Congratulations and Celebrations...

Put a Little Birdhouse in your Soul

Bookmarks and Page Keeps

Easing my way back in to crafting with some bookmarks / page keeps...

No crafting for me :(

I'm sorry to say that a totally uncrafty project has occurred and I'm very limited on my time so I'll be taking a short break from blogging but hope to get back to it soon.  I'll catch up on my 'Card a Week' project too and share my makes in the near future.

Rustic Country Cards

I had some spare time to put together some lovely little fabric bits and made these cards...

A delightful tiny patchwork quilt, with a small amount of padding...

and a country red barn with a lot more padding!

I also did a couple of tiny Union Jack cards ~

These pieces have no padding but are mounted on the same rustic fabric surround.

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Afternoon tea at my house ♥

With my husband and my son both celebrating their birthday last Friday I'm afraid I didn't get any spare time to do any crafting.  I'll top up my 'Card a Week' project this week (hopefully).
We did have a lovely afternoon tea on Sunday...

..cupcakes and  coffee cake..

..lemon drizzle loaf cake..

 ..rustic scones, berries and cherries jam and clotted cream..

..and a fabulous chocolate fudge cake..

..and my lovely vintage china teacups, saucers and plates.

Tussie Mussie

Isn't that just a great name for something fussy?  I'm told by my knowledgeable sister (Tarty Frog) that tussie mussie is actually a posy of flowers but these decorative cones have taken on the name.
Mine is a relatively small cone, covered with some vintage print paper...

 

with a large lace bow...

 

dried rose buds and lilac paper flowers...

and a band of crystal leaf edging.

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A Card A Week

A simple card for my nephew...

with distressed paper edges, tag and button detail...

and a skeleton leaf too.

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Oops!

I missed my 'Card a Week' for last week so I've done two similar blank cards for this week.
The crochet granny square is done in embroidery silks and is sewn onto a pale dusky pink card mounted on textured cream.  All the edges are ink-smudged in dusky pink.

The inside has a pale dusky pink paper insert with a decorative edge cut to match the raised card on the front.

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A Card A Week

A lovely little square card in blue...

with a card heart and flower...

and a torn edge...

finished with a couple of pearly flower embellishments and a scalloped cream paper inside.

I was so pleased with it that I made another one the same...

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