Butterfly

Not MORE stitching I hear you cry!!! Yes I am guilty as charged! I made this card to show the girls at the craft club what you could do with a smaller sewing template. The paper is Basic Grey and is yummy!
Hope everyone is well today. We are busy packing and cleaning as we leave the house on Friday! I have loved my time in Gibraltar but have missed the UK so much...it's soooo good to be going home!

Happy Birthday

Hmmm...not quite sure about this card. I love the colour...hate the peel off but my printer was packed so had to use it. Added a few beads for a touch of contrast. But my mother loved it and if it gets her approval then I should be happy!! LOL!
Thanks for stopping by,x

Beaded thank you.

Sorry its another embroidered card but these seem to be my favourite dabble at the mo!!
Thanks for looking,x

Even more babies!!

This card is for a very special friend of mine, Aimee, who last week had a beautiful baby girl...Kara Mai. Aimee had been trying for some time to have a baby so Kara is a very special little girl!

Cornflower embroidery

I really loved putting this card together. I can't remember which paper I used but for once I was happy with the final outcome!

Peacock

I'm hoping to have the camera situation sorted out today as I have a 'sneaky peak' to show you that will be revealed next week. Don't get to excited...its just something that has kept me occupied for days!! LOL!

This card is for my mum...so I hope she does not peak on here before I get the chance to send it!!

She lives in NZ on a farm and recently took on some peacocks.

The card is embroidered and has been given an aged appearance with old gold ink. I put holes round the edge of the card and used eyelets. Then used some gorgeous 'eyelash' fibre to sew threw them all.

Crafting....french style!!

Last year I had the good fortune to meet an incredibly talented French lady called Diane. She was in Gibraltar as well but was leaving within a few months to go back to the UK.

She very kindly did a fantastic origami demo for my craft club and also got me hooked on one technique that I have fallen completely head over heels in love with!! Considering I have no patience I find card embroidery very calming...and now I just can't stop!!

The best place I think for stitching templates is http://www.stitchingcards.co.uk/ and please check out Diane's blog http://aupoussinbleu.blogspot.com/ as it is lovely.

The above card is to thank a very special person in Gibraltar when I leave.....

Mamas!

No...not the stamping kind....the friend kind!! When I arrived in Gibraltar two years ago Gill was the first person I met and a few months later she introduced me to card making...and my hubby has never forgiven her for our reduced bank balance!! LOL!

Gill is one of my closest friends and it is with her that we set up the craft club over here and took on various challenges...working for The Cat Welfare Society and smelling of cat pee every Saturday!!

We recently had the exciting news that Gill is expecting her fourth baby!!! We are over the moon for her but I am so sad that we will not be together when it is born.

This card was made for her with much love...and because I love elephants!