Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Yet another wedding card...


Yet another wedding card...
Originally uploaded by Eekers!
This one took me all day to make, so I dont think I shall be making it again.. I am not very decisive and keep thinking I might find a paper or button or stamp that would match better than the one I have just found, so it takes an age to settle on the final colour combo.

Heart border Fiskas stamp, purchased when there was 70% off their range, is really nice on this card... I shall have to remember to use it more often. :)

Lesley Anne Ivory Cat


Lesley Anne Ivory Cat
Originally uploaded by Eekers!
A really nice Lesley Anne Ivory topper and paper set came with one of the magazines this month. They are almost too nice to use :) The daisies came out well so I might use them again on another project. These card blanks are actually pink, so I coloured them with green pen and then dabbed a few different shades of green ink over the top.

This probably is giving away how incredibly short of card stock I am. Craft Woes.

Wedding Cake Card


Wedding Cake Card
Originally uploaded by Eekers!
One of the many layouts for wedding cards I am trying out. Very easy this one...

I've seen lots of people using white embossing on things recently so wanted to have a go myself, particularly white on cream. I think it looks ok.. for weddings atleast. :)

3 fold Wedding cards


3 fold Wedding cards
Originally uploaded by Eekers!
Have alot of orders in for wedding cards at the moment, and my friend found me an ace book called "Making Wedding Cards."* This is one of the designs in the book. I dont think my cutting is quite tidy enough to do the card justice.

I could do with making a more robust version of this card and shall probably revisit this design when I have worked out how to tweak it.

*My copy only cost me 99p new, so don't go forking it out £12.99 for it, check out a garden centre cheapy book table or let me know and I could send you a copy.

Sorry!


Sorry!
Originally uploaded by Eekers!
My favourite card out of recent makes. I just wanted to use up the guilty puppy decoupage really :)

Just for once I put in some effort on the interior of the card, and it really did make a big difference to the quality side of things.

Inner layering is chalked to give blendy effect.

Wednesday, July 08, 2009

Happy 18th Nephew


Happy 18th Nephew
Originally uploaded by Eekers!
Commission for the same 18 year old as the gardening card I made. I hope they look really different! :D

This is what happens when I actually sit down with an idea in mind and then try and recreate it. Normally I just work with one item that stimulates the ideas for the rest of the card... but with this one I kinda had an idea to work with.

Recipe:
The sheet music printed for free online.
On the computer I made the top two rows of notes, imposed a letter on them, and then printed them out. Cut out and foam padded on.
The bottom layer of notes are printed again, slightly bigger, and then the letters are brads.
This is three levels, so I had enough room to hide the backs of the brads, and inset the knotted b&w string.
Finished off with a length of the b&w string at the bottom.

I dont often do anything in monochrome, so this was a bit of a departure for me :)

Deepest Sympathy


Deepest Sympathy
Originally uploaded by Eekers!
Commission. Very serious, very clean, sympathy card. The lily is a decoupage piece.

Inside it says - Our thoughts and prayers are with you.

Sow pleased you are feeling better.

Commission Card, following a recipe from one of the craft magazines.

I really must write down which magazine I take clippings from because I never remember by the time I use them, doh!

Nothing complicated in this, it was just in response to the message being sent - "So(w) pleased you are feeling better."

Saturday, July 04, 2009

Wedding Invite Fold


Wedding Invite Fold
Originally uploaded by Eekers!
Requested by Penny Wessenauer :) The fold I used for the wedding invites.

Dashed lines are valley folds, dash&spot lines are mountain folds.

I do not claim to own the rights to this, but its much faster that drawing it out by hand...

Grandson 18th.


Grandson 18th.
Originally uploaded by Eekers!
In card business news...not that it really is a business but I have a feeling it could be... I am now doing more commission cards for special birthdays.
Here is one.
The order was "Grandson, 18th, likes Music and Gardening and is going to Uni to study chemistry."

I have to do another one for the same lad, but from his Auntie/Uncle... so I am thinking of doing a chemistry based one for that :)

Great Horned Owl


Great Horned Owl
Originally uploaded by Eekers!
When I sold my owl tiles, I offered the buyer the original art work that my tiles had been based on. I figured I should really make a copy of them before I got rid...its just my luck to realise I need them for something else later down the line. I have uploaded the six pencil sketches on to flickr to keep a copy safe.