W for Watering Can

W this week and it,s a fat book page with a watering can and flower die cuts

Words ATC

The latest ATC Challenge on Craft Swap Forum is WORDS
I am also doing another swap for Beatles songs so the same theme is being used for both

Silver and White Baubles

2 of my luxury Iris Fold Christmas cards , I used some precut iris folding strips from Deecraft and cut my own apertures in pewter card ,the corners are done with Xcut punches mounted onto silver & white patterned snowflake card ,
the latest Anything Goes Challenge on Craft Swap Forum is Christmas

Lace Tree on Acetate

I have used the Cuttlebug Lace Tree folder on some acetate and coloured the back with Whispers a pen , attached to the dark green card with 4 tiny red brads , added a star brad at the top and some sticky ribbon down the side to hide the join

V for Vase

I used a template to cut the vase from the middle of a 3 fold DL card ,wire for the stems and assorted paper flowers with brads and gems in the cetres.

At The Third Stroke ---

we saw this on the news last week so went at the weekend to have a look ,it is on the A51 near Nantwich and is 1/4 size of the real thing with a working clock that is lit up at night,all made from bales of straw.

U for Umbrella

I have used a mixture of coloured paper with a peel off border round the edges and for the handle,the greeting was printed and matted onto some card to match and cut with Fiskars Victorian scissors , and the white corners are cut with an Xcut punch , the flowers and butterflies are rub ons