250+ cards donated to local Nursing Homes

250+

 

Earlier this month I sorted through all the craft box that I have had stashed in a wardrobe..
90% of these cards have been collected from swaps that I participated in.. I managed to put aside over 250 cards that we have now donated very excitingly given to two of the local Nursing Home Villages.. I was just so grateful that they were happy to receive the parcel.. The cards are stunning and I'm sure the residents are going to love having a look through them and using to forward to their own friends and family..

 

 

 

 

2016 - year of positive vibes and thinking! And I can honestly say this felt GREAT to do!! :)

Cards- Acetate & Words Words Words

Acetate It

 

I really enjoyed making this card... As a special little extra for my swap partner, I put together this little circle card with the off cuts.. :) 

Words, Words, Words

This swap card required WORDS to be used.. So I used plenty! lol.. 

There is a fold on the front with a stamped sentiment, then under the flap is another and the tag behind it has the 3rd one.. I chose not to add anything like "happy birthday / thank you" as I wanted to give the option of the receiver to pass the card forward if they wanted to.. 

There are plenty of layers on this card.. First with a white base, with pink inked edges.. 

Then on top of that is Orange cardstock, Blue pattern paper, dotty pattern paper.. 

The toppers are a tag, then a strip of orange on the bottom and the fold on top of that.. 

Embellished very lightly with some fussy cut butterflies and twine.. 

Quick cards

Here are some quick cards that I thought I'd share with you today..

The whole set took me less than 20min TOTAL to put together!
(from the moment I sat at my craft desk, made the cards, tidied up and took the photo)

They were all made with a specific theme required..

Embossed

White Space

White plus One

Scrapping Everyday Miracles - January

 

Good evening scrappers.. Tonight I'm back with a lovely Beachy layout featuring Hunter and a nice card to match..

 

This month at the Scrapping Everyday Miracles challenge blog they have their 3 challenge themes.. Layout Sketch, Card Sketch & Bible Verse.. I chose to use the two sketches, as we all know how much I love a good sketch!! :)

 

Beach Boy

 

 

 

I started off with an off white cardstock for the base.. Then spread some white gesso around and let it dry.. Put a multi stencil over it and covered with clear impasto, but I sprayed with several different types of Mist.. Off I pulled it off I dabbed all the colour with a tissue to soften it.. Finally I respread some gesso again.. In real life this gives the base a great texturing layer effect..

 

 

The cluster I have used is actually made up of entirely single flowers!! So there are 12 flowers, 1 clay thong, 4 shells, 4 leaves, bling swirl and the die-cut sticker that matches the paper collection..

 

 

I added some extras to the sketch to make it suit my own purpose more.. This circle is to hide a shadow in that corner of the photo, and the sentiment strip is to all some sort of visible wording to the layout.. There is space for a Journal tag under the circle..

 

 

Friendship

 

Since I have kept to matching and using the same collection papers for the last few times I've entered creations onto the SEM blog, I figured I'd continue on.. Plus these papers who awesome with the sketch and it's a great way to use up the scrap I've not got left over from the layout!! :)

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So to keep it tying with the layout I used the same background paper (see the far strip on the left side of the layout).. The same flowers, shells and hand scribbled lines on boarder.. To bring in the red from the layout, I actually scribbled a little bit on the pickets outline..

 

Righto, that's it from me tonight, thank you for allowing me to share my layout and card with you.. I hope you've found some sort of enjoyment or inspiration from them! I would love to see your own creation linked up to the SEM blog too!! Until next time, happy scrapping.. Toni.. xoxo

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



4 fold front card

I lost my mojo for crafting for a few weeks, so trying to not put too much pressure on myself I simply didn't make anything for quite a while! Then finally while searching Pinterest with Hunter we found plenty of projects that we just absolutely wanted to give a go at..

 

 

I saw a design for a card that had four flaps open up on the front..  I don't usually click into things to see how they are made, I like to try and figure that out for myself and this project was no exception.. It took me a few scribbles on some paper to get the right measurements and make sure it would all work together nicely.. lol..

The card is on a 6x6 piece of orange cardstock base.. I used a second 6x6 piece for the inside of the card after I had stuck down all the flap doors..

 

I used the Kaiser - Chase Rainbows collection for the papers and die cuts on this card..

The card itself is very sturdy as I used plenty of layering.. Although it is fairly simple on the design aspect regarding embellishments, I didn't think it would matter too much since the real hero of the card design are all the flap doors themselves..

 

The fun colours and folds on this card has certainly got me back into the mood to do some crafting again! :)