Quilling

Just a quick blog to get through some of the pictures stored up on my phone.
I mentioned to you lovely folks before my discovery of quilling. Well, I've uped my game after getting a quilling board with my favourite magazine - Crafts Beautiful. I love this craft. It's quick, simple and very effective. I'm still trying to work out the right ratio of glue to paper so that you can't see the shiny effect pva leaves on card so tips are welcome but I'm enjoying it just the same. So much so I've invited a few lovelies to my home this weekend to give a quilling party to make valentine's day cards. They don't know what they are doing yet so don't tell them. I'm luring them in with the promise of cake. Let me know what you think, of the quilling not the deception.

Handmade cards

I'm full of cold, my lips are chapped and my nose could compete in a rudolph lookalike competition with really good odds but today arrived at my door two envelopes to make me smile.
Most crafters love Christmas because of the endless opportunities for creations, one reason I love Christmas is seeing the work of other crafters appear to brighten my day. The first two cards I received for Christmas have been handmade and I love them both! Mine haven't been made let alone sent so clearly I'm late to the party.
What makes these cards so special is not just the thoughtful nature of the cards but that they have been addressed to my whole family: me, my hubby and our very grumpy pooch. Why does this make them so special? Because it reveals just how precious these friends are, they know I'm bonkers about my dog, I very much treat him as my baby and have not only taken the time to make me a card but embrace my bonkerdness - again not a real word and I won't use it again I promise.
To these lovely ladies - love ya!
To others - follow their lead with the Christmas assault: make cards and embrace the crazy.

Twice wrong but happy for it!

I may have found a new love. I know I said that I would remember my old loves but I'm very excited about my new love: Quilling!

It's my friend's birthday very soon and after receiving a beautiful hand made gift from her and seeing as her gift is already bought I figured I could put the effort in on her card. 

Another friend of mine recently gave me a bag of bits from her grandma's and inside was what she thought to be ribbon, on closer inspection it was discovered they were indeed quilling papers. Let the fun commence!

I'm very pleased with the result: 

So excited in fact that I text her this very picture because I couldn't wait until I saw her to give it to her - this could be a while - and as I now have an ingrained hatred of royal mail there is no way I'm putting this bad boy in their hands!

I chose autumnal colours because autumn is her favourite season and the letter E because that's the beginning letter of her name, an obvious choice really.

I thought it would be harder than it was but I also thought it would be quicker. Twice wrong!