Calling all Crafters!: July 2025

Thursday, 31 July 2025

Index Card A Day 2025 - Week Nine 57 - 62

This post is about the last few ICADS I have made this year...

This lot are based on these prompts:

57. horizon

Image from tourist booklet of Deni.

58. pinecone

Image from internet. Added tiny pinecones.

59. upside down

Image from Vintage Image Craft

60. marquee

Image from the internet with a bit of decoupage.

61. love or wish

Image from Vintage Image Craft

Happy Crafting!

Wednesday, 30 July 2025

WOYWW #843

It is Wednesday so I am linking to WOYWW at Sarah's craft shed

Follow the link to find out more about What's on Your Work Desk Wednesday and maybe join in... This is my post for WOYWW #843.

On my desk easel you can see another page from Michelle's Creative Warriors Junk Journal July Challenge This is the second week: again l have managed to do two pages.

Day 3 again using images and sentiment from Confidence.

The background is a sunburst using paint markers. The idea came from looking at pop art examples on the internet. I coloured the image using water colours and ABM markers.

For my second page I used another page in my looseleaf journal.

I again used the image from 'Confidence', this time pre-coloured. I painted the surrounds with watercolour. I placed this behind vellum and a window (coloured with pastel) from a set by Michelle Grant called 'Girl Next Door'

I added this to the background which is book paper, pastels, inks through a brickwork stencil and drips. I then added the sentiment and leaves die cut using a die and paper from Bee Arty.

There are also some more journal pages on my desk but they are to be blogged next month so I cannot share yet.

Nothing else to share really, although I did have a lovely dinner out last night with my cousin Helen and her husband Sean who are over from the UK for the Lions tour.

All for now...

Happy WOYWW!

Addicted to Stamps and More - Birthdays Challenge #498

Here's my Birthday project...for the Challenge #498 at Addicted to Stamps and More

My card has a white base matted with a variety of layers of card and embossed paper. The brown card was used to die cut the bird and a frame. Finally I added a wooden sentiment.

Hope you will enter the Addicted to Stamps and More Challenge! Do hop over to see the fabulous inspiration from my team-mates!

Happy Crafting!

Saturday, 26 July 2025

Index Card A Day 2025 - Week Eight 50 - 56

This post is about the next 7 ICADS I have made this year...

This seven are based on these prompts:

50. clouds

Using Apple Blossom stencil "Clouds and Raindrops"

51 ogee or paisley

Stencil on brown paper followed by Stampin Up stamped leaves and watercoloured.

52. gyroscope

Images from the internet.

53. calligraphy

Handwritten in red followed by image from internet.

54. river

Picture from tourist booklet of Deni, Edward River.

55. cloverleaf or roundabout

Cloverleaf paper from Ikes Art (many years ago)

Face from postcard from Vintage Image Craft

56. cactus

Cacti from Extraordinary Things to Cut Out and Collage.

Happy Crafting!

Friday, 25 July 2025

Folding the Flat Mail I mentioned earlier

Take a rectangle of paper - this has a pattern on one side and is white on the other. The white side is where you might journal or write a letter...

Fold one corner down.

Unfold this and fold the other corner down.

Unfold again and fold the bottom two corners up to the point where the previous two folds cross.

Fold the top strip down.

Flip this fold back to the other side and fold the little corners in.

Unfold the paper and look at the middle fold lines. Have the triangle fold at the bottom and the square above. Push the horizontal folds above the triangle together. This forms a pocket in which you can add some enclosures.