A liitle Gift Bag

Hello to Everyone.  I hope you are all well and creating lots of Beautiful things.  I have had a short break from Blogging, mainly because I needed a rest and it was not helped by my Mojo going on Holiday.  I'm finding it hard to get going at the moment, but I have not been wasting my time either. I finished Molly's Granny Blanket and Knitting another hat for an order.  Today after many months of having my WRMK Gift bag board, I finally made a bag with it.  It holds 3 Yankee Candle Tartlets. and will make a nice little Thank-You gift.   The flower was one I made and it suited my box to a tee.  Now yesterday, I received 2 card Orders, so I must get a wiggle on and think what I'm going to do.
 I am adding on some of my brothers work, he is so talented, in fact I don't know anything he has not tried ( a bit like me really ). He has lived in Australia for over 50 years, but is hopefully coming home this year. 
Hugs Rita xxxx

 

 This is some of my brothers work, and I thought you might like to see it too. 

Card in a Box.

Hello to Everyone.  Thank you all so much for the lovely comments left om my last post.  I was thrilled to bits that so many of you liked it.   I am still having time out ,so to speak, but I had a little play yesterday and finished my Pop up Card in a Box yesterday.  I had actually made the box 2 weeks ago, but never finished the decoration.   So easy to make and enjoyable too.
 Here is the link that I used.  But my fellow blogging friend Edna has done some beautiful creations over on her blog Here.   Just let your creative juices flow and add your own theme to each one. This one is floral and I used craft card for my box and used Teresa Collins papers to give it some colour.  There is a heart die behind the flowers and I used some leafy dies to give it height,  It will fit in a envelope, but I am doing a little box for this one.  Hope you will try this as its so much fun to do.   Take Care.  Hugs Rita xxxx

Challenge 04 for Christmas Card Club. Snowflakes/White Card

Hello Everyone.  Well my little family went home yesterday after cramming so much in to their mini holiday..
 The children have grown so much in the last 7 weeks it's unbeleivable.   It was lovely to see them again though.
Today my card is for the Christmas Card Club and its Challenge 4 already, and it was chosen by Hazel. 'Snowflakes or All White'.  So I have chosen Snowflakes for my offering today,
The card is a 6 X 6 white card, backed with a lovely paper, sorry I can't remember whose it is either.   I  have added some silver lurex thread before embellishing it with a piece of white card that I put through the Big Shot in 2 different folders before distressing it with Stormy Sky and Chipped Sapphire blended together. before adding my sentiment stamp from Sheens Douglas.  I then used some dies of large and small snowflakes  with a few scattered diamante gems to make the card twinkle.
 Hope you are All safe and enjoying your week-end.  I aim to have a few days rest this week, so please don't worry if I'm not around.
Hugs Rita xxxxx

A little scene card and Work in Progress

Hello Folks, I hope you are keeping safe and warm in this awful weather.  Mind you it was a beautiful day here until about 10minutes ago then we had a hail storm with the sun still shining.   Strange Weather.
A very quick post today and this little card was stamped and coloured on Sunday night as I watched DOI.  The stamp was one of Sheena Douglas Litle Bit Scenic and my colouring needs to be educated a bit.too, but  I did enjoy it.   Work in Progress since last year is a granny blanket for Molly and this is her colour scheme.  All the squares are done ,but have to be put together. Will show it finished, but don't hold your breath.   Take care and hopefully I will get back to you all on Sunday.   Hugs Rita xxxx

Enjoy the Journey

Good Evening Friends and Fellow Bloggers.   I was thrilled to bits with all the great comments left on my Faux Leather Book post.  I have since made more, but don't want to bore you with something that you are likely to see more of in lots of blogs far and wide.  Great fun to make.
It was my first Grandson's birthday on Thursday and this was the card that I made.  I have always said if  I win the lottery I will buy you a car Garry.  Needless to say  l have never won anything,  so his card was giving him a choice of  Tim Holtz cars, along with an old car key .  My background was distressed with a cogs and gears mask from Prima, and I fussy cut round the centre to insert a map of Scotland.  A few embellishments finish of his card,  and as he and his girlfriend are in London with his Mum & Dad  he phoned and said he loved his card.   Carolyn, Hamish and Molly are coming next week and have asked if they could make some notebooks, so they went off to Hobbycraft in Edinburgh to get what they need.  Molly likes to buy her own things so she can play in her craft room, yes, she is only 11 years old.   Budding Blogger I think.
So I may not get time to post next week ,but at least you know what I will be up to.   Take Care Everyone.     Hugs Rita xxxx.

My Faux Leather Notebook.

Hello Again, my dear Friends and Followers.   I really must thank you all for the lovely comments on my last post.  I did enjoy my day out on Wednesday and after getting my hair done I did a bit of shopping.  We don't have any crafty shops near to us, so that ruled that out straight away.  Andrew's knee op has been postponed for a month because his blood pressure is too high, a bit of a downer for him.  But I'm sure they will get it sorted out.
Last night I had a bit of a play and tried out the Faux Leather tutorial by Sheen Douglas.  It was such fun to do and apart from the drying it did not take long this morning to finish it.  I lined the back with a piece of fabric and after hand-stitching my pages I finished of my lovely little notebook,   I'm sure you would all enjoy giving this technique a try and Sheena's folders are so amazing.   I have now done a second one and waiting for it to dry.   Hope you are All staying safe and my heart goes out to anyone stranded in the terrible floods down south.    Better move and get the dinner sorted out.  Time certainly flies when having fun.      Hugs Rita xxxxx

Accordian Card for an Engagement.

Good Evening folks.  Hope you are recovering from the bad spell of weather recently.  We had beautiful blue skies and sunshine to-day,  in fact it was not cold at all.
This was an Engagement card I was asked to make and was given specific instructions to follow.  Mainly about the venues as such, because the engagement took place on Westminster Bridge in London,  the couple adore London and also like good wines, so it gave me some clues and that was a help.  This is the first time I have done one of these cards and boy does it use a lot of card and paper, as anyone who has used these dies to make one will tell you.   However, the client was delighted and I was just glad to help.  I also made a box to keep it clean & safe.  It is a bit photo heavy though, but I thought you might like to see the full thing.    Give me lace and flowers any day.   Meantime it is my first Grandchilds 28th Birthday on Thursday.  and I cannot believe where the years have gone.  He is 6' 3 or maybe taller and a lovely young man, so I finished his card to-day as well.  I'm having a day off to-morrow and going to the hairdresser and perhaps do a little 'me' shopping if the weather is good.   Thank you all so much for the lovely comments you leave on my blog and I truly appreciate every one of them.    Hugs Rita xxxx

Card Front

Back View

 Inside Front

 Inside Back

Card Box

Christmas Card Club. Challenge 3. Heart Card

Good Morning Everyone.   Isn't this weather just awful.  So I have been crafting ,but not making cards, however I did make a card yesterday for the CCC  This is my first post since joining the Christmas Card Club.  Hopefully by December, I will have my cards nearly finished.     Mary has chosen the theme for February and it has to be a Heart or the Colour Red.  Well, I have chosen a heart and then stamped a winter scene from Artistic Outpost called Midwinter.  My card is 6 x 6 square and I used a holly mask to emboss the background.  The Hearts consist of a Silver one put through the Swiss dots folder and then I added a NS heart using black linen card. On top of that came the stamped image with added diamond chips to make it glitter. I used some Black Watch ribbon across my card and added a bow to the top. The sentiment was from the same stamp set.  Enjoy your Weekend.   Hugs Rita xxxx