Chocolate Orange

Chocolate Orange is the theme of the Tanda Teaser this week. I'd been asked to make a card with flowers for a birthday so here is my take on the theme. using Tanda floral stamps, Twinkling H2Os and an embossed frame from Craftwork Cards which I sponged with orange fluid chalk ink. I may or may not add a personalised message - I will see how it looks.

Stationery box

I made this stationery holder using a Card Couture template downloaded from Papertrey and I've made some little notelets to put inside. Unfortunately I had a problem trying to add a little magnetic closure because although they were very sticky the magnet is so strong that when I tried to open the box the magnets didn't want to part company with each other but easily parted company with the sticky backs which of course has now marked the paper and card. I am hoping I can get some Velcro sticky dots to pop on in place of the magnets and hopefully they won't hang onto each other quite so hard!!

A Bit of Bling

This bit of bling was made for fun at the jewellery workshop - I'd always wanted to have a go at one of these rings so took this opportunity to play. I must say I found it a bit fiddly adding all the beads to the tiny loops on the ring and there are 10 rings with two beads added to each.

Necklace

I've been to a jewellery workshop today and here is the necklace I designed and made to practice my skills in using jump rings and turning loops. It is in shades of green and turquoise although the light has reflected off the shell pieces so they don't show their true colour. I just hope all the rings are properly closed so that it doesn't fall to pieces when I wear it!

Patchwork Bag

I've been doing a bit of stitching and have made a patchwork bag in an effort to use up some of my stash of fabrics. It isn't a very large bag so hasn't really made much of a dent in the stash but I thought these batik fabrics were bright and cheery - just what I need this morning as it is very dark and chucking it down after a night of thunder storms and rain. A normal English summer in fact!!

Bird Song

This card is the result of a stamping session using some of the stamps in the Elusive Images bird set. The eggs are stamped with fluid chalk ink and then overstamped using Versafine.

E is for Elephant

...and here is the card I have made to send along with the ATCs. The image and background paper are from Joanna Sheen's CD with wonderful illustrations by Jane Netley Mayhew. I didn't have a matching flower so sprayed a pink one and a yellow one with Glimmer mists.