Showing posts with label Loads of Love. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Loads of Love. Show all posts

Wednesday, January 4, 2012

365 Cards day 309 - Pretty Pairs "Green + Stripes"

The second challenge of 'pretty pairs' at 365 Cards is to use "Green + Stripes".

Shhh, don't tell anyone but I almost forgot the green!!!

My initial plan was to paper piece the pickup truck with a green stripey paper but then the red caught my eye and I was so focused on that that 'green' almost slipped away on me!

So now you know why the truck in parked on the lawn hehehe - the day was saved by a scrap of Old Olive!

Saturday, December 3, 2011

Just for the fun of it - a bush Christmas!

When I cut out the base tag for this project I didn't realise that there were two pieces of cardstock stuck together so there I was, with two tag bases when I only really needed the one...

I also had the green paper diecut sitting on my desk and it all started from there really!  The paper is of the New Zealand Ferntree, a great dinosaur of a thing, when I first saw them almost 30 years ago I was spellbound by their beauty, it was like being transported into the past....

This is when the kiwi theme started, the vehicle out in the bush, with a big fern frond on the back, the red diecuts reminded me a little of Maori carvings - it was so much fun to put together.  Of course I couldn't have an empty vehicle so rummaged around 'till I found a suitable photo of my little boy - he was tickled pink when I showed him the finished tag and told him he was driving a pick-up truck!



A real fern tree [in the grounds of Newlands College]

Thursday, November 17, 2011

Another Christmas card!

I keep thinking I must do a tally of all the Christmas cards I've made so far... last year I sent out around 50 so I'd better get crafting!

This is for the 365 Cards Technique Challenge - to Spotlight one part of your card.  I chose to colour in the scarf and hat of one of the wee snowmen, my son thought it looked rather cute.

For the first time in years I feel it is OKAY to have snowmen on my cards after the 3 days of snow we had in August - yeah!!

With a bit of masking, and bit of glitter and a spot of sponging this card came together last night.



14th August 2011 - SNOW!!!!!!!!!!