Traditional Parchment meets Groovi

 Good Morning All

I may have told you a while ago about one of my past Craft Ladies passing away and before she passed, she had asked her daughter to get in touch with me to dispose of her craft stash.  Anything sold she asked that the money be donated to the British Legion.

I sold some stuff to my craft ladies, 215 euro worth.

The last few boxes  with allsorts of bits and bobs went last week.  

Well Nancy enjoyed  original parchment work, that is how we originally met.

And in her stash were some pieces of work part made so I decided to finish them and add to charity box.

Nancy had made the frames so I mounted onto cards, added butterflies and sentiments. Strategically placed butterfly and flower to hide a minor mistake!!!!!

Two beautiful cards for the box.

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Wendy L

Pixie Parchment

Good Morning All

Well it is getting very hot here in Spain, I know the Uk is having a heat wave a present too.
I am getting up earlier to take Rico out for a walk.
This morning we were going out of the door at 7.19 then I was getting in the pool at 8.20, so he had a good 8 mins walk.
I take him out at 4pm just for a pee walk in the shade then a longer walk at night as the sun goes down.
When I craft, which I am doing quite alot of while footy is on, he sits under my desk watching the world go by from the window.

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Here is the card I made using the Pixie Powder background I talked about on Tuesday.

Since starting Groovi it has awakened my Parchment itch.

I have done this design afew times over the years but I enjoy it as it involves alot of pricking and snipping.

This is how it starts, followed a pattern and embossed with a fine tool.

Coloured the flowers with felt tips on the reverse.

I had a parchment butterfly so decided to add that after I took the first photo.

I bought a Groovi plate with different butterflies and use any odd pieces of parchment to make butterflies now.

Happy Crafting

xxxxx

Wendy L

Happy 9th Birthday for Allsorts

Good Morning All

Today, Allsorts Challenge is 9 years old so the theme is 

Happy Birthday.

And boy o' boy do we have some prizes on offer so pop over to challenge blog to see what there is.

Lots of sponsors for this one.

A nice easy theme too so it will be a busy one.

I went with a Parchment card,  which I made a while ago before I got my Groovi system.

This was made using afew different grids.

Mounted onto black card to make it show up more.

I also decorated the inside with bits of leftover card and ribbon.

xxxx

Wendy L

Candy Winner and an Oldie

Good Morning All

Yesterday this popped up on my Facebook page, a memory from 5 years ago and I thought it was so pretty.

I remember making this at a parchment class I used to attend when I first moved here.

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And now the winner of my Stick Pin Book and afew extras is..............

No.  16

CUILLIESOCKS

Please email me your snail mail address to wlt27@hotmail.com and add winner in subject line.

I need this before Monday so that I can post on Monday lunch time as I leave for UK on Tuesday and I cant take it with as only taking handluggage.

A big Thank You to everyone who entered and sorry you all could not win.

But I may make some more soon.

xxxxx

Wendy L

Parchment Border

Good Morning All

I have decided to clear my scrappy box, this is the box I keep by my desk and into it goes allsorts.  Bits of card, paper, die cuts, embellishments etc etc etc.

So this is the first of many cards I made starting last Saturday.

I was determined not to make anything else until this box was empty, totally.

When I buy any new stash I always cut or stamp afew to try it  out and some of these go into my scrap box.

This Sue Wilson striplet is one of those.

As you know, I cant sit watching TV doing nothing so I sometimes do abit of pricking or parchment work and this is one of those too.

Added the two together to make this card, joined with a piece of Satin ribbon.

xxxx

Wendy L

Today's the Day

Good Morning All

Todays the day, Hollie Day.  Gosh, cant wait for 10pm, they should land at 9.25, by the time they get through.

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I dont think I have shown this before but It was my team leaders Birthday on Allsorts a while ago and this was the card I sent her.

Whenever I see Poppies, I always think of Brenda.

xxxxx

Wendy L

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She looks so grown up with her hair in a pony tail.

Dressing up with her cousin.

She asked me last night, would I have the paddling pool ready for when she got here.
What could I say, too dark, too tired, we will see.
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Delicate Parchment

Good Morning All

I made this parchment card ages ago and thought I would show it to you as I thought it was quite pretty. 

It took quit a while to do as the lantern is very delicate.

Sorry about the reflection but it was kept in a wrapper for protection.

xxxx

Wendy L

More Parchment

Good Morning All

It's off to the hairdressers for me this morning, I had made the appointment for last Monday, forgetting that I was going away for afew days, so changed it to today.  Got to keep the roots coloured at my age !!!!!!

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Another Parchment card for you today and one I am quite pleased with.

