So's arts and crafts

hello, Recently I received the link to Paper Matrix , a wonderful site managed by Lene and Anna Schepper, dedicated to the Danish tradition of woven paper ornaments. Thanks for sharing your designs! I found so many nice ornaments, from flag garlands to hearts, spheres and eggs, that I did not where to start. As I am a beginner in this technique, I started with the simplest cone: http://papermatrix.wordpress.com/2010/12/04/cone-001/ . Following the explanations from the post, I managed to make this: Since it's the first, it is far from perfect, but I am proud of it...:)) I shall try other designs too...especially the simpler ones which do not require a cutting machine.

hello, Here's a quick post with my latest card... This is my first flip-flop card, which I made for a gentleman's birthday. The template comes from Marie Shaughnessy's blog .

Hello all, For today's post I prepared my latest wooden box project. Actually it is a special order for a friend. She asked for a box that would have on the lid the biggest possible red flower...very red in fact...:) So, I started by making the center flower from handmade paper. For the petals, I used the peony template from  Martha Stewart's website . The tough part was to obtain the bright red I needed...I started with am mate red acrylic paint which became orange when diluted with water...:D. So, after the petal dried, I colored them one by one, on both sides, with a red aquarelle pencil. After this new coat of paint dried again, I still hadn't  the red I wanted, so I applied one last coat of food dye. The making of this flower took me a week in total. I used punches for the rest of the flowers, so they were a lot easier to make. To color the cream and yellow ones I used chalks. Here are some photos with details of the box:  For the s...

Hello, Here's  a quick post to show you another cake card I made using an image from  deviantart  and two die cut roses. Card size: 16x16 cm

Hi all, Yesterday I was asked by Claudia, my colleague, to make a new baby card. Well... easy enough I thought...until she told me that we do not know if the baby will be a boy or a girl...:) So, we put our heads together, and inspired by another card we found online, here's what we came up with: For the baby clothes we used a cute stamp from Stamperia, which e colored with chalks. Then, we cut out each one and attached them to the string with double sided foam tape. We had so much fun making it! I hope it will make you smile too.   Card size: A5

Hello, While searching the internet for some birthday related digi stamps, I stumbled upon Tim Holtz's blueprint stamps  My favorite is the cupcake...:) and since I was in a hurry to make the card (the pack from overseas would have arrived too late) I tried to draw the cupcake myself. Here's how the card turned out: To color the cupcake, I used aquarelle pencils, and the background is a free digital paper from Far Far Hill . Enjoy!

Hello, A few days ago I found on  http://www.deviantart.com/  some gorgeous images of various slices of cakes. I couldn't resist to download some. So, in the coming weeks I am going to make some birthday cards with them. Here's the first: To make this card, I began by stamping some text on a card blank, then, to give it an old feel, I used my new  card making chalks. For the red frame I used the 657993 Sizzix Sizzlits Die - Card, Bracket Insert By Dena Designs (just the negative that resulted after cutting) Card size: 16x16 cm