Baking apron

Hello lovely people,

It's Creative Inspirations challenge time and we have the theme...

SHAPE IT UP!
(NO SQUARE CARDS ALLOWED!)

Our fabulous sponsor for this challenge is Live and Love Crafts with a £10 voucher

I have made a couple of apron shaped cards before and I really don't know why I don't make more of them because I always love the way they look and you can do quite a few themes with them.

As you can see, this one has a hint of a baking theme but is mostly just pretty and flowery!

I used oval dies to create the apron shaped base card and the matching shaped piece of DP to cover the front.

I loved choosing the embellishments for this card and although I have used real lace for previous designs, the Kraft borders make a really good alternative. 

The teeny rolling pin is my favourite bit of the card and is the perfect size to wrap a sentiment banner round :-)

Card recipe;

DP: Coffee in the arbour - Maja Design (available from Live and Love Crafts)

Flowers: Wild Orchid Crafts
Twine: Ivory button twine - The Ribbon Girl

Dies: Old Swedish lace & Tea label tags - Magnolia Doohickeys, Numbers - Tonic Studios, Alphabet soup - Memory Box, A nice cuppa die set - Stampin' Up
Rolling pin - Miniature rolling pins - The Ribbon Girl

Sentiment: A little sentimental - Clearly Besotted
Ribbon: from stash

The DT have made some wonderful samples to inspire you so pop over to Creative Inspirations to take a look :-)

Thanks for visiting and I really appreciate any comments that you leave,

Sewing themed apron card

Hello lovely people,

It's time for a new challenge at Top Tip Tuesday and our theme this time is...

BUTTONS &/OR BOWS

It's a double sponsor week as well so we have 2 fab prizes on offer

Whimsy Stamps

and 

Bugaboo

It was my Mother-in-Law's 65th birthday at the weekend so that needed a really special card and after the success of my previous apron card (this one) I thought I'd do a sewing themed one.

I used bits and bobs from all over the place to fit the theme and when I couldn't find what I wanted I created my own, like the little button card and thread spools which I cut by hand and stamped.

I very nearly forgot to add a '65' so had to quickly add the little tab; not so easy to stitch in place with the pocket already stuck down!

I also made a matching tag to pop on her present :-)

Card recipe;

DP: Petal fresh - NitWit collection for LOTV

Flowers: Wild Orchid Crafts
Lace: Danielle  -The Ribbon Girl

Twine: Ivory button twine - The Ribbon Girl

Tag: Family sentiment tags - LOTV

Sentiment: For you circular sentiments - LOTV

Dies: Heart flower swirl - Magnolia Doohickey
Pins: Teardrop ivory pearlised pins - The Ribbon Girl
Charm: Scissors charm - The Ribbon Girl
Ribbon / buttons: from stash

I hope you will pop over to Top Tip Tuesday and check out the fabulously creative projects from the rest of the team and there are some great tips on creating the perfect bow :-)

Thanks for visiting and I really appreciate any comments that you leave,

Challenges I am entering;

1.  ABC Challenge (F is for festive - any holiday or birthday)
2.  Fussy and Fancy (ribbons and lace)

A summer apron

Hello lovely people,

My blog post today comes to you live from Austria!
I am sitting in the bar of our lovely hotel after a day's skiing - lots of snow today!
So much snow in fact that we stopped a little early and spent some time relaxing in the sauna, jacuzzi and pool :-)

I couldn't leave it all week though without sharing something with you so here is an apron card.
It's my first apron card and I just drew and cut the shape by hand, saving my template so I can make more the same of course!

I tucked lace all around the edge of a rectangle of card to create the pocket and stitched on the little label tab with the recipient's name.

I was excited to use a new die to make a couple of little tags to go in the pocket :-)

The satin ribbon is stuck down just a teeny bit near the ends of the ribbon just to stop it flapping around.

Card recipe;

DP: Coffee in the arbour - Maja Design (available from Live and Love Crafts)

Flowers: Wild Orchid Crafts
Lace: 'Teresa' - The Ribbon Girl
Ribbon: from stash (out of a dress I think!)

Twine: Ivory button twine - The Ribbon Girl

Dies: Simple tag - Magnolia Doohickey
Charm: cherry charm (not sure where from but similar at The Ribbon Girl)
Circular sentiment: For you circular sentiments - LOTV

Letter stamps: magazine freebie

The cocktail of the day (a Mai Tai) and some delicious looking canapes have just been put in front of me so I'm going to leave you now and give those some serious appreciation :-D

Thanks for popping by and for any comments that you leave,

Challenges I am entering;
1.  Fussy and Fancy (tic tac toe - charm, die and lace)
2.  The Ribbon Girl (Magnolia (used a Doohickey die) with lace)
3.  Fab 'n' Funky (ribbon and lace)
4.  Cute Card Thursday (floral delight)