Good Morning All
Myself, John Next Door and Val from Spain are going to our local craft shop this morning. Ollie is closing the shop and moving back to the UK and as she has not been able to sell her lease, she is selling everything off. I really dont want to buy anything other than envelopes, I need some 7" square ones, so that when I make
6 x 6 card and the embellishment go over the edges, I have an envelope to fit.
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I wanted to show you what I made last night while I was a football widow!!!
I was given an old necklace so I chopped it up and made these.
There were very tiny beads, some pearly 4mm and some darker 6mm. So I made a loads of hat pins and some of these petal shapes.
John Next Door came up with the idea of making the petals into a big flower, which I do have plenty to do that, I will give it a go.
They are a dark burgundy colour and I even used the same wire that the necklace was made with.
So all these cost me afew pence that the pearly hat pins cost.
I couldn't wait to get on and make a card with some, and, of course John had some too.
So this is the card I made - Tonic Studios 'Butterfly Die Set' called 'Summer Azure'
S/B Labels 4 the a stamped quote from Hobby Art.
The swirly gems are from Zva Creative which I was so lucky to win on their blog hop in April
I look forward to reading your comments to see what you think of my bargain.
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Wendy L
Morning Wendy, have a good time craft shopping today, my favourite kind of shopping !!.
ReplyDeleteLove the hat pins a brilliant way to up-cycle an old necklace. Also like the way they have been made into flowers. I will pop over to "John next doors blog" to see what he has done. Janice x
What fabulous makes Wendy. Looking forward to seeing your bigger flower eventually. Lovely card too. Christine xx
ReplyDeleteA beautiful card and design,Love your pins Wendy.
ReplyDeleteSue xx
This is gorgeous,love the design,fabulous details.xxx
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful card Wendy, thank you for the nice email that you sent me, beautiful pins. I can't remember how to put my Krafty Keepsakes underneath lol. love Jen xxx
ReplyDeleteBeautiful Wendy,
ReplyDeleteThese look lovely, well done for recycling. Will be interested to see your flower when its done.
The card is beautiful too, love the design.
Love & Hugs
Jacquie J xxx
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Absolutely stunning Ginny x
ReplyDeletethe only word I have right now is "wowzers", I'll be back to give this a try :)
ReplyDeleteBrilliant, they are all beautiful and will be very useful.
ReplyDeleteI often pick up cheap bead things to break up and re-create. Makes you feel you really have achieved something.
Love your stunning card, great colours and design.
Have a great day
Patricia x
Simply beautiful Wendy! John x
ReplyDeleteWell done Womble Wendy!
ReplyDeleteRecycling at its crafty best.
Your card is stunning. The dies are lovely.
I thought your pins were the big ones like Sue Wilson uses but obviously not. Maybe my beads will fit on these smaller pins. . . .thanks for the idea.
Bet you didn't just buy envelopes today. . . . . And why is everyone moving back to the UK?
Best wishes.
Ang x
ReplyDeletehi Wendy, beautiful card..gorgeous colours and love those hat pins..
I have been cutting beads of all sorts today to recycle..
pam
Hi Wendy. Did you really think you'd stick to buying a few envelopes at Ollies?
ReplyDeleteLove the hat pin idea. Really pretty way to use those little beads.
Love the card.
See you later.
Love Val x
Wendy your hat pins are fab, a great use of that old necklace. As for your card it's stunning. Like the others have said I can't see you JUST buying envelopes.
ReplyDeleteHazel xx
Stunning card Wendy, beautiful and elegant. Love what you did with the old necklace..Hugs Lozzy xx
ReplyDeleteHi Sue,
ReplyDeleteFantastic card ,love it ,
Ita.
Hi Sue,
ReplyDeleteFantastic card ,love it ,
Ita.
wow, that necklace really came to a new and beautiful use!
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