30 minute Thursdays...create a cardi!

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30 minute Thursdays...create a cardi!

in honour of another wonderful Wedding day...

my darling cousin is getting married in Kefalonia today {which is now yesterday because Blogger is NOT PLAYING NICE ATM!!}...as i couldn't be there to celebrate with them...i decided to make myself a necklace to wear on the big day...using some pearly beads {the dangly bits} that were on the cuffs of the bridesmaids' dress that i wore when her parents got married and i was only 7 years old!

bubbly scrumptious update...beaded beauty LO

morning all...do you remember these beaded flowers i showed you how to make a couple of weeks ago? well today they are featured on a Prima Reflections LO over on Bubbly Scrumptious...along with a rosette made in the same way as my Everlasting Bouquet flowers...do pop over to see it...here!

thanks...and have a crafty week!

what happened to 30 minute Thursday this week, eh?

sorry chaps...i just couldn't cope with the pc at all yesterday...i was emerging from a baaaaaad migraine...and had gone into the *post migraine haze*...all will hopefully be back on track for next week!

bubbly scrumptious update...Tim's fragments...

i do hope you'll pop on over to Bubbly Scrumptious and see what i've made for you today...using Tim's darling fragments and some yummy Prima pp :0)

just click here!

making the most of 30 minute Thursdays...

sometimes i even take my own advice...lol...and this week when i needed a Birthday card i looked to my 30 minute Thursdays and made an easel card with a lace flower on it! thats 2 prompts for the price of 1 in my book ;0)

i'm happy to say jaki seemed to love it...and i hope you continue to have a stupendous Birthday week, hon xxxxx

a free class!

hi everyone...i have a free sketch class online at UKS today...it officially for the Green Buttons house members...but if you'd like to play along feel free to add your LO as a link here! :0)

there will be a wee prize for someone!

:0)

bubbly scrumptious update...simple wire flower tutorial

Morning all...especially those of you popping in from the Bubbly Funk forum...i have no idea why i've been unable to upload to the Bubbly Scrumptious blog for the last three days...so rather than have you miss out, i thought i'd upload my simple wire flower tutorial here instead!

How to Create a Simple Wire Flower:

Ingredients:

70cm length of craft wire available from Bubbly Funk {just click to buy it and see all the other yummy goodies in the shop}

125 seed beads

Method:

Thread 25 seed beads onto the length of wire and twist to create a petal shaped loop as shown below...



Thread on 25 more beads and twist again to create the second petal shape...it helps to leave a gap between the petals as the wire centre will gather here...




Thread on another 25 beads...i'm guessing you can see where this is going by now...and create yourself a third petal shaped loop...this time as well as twisting the wire to make the loop...wind it between the petals a few times to start building up your flower middle...




Thread on another 25 beads, make your fourth petal shape and continue to wrap the wire around the center of the flower about 5 times...working in between each petal...




Thread on the final 25 beads and create your fifth loop in exactly the same way, wrapping the wire around the middle another 5 or 6 times to create a juicy flower center. You can finish the flower either by leaving the two wire ends for a stem and twisting them together...or as i have done here, by tucking them into the knot of wire at the back and trimming with wire cutters or strong scissors.

As a final touch, bend each petal into a slight curved shape to give dimension and mimick a real flower...then attach to your chosen project.

These flowers are very simple to create and can be created in a multitude of sizes by altering the number of beads used per petal...or by not using the beads at all and simply measuring the length of your first petal to get an even sized flower. They can also be used in lots of ways...they look fabby on coat lapels or headbands...attached to handbag flaps or on the front of cards or scrapbook LO's.

i hope you like the flower and will have a go at creating it...and don't forget to check back in for my next tutorial where we'll take this idea and make a much more complex flower!

thanks for stopping by and to all who leave encouraging comments...they are truly appreciated!

:0)

a LO that makes me smile...

a super quick LO today...using a sketch by Lisa Day from her 28 days of sketches class over on BPC...i love having a sketch when i'm in a hurry...and i love that i managed to scrap all these cute photos that have been collecting in my *not used* pile for a while all in one go! :)

it may not suprise you to know that this is sketch one...and she's already onto sketch three...but hey ho...i knew i wouldn't do them all ;) how many do you think i'll get done next week??? huh? lol

30 minute Thursdays!

Wow its Thursday again...i swear i have no idea what time of day it is, let alone which day of the week what with all these Bank Holidays and royal events! So...thinking it probably is Thursday...i've designed a rather cute little any occasion card that can be completed in 30 minutes...i hope you like it!

Its basically an easel card, so first off take a white card blank and fold the front flap in half inwards, to create the triangle shape, as you see in the photo below :) That was easy, huh? now all we have to do it decorate it and create a step!

i've glued a strip of bobbly trim to the bottom of the card and then added my message {a rubon} and a gem to a strip of cardstock which i've attached with foam to raise it up. this is what holds the triangle flap in place.

i've decorated the top section by covering it with a scrap of pp that i adore {its a DCWV one} and edging it with ink from a big brush pen. my main embellishment is a simple stamped flower which i've coloured directly on the stamp, huffed on...and stamped onto white cardstock and cut out. the india ink pens i've used are one of my favourite things atm...and the stamp i've used is one of my hand cut ones...but you could use any flower you have to hand...or any suitable image you choose...

once my flower was stamped and cut out, i simply matted it with a paper frame i had and backed it with another scrap of pp...3 gems and a ribbon bow later...and its done! simply adhere the whole thing with more foam tape {only on the bottom half of the design so you can fold it, remember}...and the best thing about these cards is that even though they have a lot of dimension to them standing up...you can fold them flat for posting and fitting in the envelope...yay!

here is the stamp i used and the pens in case you're interested in them...they are brilliant...but if you don't have them...don't worry...just use whatever pens you have got :)

ok...hope you like today's post and will give it a go...and if you do...remember to pop back and tell me all about it!

bubbly scrumptious update...

do pop over and check out today's Bubbly Scrumptious blog post...another LO using the stunning Prima Reflections collection :) Thanks!

trying again...and a bit of jewellery...

still very much a novice jewellery maker...i've been experimenting with creating a floating necklace this week...i love glass beads and chunky ones at that...and i'm a big fan of long necklaces {mainly because i've got such a big, fat neck!!} both of these things mean that a necklace can get pretty heavy, but by using crimp beads to separate the beads and float them along the tiger tail wire...i can have the look i want, with the beads i want...without weighing myself down! Rah! ;)



if anyone has any tips on photographing long thin jewellery...i'd be super grateful if you'd share them!!

i'm loving playing with beads and wire atm...and i'm working on a chain maille charm bracelet which i hope to share later in the week...so if you like that kind of thing too...watch this space...

and finally...here is a photo of my journal page from Thursday...see how much more subtle and vibrant it is than the scanned image? :0)