Decorated stick pins and holders

Today would have been my Mum's 90th birthday (sadly she passed aged only 56), and in memory of her I thought I would share pictures of two lots of decorated stick pins and the holders I made for them when I took part recently in a swap.  Mum liked to make things herself and I think she would have liked these.  I added beads and charms to the pins, then made the holders for them using card from my stash, Creata decorative papers, flowers, butterflies, dragonflies and sentiment banners.  I also made little wraps for them to keep them closed.  So, there you go Mum, these are for you :o)

Set One :

 

 

 

 

 Set Two :



For the man who has everything....?

I thought I would share a picture of the card I made for my husband's birthday.  He is very difficult to buy for and to make cards for, but I suppose that's not unusual !  We share the same birthday and he is 15 years older than me.  I was 55 this year which meant he hit the milestone of 70.  He wasn't very keen to have it celebrated but I sneaked the age onto the card anyway and incorporated his two main hobbies which are photography and Amateur Radio.  He is a licensed radio "ham" (that term originates, I believe, from the days when radios were being used more and the operators were called "ham-fisted" when trying to use all the dials), hence the call sign and other letters on the card.  The card blank is Hunkydory cardstock, with camera decoupage and a globe detailing the links across the world when he transmits on the radio.  I added a little cat peel off as we have 4 cats :o)

Z is for....

Here's a card I made over the weekend....the challenge was an ABC one, using the letter Z.  I suddenly remembered I had ordered some zips from The Works a couple of months ago, so decided to use one, together with some adhesive material (also from The Works...lots of bargains to be had there !), and this is what I came up with.  Nice to do something a bit different !  I may stick a circular sentiment on it, like a badge, not sure yet...

Sisters of Craft "Anything Goes" March Challenge

Well, I don't know where February went, but it certainly didn't hang around very long.  I am starting March off with a nasty cold, which is a bit of a pain. Not had one for a year, so I suppose I'm due ! Anyway, as it's the 1st of the month the Sister's of Craft Challenge launches once again and this time we are using designs from The Paper Shelter.

 

 I chose a decoupage image called "My Hair" which I downloaded and printed off.

I made an easel card using a square pale green card base, with the backing paper design from TPS mounted onto green mirror card, and I cut out three layers of decoupage.  I used Stardust and Patina stickles on the image, and added the "Bad Hair Day" banner on a piece of ribbon, just for a bit of fun.  I also used pink mirror card, and cut a line of little flowers using a Martha Stewart punch to create the stopper line for the easel.  I also added a gel sticker which I had coloured green using a promarker pen.  Hope you like it !

 

Items used

 

Pale green card base

TPS "My Hair" decoupage design

Creata pink and green mirror card

Stardust and Patina stickles

Creata gel sticker

Martha Stewart punch

Ribbon

 

The lucky winner will receive a $15 voucher from The Paper Shelter to spend in their store, so I hope you all join in and we look forward to seeing all your entries.

 

Don't forget to check out all the DT entries on our blog:  http://thesistersofcraft.blogspot.co.uk/