Profile


I have been married to Walter for 45 years. We have two children. Catherine is a teacher who lives in Polokwane. Wayne is a project manager for a Cape Town company and is engaged to a lovely young lady, Anelle.

Walter is supportive of my crafting endeavours, either by being my critic or buying me "machines" to help me with my crafts.

I have a Cricut (cutting) machine which I just love as well as a Trouvaille and a Cuttlebug, both use dies to cut and emboss.

I started making cards seriously 18 months ago when I attended classes at Country Crafts with Hendrien Vosloo. More recently I have been invited to also give some classes.

Your comments on this blog will be most welcome.

Sunday, 10 June 2012

DAUGHTER'S BIRTHDAY CARD

Both our children have their birthdays in the month of May one on the 29th and the other on the 31st - here is the one made for our daughter.

Front of card



Inside card



















The heart stamp was a 'freebie'  which came with a Craft Stamper magazine and was embossed using white embossing powder.  The border, the fence and the cute flowers were cut using  Memory Box dies. The Tilda stamp was coloured using watercolour pencils.  The paper was from my 'stash' of bits and pieces.















40th BIRTHDAY

Our son Wayne, who lives in Cape Town, turned 40 on the 29th May which meant a trip to there for his Birthday Bash.  A good time was had by all - it was especially nice to see my sisters and brother as an added bonus.


The four of us together with Waynes fiance Anelle.

This is the birthday card that I made for Wayme.


















The 40 was cut using the Cricut and then embossed, the stamp is from the Papermania Urban range and the Car is one of the Marianne design dies which is cut and then coloured with distress inks..  Have used buttons for embellishments and a bought luggage tag.  Paper is from my 'stash'.
BAMBI & THUMPER


Thumper cut on the cricut using the long mat
I can't believe that I have not updated the blog for such a long time!  Today the sky is blue and the sun is shining, but boy oh boy is the wind blowing - in fact it is howling and the day is really cold.

All three together (made 26 of the yellow boxes, but with Bambi pictures)

`









Thumper table decorations
 

Firstly had quite a big project on the go making decorations and party favours for a first birthday party - the theme being Bambi & Thumper.  There were one or two items on the internet that I used and then I also made small boxes with handles - Cricut Cartridges used were Tags, Bags, Boxes & More as well as Disney Classic.

Table decorations (made 2 of these & 2 with Thumper picture)