old Prima flourish stamp, inked with Walnut Stain distress ink, Wild Orchid Crafts flowers, a doily, an x-cut butterfly punch, and some chipboard numbers. The papers are sooo beautiful in real life. I had so much trouble cutting into them! Everything is sewn with white thread and inked with Walnut Stain, and then i added some gems and a charm to finish.

Tilda is coloured with distress inks:

Skin - Antique Linen, Vintage Photo, Victorian Velvet and Tattered Rose

Hair - Antique Linen and Vintage Photo

Shoes - Walnut Stain

Dress, Socks and Butterfly - Broken China and Black Soot

Flower - Victorian Velvet

And this is the box, which i just decorated with some stitched paper and a panel to write on :)

I would like to enter this in Truly Scrumptious - Distressing

Thanks for looking

Rachel xx

Crochet Flower Bracelet

Hi all!

Here is a little bracelet I made this afternoon. It's so simple and easy to make, but so pretty (in my opinion lol) As you can see, it is just a flower, with a circle center attached to a band with a circle button hole and button fastener.And to fasten it - this little button...

Goes into this little hole...
Like this!...



Thanks for looking,
Rachel xx

Pretty Little Butterfly

I made a card! And it was sooo much fun :D

I followed the fabulous sketch from Magnolia Down Under using 'Tilda with Hawaiian Flower' and a magnolia butterfly stamp coloured with distress inks.

The flowers and seam binding are both from Wild Orchid Crafts, the music paper is by 7gypsies, but i'm afraid i don't know the make of the pink one. The flower border is an x-cut cut and emboss die and then I just added a doily, some x-cut punched butterflies, a hand-cut tag, string, a charm and some pearls. All of the edges are inked with Walnut Stain distress ink and distressed with scissors. Distress ink colours:

Skin - Vintage Photo, Tattered Rose & Victorian Velvet

Hair - Walnut Stain

Dress, socks, butterflies, flowers - Victorian Velvet, Tattered Rose & Black Soot

Shoes - Vintage Photo & Black Soot

I'm entering this in:

Allsorts - things with wings

Totally Gorjuss - string or twine

By The Cute and Girly - in the garden
Flutterby Wednesdays - Open

Charisma - something that flies

Thanks for looking,

Rachel xx

Pretty Crochet Earrings

Hellooooo!

Here's some cute little earrings I crocheted last night. They are made from normal sewing thread so it's very fiddly as you can probably imagine!

I think I need some in every colour :) I hope you like them :)

Thanks for stopping by!

Hugs, Rachel

xxx

Happy Birthday too you...

Hi all!

Here is a card i've made using 'Tilda with Balloon', coloured with distress inks. Isn't she just sooo cute! The blue paper is by Prima, and the pink is Tim Holtz, and then i added a Magnolia sentiment, some Wild Orchid Crafts flowers, 'birthday' bunting, lace and punched butterflies. Everything is inked with Vintage Photo distress ink and stitched, and the image is glittered with 'Star Dust' stickles.

Distress ink colours:

Skin - Vintage Photo, Tattered Rose & Victorian Velvet

Hair - Vintage photo

Dress & bow - Weathered Wood & Black Soot

Socks - Black Soot

Shoes - Walnut Stain & Black Soot

Balloon - Victorian Velvet & Black Soot

I'm entering this in...
Just Magnolia and Hanglar and Stanglar - Happy Birthday
Simon Says Stamp - For a child
Simon Says Stamp (children's challenge) - Anything Goes
By the Cute and Girly - Cute and Girly

Thanks for looking
Rachel xx

Tilda with cherries

Hey :)

Yay i've finally made something! I coloured this image about a week ago, and just finished making it up into a little card.

I've made this one for the Magnolia Down Under challenge, which is 'no patterned papers'. The image is 'Tilda with cherries', coloured with distress inks, cuttlebug embossing folders - Swiss Dots and D'vine Swirls, Wild Orchid Crafts flowers and some seam binding inked with distress ink. Everything is inked with Vintage Photo distress ink and stitched, and then i just added some butterflies, staples, a doily and gems.

Distress inks used:

Skin - Vintage Photo, Tattered Rose

Hair & shoes - Vintage Photo, Black Soot

Dress, hat & socks - Walnut Stain
Cherries - Victorian Velvet

I'm also entering this in:

Just Magnolia - sketch A Spoon Full of Sugar - tonnes of texture Papertake Weekly - anything goes Creative Inspirations - punches & dies

Thanks for looking
 Rachel xx

Ice cream anyone? Well nearly!

Hello everyone :)

Here's some pictures of cupcakes i made at the weekend for mothers day. I've seen these a couple of times on American blogs, and thought i'd have a go. You just put your normal cake mixture into ice cream cornets and cook them just as you would in cases. It's very clever. I think they'd be fab for summer birthday parties :)

Thanks for looking, I'll be back soon... promise!

Hugs, Rachel xx

My first proper go on the sewing machine! :D

Hey bloggers!

I hope you're all well :)

This afternoon i've been having a proper play with the sewing machine for the first time; even though we've had it about 4 years! Before today I was a straight line on a bit of scrap material type of person, but i thought i'd better move on a bit from that, so here's what i've made...

(and yes i have taken the photos on the machine!)

Not perfect, but it's pretty cute eh?! It's supprising what you can make out of a pair of old jeans :P
The pattern is from here, and it's free for personal use if anyone fancies a go.
I forgot to take pictures of the lining inside, but you can sort of see it on this next piccy.
Thanks for looking
You're all lovely :)
Hugs, Rachel xx

Vintage style - Trinket box

Hi again!

I've been working on this little project for the past couple of days, and i have to say... i'm really pleased with how it's turned out :) It's a long time since i've said that about something i've made!

It's a very different style to my usual, but i wanted to try something a bit different, so here it is...

I made the box from cardboard and gum tape, so that hopefully(!) it will last a bit longer than if it was just cardstock stuck with glue.

The gorgeous image is a freebie from Magic Moonlight, which i printed onto linen effect cardstock, sanded, and inked with Antique Linen distress ink. Then i stuck a piece of acetate over the image, and covered it with a thick layer of 3D gloss to make a dome effect. (the acetate was to stop the printer ink smudging)

I went a bit OTT with the pearls, but anyways... it's pretty :PThe paper is by 7gypsies, but you can barely see it in the end because of the lace!And all of the flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts, and are glittered with 'Star Dust' stickles.
Then i just added some string and a heart charm... et voila!
I'm entering this in:

Simon Says Stamp - anything goes

Simon Says Stamp and Show - some metal

ABC challenge - P is for pearls

Thanks for looking

Rachel xx

Attempting crochet...

Hey!

Thankyou for your lovely comments on my latest card :)

People who've been following my blog for a while will probably know how much i like to try new things. Well... my latest venture is crochet!

I spent a couple of hours yesterday afternoon watching videos on youtube, and getting in a complete muddle with a big ball of tangled yarn... But then somehow, something just clicked and i managed to make these flowers :) Cute eh?!

If anyone fancies a go at crochet, I can recomend this video for the basic stitch, and then i used this one from Little Birdie Secrets to make the flowers :)

Thanks for looking

Rachel xx