Tricolor Quilled Butterfly

Yesterday I was determined to try quilling & this is my quilled card at my first attempt. I decided to use fluorescent papers to make it colourful, but as they are coloured only on one side I glued two together. Craft punch daisies were used to decorate the rest of it. It's not symmetrical & has a few other flaws, due to two sheets adhered together. I felt like tearing it apart, so my daughter took it away before I did so.

Large Paisley

Here's another paisley which didn't permit me to do much to it other than add the two red rhinestones. It was cut out from a block printed paper.

Cardstock Gift Handbag

This bag is cut in one piece from cardstock. On the inside, an additional pouch is attached for a cash gift & a piece of foam tape is used to close it. The bag is decorated with part of a doily and a knotted cord for the clasp.

Punched Wreath

This wreath was made with craft punch cut outs, glitter glue was used for the flower centres and all around the card.

Wedding Anniversary

Do excuse the poor picture quality here. A two tone synthetic ribbon adorned the centre of this card. On it individually cut and interlocked foam hearts and the sentiment were mounted with foam.

Paisley

Paisley, a very ancient yet popular design is my favorite. The design on black handmade screen printed paper was cut into an oval and mounted on gold cardstock. I punched the card all around the border for this effect.

Solitary Flower

Craft decorative paper flower cut outs were used to create this card. Each flower petal was cupped using flower-making tools, assembled in alternate light and dark shades with a yellow rhinestone for the centre. The card was completed by partly covering it with handmade animal skin textured paper and gluing the flower with stems and leaves along its edge.

Upcycled Masculine Card

Making cards for the opposite gender has always been a problem. I recently made this card for my nephew by recycling three greeting cards to design the tag then mounted it on blue handmade animal skin textured paper with foam tape.

Golden Jubilee

This card was made for the Golden Jubilee of the sisters at the Monastery of Angels. The ‘50’ was cut form pearlised gold cardstock, mounted on a piece of textured white card and the corners were embellished with gold confetti cherubs. The piece was then mounted with foam tape onto handmade foil printed paper that covered the front of the card.

Death Anniversary memento Card

I made this Memorial card for my sister’s death anniversary. Craft punches were used to cut the felt paper flowers and leaves while the cross was cut from the foil seal on powder milk tins and embossed. This was my largest project ever of over 100 cards. Cutting the crosses made my fingers sore.