Showing posts with label Hand stitching. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hand stitching. Show all posts

Monday, 24 June 2013

A QUICK MONDAY MORNING POST...

Morning all well the weekend went in the blink of an eye didn't it (or was that just mine?).  And here we are at Monday morning again, got lots of jobs to do but thought I'd catch up on blogs etc before setting too on the jobs list (as there are quite a few things I need to tick off the sheet today).  It'll have to be a layout to share, I've got a few other bits in the background at the moment but want to finish elements on them before posting!

This layout was created using an unused kit that I bought off the marketplace on UKScrappers, honestly I could have spent a fortune, this particular kit really was my taste in papers, the colour scheme and designs really being part of my normal style.

The photos I know look atrocious on the layout however, but that's because they were taken through an aquarium.  They are from a visit to the Deep and hubby took two photos of me and said 12 year old and in the second shot - we got photo bombed by a fish - made us giggle quite a lot when we downloaded the photos at the end of the day.
Up close you can see the hand stitching around the hexagons.  The hexagon paper was a whole sheet, but I cut into it and added to another paper to create the layout.  I'll try and share the rest of the layouts from this kit this week, it was a hefty kit with lots of paper, cardstock and embellishments but I still felt like I had to get my money's worth, and managed 10 full layouts with it - which I was most pleased with, lots of gutting of papers to make the most of it but was really pleased with what I achieved!
 Thank you for looking!

Sunday, 23 June 2013

SUNDAY MORNING - HOW'S YOU???

Good morning, well we've woken to crazy breezy grey mad weather again this morning, it doesn't feel like June particularly, although it is supposed to start settling down from tomorrow (fingers crossed).  Hubby on with a full cooked English breakfast bless him and I've been catching up on lovely blogs so win win.  Been up since 7am so already feeling tired but a nice Sunday stretches out in front of us.

Right what crafting do I have to share this morning?

This layout that I did of the welcome tray when we were stopping at a barn conversion in Much Wenlock, I really enjoyed working with this photo because the colours aren't my normal colour scheme.  I used one of Mary-Anne's printables as a title on the page matted onto some green and yellow cardstock to make it pop.  If you want copies of your own - then head over to Mary-Anne's blog to see them the link is here
Up close you can see the chipboard hearts that I painted yellow, backed with green cardstock and used dots of glossy accents to create an embellishment.  I also handstitched on the layout but because the yellow thread didn't stand out I ran a green thread through it as well!  Also using up some daisy flowers in line with the papers, don't you love it when a layout just works.
Hope you have a fantastic Sunday!