I could have made more of the pieces to make a full fan but it would have been too big to make into a card unless I made a very large one.

Hope you all have a good day and thanks for visiting.

xxxx

Wendy L

Parchment Flowers

Good Morning All

As I showed you the other day, I am doing abit more parchment, and here is another one.

I love the way this one has turned out, It is very easy but looks very effective, with the white work and colour behind it.

After doing parchment there is inevitably odds bits left over, so the other day, I got them all out with some punches and went to work and this is what I came up with.

Lots of tiny flowers, that I layered up and added    gems to the centres.

I think the largest of these is about 3/4" in diameter and the smallest, less than 1/2".  The tiny, tiny gems I used on some, I have had for years, I bought them in a multi pack years ago

xxxxxx

Wendy L

Parchment Semi Oval

Good Morning All

I hope you  have all had a good Easter and not eaten too many choccy eggs.  I have not had one, aren't I a good girl???

Welcome to my new followers too, I hope you have a good time visiting me.

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I have been doing abit of parchment again this last week and this is one of them.  I really like the way this one has turned out.  The pattern was for a full oval shape but I thought I would just do half of it and put this lovely handmade paper underneath.  I cut some flowers from odd bits of parchment paper with Cheery Lynn Roses dies - B154 and B 152.  The Chrysanthemum strip is Cheery Lynn B 311.

CHALLENGES
Suzy Bees Bloomin' Challenge - AG with twist of pastel
Crafty Catz - AG
Cheery Lynn Challenge 179 - Flowers

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Aurora Stephanie on the blanket I crocheted HERE

Noah getting acquainted with his sister.

Hollie on her Easter Egg Hunt yesterday.

Have a good Easter Monday.

xxxxx

Wendy L

Mums Birthday Card

Good Morning All

I have dragged this one from the archives.  It is a card I made for Mum afew years ago and it was still in my photo file.  I thought I would show it to you as one of my followers, Alison, is a parchment fan.

It is coloured with felt tip pens

I made this when I used to go to a parchment class here in Spain.

I also wanted to show you what was waiting for me at Mums when I arrived in the UK a couple of weeks ago.

There was one parcel with 6 paper pads from LOTV 8x8"

Then another parcel with a mixed assortment - 12x12 papers, 12x4 papers, peeloff letters and numbers, card blanks and envelopes.

The paper pads are gorgeous too and I have used them already to make aq couple of cards.

I won these because I wrote a letter and sent pics of a couple of cards I had made in response to John Next Door being chosen as blog of the month in Papercrafting Inspirations (I think) back in summer.
I decided to show you because when I met up with John last week, he reminded me that it was me that pushed him to start his blog and me that gave him the idea for the name, as my partner is called John, so I always called him John Next Door.  Gosh how things have moved on for him, designing for Creative Expressions using alot of Sue Wilsons Dies, moving back to UK to persue this dream.
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Well busy busy this week as Christmas gets closer.  Some friends going back to UK for the holidays so getting things wrapped and cards written ready to give out.  Mums arrive on 19th to accompany us to Benidorm.  Still chasing round sorting things out after getting my purse lifted.  And still getting over this rotten cold.
Have a good day.
xxxxx
Wendy L

More Parchment

Good Morning All

My, it is still so hot here, infact it feels hotter this week and so I am not getting much crafting done as too hot to move from the fan in the living room!!!!!

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So I have pulled some parchment cards from my picture files.

You will have to excuse the reflection off the cello bag.

These are two similar cards, one Tulips and one Poppies.  They were drawn with the fine tip Promarker pen and coloured with felt tip pens.

I enjoyed doing the as there is alot of pricking.

xxxxx

Wendy L
CHALLENGES
Creative Corner - AG
Fairytale Challenge - CAS
Brown Sugar 109 - AG

With Love

Good Afternoon All

I was just looking through my file and found afew parchment cards that I had not shown so here is one.

I don't do alot of parchment now but when I look at it I tell myself to do more, it looks so pretty.

This just has a little colour on the flowers.  It always looks better matted onto a dark card.

xxxx

Wendy L

CHALLENGES
Crafty Sentiments - AG
FanTastic Tuesday - AG
PINspirational - AG
City Crafter - Roses

Rainbow Parchment

Good Morning All

I thought I would show you this gorgeous parchment card I made a while ago.

I think the  parchment looks so effective mounted onto this rainbow card.  I do tend to use brads to attach the parchment to card as I find most glues do show though.  The flowers are also parchment, coloured and embossed in two layers.

xxxxx

Wendy L

CHALLENGES
Bunny Zoes - Layers

Card Stand

Good Morning All

I wanted to show you this piece of parchment that I finished yesterday.

