Simple cards are the best! Like this one:) Blank card, square cut out of any paper you like (my pick was Designer Paper by Amy Butler from K&company), red marker for the lines, and 2 red wooden hearts attached to it. The mission completed! Perfect when you need something simple and really quickly, hehe.

Oh, and I always forget to mention the corner punch I used, hehe.
I used a scrap yellow cardstock as a base for the cut out motive of the red heart I picked. I applied a little bit of paper glue with a brush on the piece of the cardstock and stick the heart picture to it. I added a generous layer of paper glue onto the decoupaging item and used the brush to push out any wrinkles and excess glue. Red dotted paper is from Paper-Source as well as the green blank card. I used my Fiscars embossing tools for the frame around the red paper and decoupage heart. I also stamped the edges with clear stamp ink, sprinkled it with white embossing powder, and melt it with a heat gun. Little paper rose is a cherry on the top and using corner punch is a must:)
So, Happy belated Valentine's day!
Enjoy your weekend! Mine will be a working one:) Going to shop in Retif!!!
I am back! The last week was a little bit busy for us at the flower stores as we had Valentine's day on Sunday. But now, I hope I 'll found little bit more time for more important things like paying attention to my virtual crafty corner and write about all the staff I did the previous week. Good news is that I show you my last Christmas card last week that I did in December and I will no more annoy u with little felt trees or plastic stars:) How great is that??? This topic switching might also help to push the cold-cold winter away, well at least in my mind. It's feeling like it goes forever and I can't wait for spring to come and feel the warm breeze on my cheeks again, wearing only light sweater and putting away all those winter boots into the closet. I can't wait!
Right now, I am trying to take better pictures. And, I have a big help. Something is different & I hope it's also visible, visible on my pictures. YES, I have a new camera!!! The picture above was taken by my old camera to show you my new baby. It was a total surprise from Darren on Christmas. And what a surprise it was, I didn't expect it at all. I have now a new toy to play with & hopefully my old camera won't be too jealous. But, I am afraid she will be & she has a good reason. Look at this body! The only thing or actually couple things I need is a new lens, extra battery pack, and external flash, and... definitely more stuff I can't think of at this moment:) Right now I am using my old good lenses and enjoying 20 more buttons on my new camera, which I have to look up in the manual eventually. I am little bit like Alice in Wonderland as I am finding new functions on my new friend every day. I hate manuals but I have to read it this time carefully as this camera is 'little bit' more complicated:). But, I am definitely in love!!! Big, big love! You know, all that hugging and kisses this camera deserves you dont' even know:) I am getting little bit crazy but for a good reason:)
Have a great week and expect better pictures... hopefully!
Have a great week and expect better pictures... hopefully!
We are close to Valentin's day and I found a short tutorial how to make a very easy and quick Valentine's card. This might be a great project for kids as well because is a simple design but very effective:)
This was the first card I made this last Christmas and certainly one of my favorite projects I did in the past. I was looking to make something special with these wings that I bought at Retif and I think it worked. The illustration was little bit tricky but the outcome isn't that bad:) What do you think?
By the way, the ballet was awesome!!! It was adventure to watch it yesterday. It had the promised rain, snow, and even an ocean reaching into the audience. I post you here a little trailer for the show that I found on the Theater's page. They talk in Slovak but the rest is readable through the pictures:) What is said in the short movie is basically the plot - that shows a life journey of a human, his desires, and failures expressed by dancing, singing, and playing. Everybody has it's own Everest!
I love nicely wrapped presents. They look so good underneath a Christmas tree. This one was packed for my mom. Maybe little bit awkward wrapping for Christmas season but who cares when it is nicely packed. The box was hiding a digital frame and she really liked it, the wrapping too:) And, I always have to laugh when she gets my presents. She opens every gift very carefully because she knows that I am saving all the wrappers for some other project later. So, thoughtful of my mom:) The emerald green paper is originally from India and I got it at one of the paper stores here in Slovakia. I just love the structure on this paper and therefore had to buy some in red as well. The wire heart was made a while ago and it is really simple. Sometimes, I will make a tutorial about it. Today, I am going to see 'Everest' - modern ballet performance that one of my friends recommended. It is a Slovak project that is played at our new National Theater. So, I bought tickets for my mom as her birthday present. We are going to enjoy two full hours of great dancing, music, and even real rain (my friend told me it's a part of the play). It sure sounds interesting!
Sweet dreams...
little scene from the Frog Prince by Cindy FergusonHere is a simple tutorial about papercutting from Cindy Ferguson. You can download many awesome templates from her blog to try yourself and they are for free too!