Merry Christmas

Another share from my Anna-Marie weekend!  As I had such an amazing weekend I have treated myself to another weekend with her in March 2017 😁

For this card we used a piece of printed cardstock, distressed the edges and then put a small amount of distress ink to soften the edges.  We then used our own templates which had been cut out of card to form the heart, which we then added texture to the card by using glitter and the polystyrene balls - I love these polystyrene balls!!!!

We then layered up the flower and leaves, again using distress ink to soften the edges, added a small amount of glue to the petals and used glitter to highlight the edges.  The flower was then layered up  on top of some natural fibre and a few berries added.

Finally the mdf Christmas tree was glued and glittered and placed under the flower and the mdf Merry Christmas added with some moss and a flower.  The very last piece to be added was a small twig that was placed under the flower.

This is such a lovely card and would work at any other time of year with a different sentiment.

I hope you have enjoyed my Anna-Marie cards as much as I enjoyed making them.

Roll on March 2017 for my next weekend away 😁

With love and crafty hugs

Ginny xx

Let It Snow

Well, hello again!  Sorry I have not been around for a few weeks but life has been a bit manic and there have been lots of changes.  We have had illness in the family and that has taken up a fair bit of time with hospital visits and caring and then we have had new additions to the family.  I have just taken on a pair of small driving ponies, so I had a few days away with them getting to know them.

Anyway, back to crafting.  Following on from my weekend with Anna-Marie I thought I would share another of my projects which is a Let It Snow wreath.  I really enjoyed making this one and think it will be coming out year on year! 

It was incredibly simple to make and involved gesso, a small amount of distress ink, a small amount of natural fibre which was mixed with modelling paste and then some of the polystyrene snow balls mixed in with it.  Once the natural fibre had dried then this was placed around the wreath and then the flowers were placed on

top.  We had a string of gold balls which were strung around the wreath to add some additional details.  The outer part of the wreath was shaded with distress ink and then some glitter was added for extra bling.

I hope you like the wreath.  Lastly I just have to share my new additions with you ........................ so here are Leeroy and Ruxpin, my new boys!  I may not have quite so much time for crafting now but have no intention of giving up just yet.



So on that note I hope to catch up with you again soon - I promise!

Take care and until next time

Ginny xx