Lyn, one of the ladies at our craft meeting, wanted me to teach her parchment.  So, as I was showing her, I thought I would do a piece too and this is what I did, it didn't take very long and I finished it when I got home this afternoon, after we had been for a walk..  I had to cut a similar shape out from black card, I thought black would look best.  I hope Lyn will have finished  her piece by next week, so I must remember to take my camera so that I can show it to you all.

 xxxxx
Wendy L

CHALLENGES
Rhedd & Rosie Challenge 30 - Anything Goes
Challenges 4 Everybody 40 - Anything Goes
Bunny Zoes Crafts - Mono

Parchment Butterfly

Good Morning All

I would like to welcome Anges Treasure to my blog and hope she has a  creative journey with me.  I do love it when someone decides to join me.

I found this card in my archives!!!!  I did make it a while ago but wanted to show it to you all.   I hope my friend Lin looks in today as she has just started doing a little bit of parchment work.  Lin joins us at our craft meets on Thursday mornings and she also runs the Slim Club I attend.  

It is two layers of exactly the same pattern so it did take a while to do.

Have a lovely Sunday and I hope you remembered to alter your clocks last night, those of you that live in the countries that do. 

xxxx

Wendy L

CHALLENGES
Creative Moments - Anything Goes + Wings
Hiding In My Craft Room # 143 - Freestyle
Papercrafting Journey - Anything Goes
Ends 10th April
Fan-Tastic Tuesday 28 - Anything Goes
I WON THIS ONE

Parchment Heart

Good Morning All

Got to Mums at teatime yesterday and just as well I did, she would never had managed on her own, she is obviously still on her crutches and finds it easier walking with them than her frame so she cant carry a cup of tea or anything.   She thought she would be OK on her own with my sisters popping in and out but it is much better someone being here full time.  Otherwise she is in good spirits and I,m making sure she does her exercises.  We are just planning our meals and then I will go off and do some shopping but it is pouring down at the moment.  Asda just happens to be near The Range, so I may just have to pop in there and see whats on offer!!!!!!

It is a red parchment heart topped with normal parchment which has been  embossed and pricked and cut. Flowers punched from both the red and white parchment with tiny gem added to centres.

I am going to frame this and put it in the hall along with other pieces of parchment work I have done.

xxxxx

Wendy L

CHALLENGES -------
Bunny Zoes Challenge - Hearts/Love
City Crafter Challenge 198 - Love Bug
Kaboodle Doodles 210 - To My Sweetheart
Ooh La La Creations 150 - Use a Heart
Mervis Candy - Anything Goes / Friendship
 

Rainbow Parchment

Good Morning All

Nanna here LOL.  Baby Noah doing well, he was 8.10oz so quite big and doing well.  They are sending her home today even though she had a bit of a rough time.  They do kick them out so quick these days.

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I have just finished this piece of parchment and I think I have done it previously (I keep all my patterns, never throw anything away LOL).  I mounted it onto rainbow card.  I,m not sure which sentiment to add yet, I may just wait until I decide who to give it to, but I think I will make a parchment sentiment, by this, I mean words embossed onto parchment then pricked and cut out.

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This is a pic of Noah that his Mum emailed me showing the blanket I crocheted for him and gave to them when I was there in August.  Sleeping so peacefully !!!!!

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Wendy L

CHALLENGES ----

Unstampabelles - Use Vellum

Bearly Mine # 114 - Anything Goes
  

He's Arrived

Good Morning All

He has arrived, no not Santa, Noah.  He made his entrance at 1.30am UK time.

I cant wait now to get over there to give him, and them, (Mum & Dad)  a cuddle.

I am back into my parchment now and have made afew creations.  I have a fan on the go but have to make each piece separately so will take me a while.  As that project is ongoing, I work on another piece at the same time, this is one I completed last week.  I think it is so beautiful. all whitework mounted onto deep purple card.

xxxxx
Wendy L

CHALLENGES -----
Unstampabelles - Use Vellum   Chosen as guest designer for a month
 

Home

Good Morning All

We are back home and I,m full of cold and sore throat, but we had a wonderful time.  Just trying to catch up on things, then I,m off to bed with a couple of Paracetamol!!!

I thought I would drag another parchment card out to show you.

This is such a pretty piece and beautiful for a sympathy card.  This is coloured on the front with pencils and a little felt tip, and mounted onto black card.

I am starting a craft club on Thursday, so I,m trying to get ideas together to put to the ladies that, hopefully, will attend.  I just wanted to to together with local folks with the same passions that I have, where we can craft and chat and share ideas.  Any input from you lovely people will be appreciated.

xxxxx

Wendy L
CHALLENGES --Unstampabelles - Use Vellum