Roses and changed plans

Good morning!

Wow, what a headache - trying to set up a meeting between myself and 4 very busy ladies, ugh! Anyway..

I promised to share the card that went with the Pringles-gift-box from yesterday, and without further ado...

As you can see, the theme is the same: ripped pages of 1984 and roses in pink, white and - well - 1984 again :)

The pink piece is actually a napkin that I've ironed on a piece of paper with a layer on gladwrap in between! I just love not being limited to just using papers with pretty prints, but can also buy these cute different paper-napkins to make into my own, velvet-y design paper. A little Distress around the edges, a few half-pearls, some strips of paper and a 'congratulations'-sentiment and voilà!

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As for the card for the granddaughter? She's this amazingly sweet, petite, exceedingly smart, blonde ballerina. And so who would fit the bill better than Saturated Canary's Honey!

***I apologise for the pictures, I was in such a hurry having to make the tube and 3 cards all within a few days that I completely forgot to take pictures of the cards at home - so I just barely had time to snap a few, over my parents' kitchen table, in horrible lighting, and since they were going on a trip the whole apartment was a practical mess (didn't want to capture that in the background - instead, you get my feet)..***

Ok, so my beloved Honey, all stamped up on some Canson Imagine, and coloured up with my Distress Markers! Now, to be fair, this is my 6th ever colouring with the DMs. I think it's decent but it's not my best work, and the hair was actually deeper in real life. The skirt got a wash of Frosted Lace Stickles (it'll do for now, but really have to invest in some Wink of Stella). The pink panel is the same napkin-paper as before, the gems are from different local department stores and the flowers - I think they're some sort of mulberry paper, and kind of cherry-blossom-y, but they are just so cute!

Simple as ever, but wanted Honey to stand out in all her pink-ness!

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Now my wonderful me-time yesterday, that I was supposed to spend with my DMs? Just as I was getting out my pens the dog starts barking - post has arrived. And in it, were my brand new Spellbinders Dies! I am so addicted to all kinds of spiral flowers, and I just sat rolling them up and practising until I had to pick up my son again. Now that I've had some time to look into them, I realised I did part of them wrong, but going to have another play now! Might even share some of them - if nothing else, they will definitely be put on cards in the near future :)

Hope you have an amazing and crafty day!

Love,

/Sofia

Crafty presents - with recycling

Hi there,

Last weekend my parents helped organise a surprise-party for a family friend, and my mum asked me to recycle a Pringles-tube for a gift-box. (No, she didn't come up with the idea - I had made her one almost a year before! And I didn't think of the idea either - found it on a facebook recycling group.)

Now, to be perfectly honest - my mum asked me to make one sometime last summer, right? I had told her that it wasn't a project you do just like that, it takes time, it's a bit difficult to get the lid to sit right, etc.. And when did I start the project? About 6 days before parents had to leave for the party.. Procrastinate much?

And some details:

Aren't the roses adorable?

Ok, so this is as far away from my comfort zone as I can get! I loved making it, but not a single piece of it is a decision that I was sure about, if you understand what I mean?

So, what I did (in all it's simplicity), I drew a rectangle on the side of the tube and cut it out using a carpet knife. The inside of the tube can be a bit greasy, so I cleaned that off (babywipes, use them for way too much!) and then coated it all with some white acrylic paint. 

Next step was coating the whole thing with bits of paper - I have an old copy of 1984 that I've cut up to use in crafts. Ripped the pages into fairly small bits, mixed some PVA glue with water and glued the pages onto the tube with it. I used some Walnut Stain and Frayed Burlap Distress Ink to ink up the edges - I could've gone a bit darker with the ink, but wanted it to be sort of neutral.

The dies I've used here are Sizzix Doily & Doily Border (658947), and a Marianne Design Creatables die (LR0162), which is an absolute favourite of mine - it's the one used for the roses!

I was happy to hear, that the gift-box had been a huge success, and noone realised at first glance that it was a familiar shape :)

Tomorrow I will return, and share the card that went with this gift-box, and I might throw in another card as well - one that went to the granddaughter of the new owner of this box.

Now, I'm going to get out my Distress Markers and Inks, and colour for a bit! Oo, did I tell you? I decided to splurge and ordered myself the missing seasonal and 2015 special editions too! I will probably get them all just in time to see Mr. Holtz release the new April colour - which again will be something I have to get!

Love

/Sofia