Cage Tag

Good evening hope you all had a lovely weekend ...we had lovely blue skies here today and weather was a bit warm. Today am going to share with you a tag. It was something that I wanted to try for quite a time but never had the opportunity to explore with tags.

For this tag I distressed the back ground and done some stamping and on some stamps applied Perfect Pearls™.

Supplies List

• Supplies List
• Ranger Distress ink pads
• A tag
• Perfect Pearls™ Pigment Powder
• Various floral stamps
• Stamp background - Bronte Border by Visible Image
• Jute, ribbon and lace
• Tim Holtz Alterations Sizzix Bigz Die - Caged Bird

I just love doing flowers from any kind of scarp of material I find at hand. This particular flower was made from the left overs of a sheer curtain J Loved the effect that came out and honestly I didn’t expect the effect to come out so beautiful.

As  you might notice from the picture, I adjusted  the  cage in a curved angle,  so that it will have a  3D  effect and also space  for the bird to have its wing set  out. At the lower edge of the cage attached a star charm in the center and at the edges some pearls.

For the cage to give it the effect of metal I used three layers of embossing powder. First layer I used Ranger black distress embossing powder. Second layer applied silver embossing folder and the third layer drizzled a bit of gold in places to give it an aged look.
For the cage hanger used also 3 layers of embossing, but instead of silver used bronze embossing powder with a drizzle of gold embossing.

Baby Shower Token Bookmarks

Something from my previous work. One of my work mates, Melissa wanted to give a surprise to her twin sister for the baby shower. She came up with the idea about bookmarks for the guests as a token, also with a sweet little  poem. I never done something like this so I rolled my sleeves up and  got out with the sample that she liked from the very start.

Ivory card stock was used as the gender was kept secret till the very end, printed the wording and  the clip art.

Actually to keep the stylish a bit vintage found a sweet rocking horse and  distressed the edges with Ranger distress ink (vintage photo) colour. On top glued a little bow with a mulberry flower on top of it.

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Let’s do some Sewing

Well this is a card I was asked to do by my cousin for her mother’s birthday who was turning 60 years… so as in the past I knew that she was a keen sewer, I decided to do the card with her favourite hobby sewing. It’s one of the top cards on my list I made till now. Just love how the effects came out expecially the skirt.

Supplies List

•         Brown and cream card

•         Buttons

•         Thread

•         Needles

•         Lace & ribbon

•         Flowers

•         Sizzix embossing folder – Sewing & Measuring Tape Set

•         Inkssentials-glossy accents

•         Sizzix  Tim Holtz Alterations – On the Edge

•         Ranger Distress ink pads

•         Stamp set - The Sewing Room by Visible Image

 A simple pleated skirt for the dressmaker form was made from a dictionary page and edges disstressed with distress inks  and Stickles 

Valentine’s Day Basket

 Good evening, already a day from the  week is over.  Ok back home cozy and settled after heavy rains, as the day started with sunshine and warm weather. So tonight I am going to share with you something I done for Valentine’s Day, not costly but a cute little idea that everyone would love.

It’s a small basket filled with sweets and chocolate that can melt up any heart… J

Supplies List
• Small wicker basket sprayed  in white
• Red tissue paper
• Flowers awesomely pretty from I am Roses
• Some leaves
• Red ribbon
• Some heart embellishments
• Chocolate hearts and other sweets
• Glue gun
• Plastic wrapping paper

My First

This is my very first post. Been a while since I sat back again here and starting writing, the other time was more thoughts of the  moments I was going into my life,  this time its going be different  just  about the craft things  I do ..

So why The Enchanted  Lane ... where I  do live  the buildings are old over 200 years ... the streets are narrow just one car can pass at a time... but what is amazing about these buildings is their character and mostly the alleys you find with houses decorated to the style... no they are not shoddy actually more enchanting  decorated  with colourful  geraniums and bougainvillea ...

                                                   A glimpse around my beautiful  Rock

                         
So I just dedicated  this  blog  to where my creations started as a kid... all the kids from  the street   used to gather  up and play, we used to gather  up in this one particular alley,  put up a curtain from side to side, make  little stage with everything we found  handy, turn it up into a theatre.. some the spectators while others the actors, dressing up was simple from our parents wardrobe... and the more I grew up the more I enjoyed being creative...  from  sewing clothes for my dolls with a mini  sewing machine. While once I decided to tear up a  curtain  so I do make up a dress for my dolls :) Loved to build  up furniture for my Sindy doll with match boxes or cigarette packets... sigh those were the days  when we used to play and be so creative  with the least things we used to  have..