School Time

Once again this week I have been frustratingly short of time for my crafty playtimes. So I thought I would try and combine the challenges from two of my favourite papercrafting blogs.

The challenge from The Shabby Tea Room uses the following photo for inspiration and asks for the creation of a project with a school theme


The Moxie Fab World challenge is to use this Moxie Fab photo for inspiration..

I used the school theme to create this card and used some of the more pastel colours from the crocheted afghan in the Moxie Fab photo...

The background paper is from Basic Grey ...I can't say exactly what its called because I seem to have managed to glue down on my card the bit of it which bears its name.

I thought the geometric design on the paper invoked a pattern one might draw with a compass but also echoed the geometric yet floral shapes on the afghan.

Given the crotchet in the MFW inspiration photo of course I had to include a Making Memories crochet flower ...and because they are so cute

I even had a go at crocheting my own flowers ...as a keen auto-didactic scholar of crafts I'll keep practicing!

The tag was made with some Making Memories paper from Chloes's Closet to which I added a lace bow and a punched butterfly stamped with some turquoise ink and edged with gold glitter.


Thanks to The Graphics Fairy for the handwriting and ruler image and Carol Anne's Boutique for the adorable schoolgirl and sheet music image.

It was indeed a challenge to combine the two challenges in this way but I hope it has added up to something nice.

Fresh and Fly

A V&A stamp was just right for creating the natural part of The Shabby Tea Room challenge...

Rouge

The colours in the Moxie Fab World Tuesday Trigger challenge photo are rich, dramatic and... theatrical.

So this is what I came up with...



Apols for poor quality photo ...had busy week and only managed to photo it in artificial light with mobile phone camera.

BoBunny Jazmyne Terrace paper was perfect for the backing paper and images from Graphics Fairy completed the Moulin Rouge look which that photo inspired me to think of.

Birthday Card

My card-making time this last week has been taken up making an actual card for my actual sister's birthday...



I made an envelope too because of the rose it wouldn't fit in an ordinary envelope..

Bag, tags and teabags

What a great idea for a challenge from The Shabby Tea Room again this week. Tags!

One of my favourite things in all the world, after the shabby and vintage style in everything, is drinking tea... especially out in style (...more of which later).

So here is my project for this challenge:

I used a needle to attach some linen thread to a teabag at one end ...and tag at the other. I added a sentiment, stamped edges and distressing to the tags.

Here are the tagged teabags in a bag which I also made using origami, ready to give as a present to anyone who also enjoys their tea.


Here's a close up of the edging made with a border punch which I added to the bag along with a paper rose and a lace bow.


And here is a close up of the bag...

All you vintage lovers would love my favourite place to go for tea. It is the Westminster Tea Rooms in Southport. The waitresses and waiters dress in black and white, the walls are wood panelled, there are beautiful glittering chandeliers which elegantly reflect light off all the silverware used to serve proper afternoon teas. Even the music playing in the background is vintage ..1940s style.

Afternoon tea is served on beautiful three tier silver cakestands with china plates on them filled with cakes, sandwiches and scones.
Here is a photo of it which someone has placed online.

Here is a picture I took...

Ancient and Modern

The Shabby Tea Room challenge for this week is Old meets New.

Since I'm quite new at cardmaking my stash isn't that old! Though I have been collecting nice bits of ribbon and paper for much longer ..and never knew quite what I was saving them for. Now I Know!

There were many contenders for the 'old' bit of the challenge. Me, for a start! Also, I almost used a button from my mother's button tin ...but it didn't quite go with the card I was creating. Although it would only have been half as old as me.

The label of oldest thing on my card is quite debatable. The background paper was created using old (circa 2003/4/5/) acrylic paints (at least the ones I could find which hadn't dried out in their tubes) and new mini-stamps from Papermania Persimmon collection. The handwritten sheet music image... in its original state however is without doubt the oldest ...indeed antique thing ...albeit printed using 'new' (not very new) technology ie a computer printer. Thanks to the Graphics Fairy for the image.