This week’s MANday Monday carries on with my love of notecards. I just love their ittybitty style! And for this weeks masculine card I have also decided to work with chevrons.
Chevron patterns are very hot at the moment, very a la mode in the crafting world. Theres something about their zigityzagity nature that makes them seem masculine to me.
I didn’t have any chevron papers but I chose a page from the We R Memory Keepers Hippiyty Hoppity stack which had solid stripes in a variety of gorgeous colours, and by cutting strips of this paper you can make your own chevron effect.
`The trick is to cut at a 45 degree angle to the stripes, I used my cutting mat as a guide, first cutting across the diagonal of the grid marks, then turning my paper so that the edge lined up with the vertical grid lines. Then i cut at 1cm intervals.
I used a 12 x 12 piece of scrapbook paper, first cutting into the bottom left corner, then i repeated this on the bottom right – this makes sure you have both the ‘ups’ and ‘downs’ in order to make the chevron shape.
I love the way the bright chevrons stand out against the kraft background. All it needed was a little greeting – so I turned to these Hero Arts Sparkle stamps.
Thanks for stopping by.
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They say the best things come in small packages
Given that my crafty time has diminished since the arrival of Miss Pi, I have fallen in love again, with tiny notecards.
Notecards are a great way to use up scraps of paper and all those extra embellishments or cut offs that you never for round to using.
There was a piece of kraft cardstock on my desk that has given life to a few tiny notecards, heres the first one.
These Hero Arts stamps are perfect because the greeting is small, clear and so versatile (and cost effective too)
The cupcake is from the Bake me a cake line of papers from 3 bugs in a rug and the floral papers are from Echo Parks Victoria Garden range. They work beautifully together.
And….
the winner of the scrapbook paper giveaway is EllenM
I have also picked a bonus winner who will receive some random goodies from the craft stash –
Renee Schimel.
congrats you guys, send me your addresses – lez(at)hungryheffycrafts.com
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A couple of weeks ago my friend Lisa had a very important job to do, and no, it wasn’t making me a cuppa tea (although she totally rocks at that!). Lisa got called to duty as a birthing partner for her sister Ellie.
Throughout the whole day i think i was more excited than she was, texting constantly, demanding updates on contraction lengths and the stages of pain relief. It made Piper’s birth come flooding back to me and that always brings a smile to my face.
Ellie and little Kacie Faye came for a visit today at work and i got a little squish. You really do forget how tiny they are at the start. When I got home tonight, Piper felt bigger than ever before! How do they grow so fast?
So here’s a little card I made for Kacie to welcome her into the world.
Congratulations Ellie and Lance (and Aunty Lisa).x
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