Tea?? For 2

Good Morning all

Morning all Mel here to share a wee card and "gift" in one!! Ok when I say gift, it might be pushing it, but it would definitely bring a smile to that Special friend!

The little card is made form one sheet of 6x6 Basic Grey Hey Girl paper. Using the papers to decorate it too, I made a little pocket to fit a teabag or 2!

I then used the Clare Curd Pom Pom flower die-cut, some pink satin ribbon and the thicker blue satin ribbon plus some mulberry flowers, a beaded pin both from my stash before finishing with a tiny button and gems! All the papers have been out lined with a blue marker pen

Its a nice simple card but a lovely little something to send to a friend needing a little cheering up and just loved a good brew too!

Will thats me, off to enjoy some peace while hubby is working!

Take care

   

   

Mistletoe Kisses

Morning all

How are we out there in blogland?? Its Mel here again with a little festive cheer

A great wee set of last minute Christmas cards using some adds and ends from different paper packs and using my trusty Silhouette Cameo for the frames and mistletoe. If your really good with a craft knife you could do the frame yourself but here's how I done it

Firstly on my Silhouette program I made a 4x4 square with the text on it so when it was cut the text would leave a space. I also added my mistletoe shape to one side that I cut

I next removed the white text and stuck the white panel onto some red paper from my Basic Grey Hey Boy pad and used some of the green to cut the mistletoe from the Hey Boy pad as well

I've kept the text for another card, us crafters throw nothing away!

Next I covered the back of the red panel with foam pads and stuck it down on to a card blank, making sure it was certain and leaving a white border all around the red

Taking the mistletoe leaves just one large and 2 small, I embossed the back to give them some shape

before adding foam pads to the leaves and glue to the stems

the sticking to the card, in the middle just at the top of the white panel

Next I took some of my Card Candi and stuck it down to form the start of my mistletoe.

The folding another Card Candi in half with the pattern to the inside I stuck it on top of the other piece already on the card.

To finish I added a piece of red satin ribbon and thats it!

I also used some of the lighter green paper from the Hey Girl Basic Grey pad to form the lighter mistletoe steams! I think both are very festive!

Well thats all for me! Till next time everyone

TTFN

        

"You and Me"

Morning all

Its Mel here again with another Friday post, this week sharing a wee scrapbook page

I was feeling bit sentimental this week and dug out last years fab Landmark pictures and created this little layout wit h help from Basic Grey Hey Girl papers. I cut up strips creating the bunting before sticking them down then adding some Smash Washi tape for extra texture

Then I just added lots of embellishments like the fab Basic Grey Alphabets, Hey You stickers and lots of Josh Candi. The other bits are from my stash 

I adore these paper ranges and find them great for all my crafting!

Well until next time everyone

Remember

"Adventure is out There"

                

Pretty Dresses

Good morning my lovelies

Well its Friday again and that means its Mel here again! And this time I have been doing some fancy folding and made you a wee Origami Tutorial!

I cut 3 inch squares from the Hey Girl Basic Grey 6x6 pad, they are a bit too thick for origami so maybe try thin papers to practise on! I followed the pattern here on Youtube 

Start with a square of the paper, try 6x6 if your a beginner! I cut the sheet into 4 equal squares of 3 inches so you can get 4 wee dresses too!

 Fold the paper in half with the with the white in the inside. Open the paper out then fold each side into the centre crease you just made. Crease really well, use a bone fold tool if its easier!

  Your paper is now divided into fourths.

Next fold each side fold into the centre fold. It should look something like a trough. 

Leaving the paper folded the way it was in the last step, flip it over and fold not quite in half. You want about the width of a fingertip difference at the top. OK so my fingers are so much smaller than most people, so around 1.5cm is perfect

Now fold the shorter side back down, another 1.5cm or fingertip width from the the previous fold you just made. This is what your paper will look like from the back.

Turn it back over. The longer portion should be at the front, this is the skirt part. The shorter portion is at the back and will be the top of the dress.

 To make the pleats part in the skirt, pull the bottom corner until the fold is completely open at the bottom. I hold the waist part of the dress to hold the top corner of the pleat, then I press the new creases into the pleat carefully so as not to rip the paper from the top of the skirt down. See how the waist raises up slightly

 Now create the folds for the neckline/collar of the dress by folding the inner corners down. Try to make sure the triangles are equal on each side

Unfold the two neckline/collar folds from the last step and turn the dress over. Pull back on the top layer of paper (see picture below). The folds you just made will allow you to open this portion into 3 neat triangles.

Press the fold so that the back of the neckline looks like this.

Now, start folding the sides of the dress top right up to the corner of the neckline you just created. You can see from the picture another view, so you're folding all the way in. There’s already a previous fold there for you. While your doing this crease, you’ll see that skirt trying to curl in, take care it doesn't rip then fold the skirt edge at an angle so that it lays flat.

I do this by pressing down on the middle of the skirt with one hand and use my other hand to smooth everything down from the top bottom. Repeat with the other side.

 Finally, take those two flaps that you folded in at the top of the dress and fold them back at a deep angle.

Now turn it over and TA RA!! You have a little "swing" style dress!

I hope you enjoy my wee tutorial, for more details do check out the lovely YouTube video and maybe you'll be able to follow it better than my wee instructions heee!

Remember to use a thinner paper if you haven't made one before to practise getting the folds right! Then just think of all the pretty papers you can use!

 Well thats me for today! See you all next time