Pollyanna Pickering - Part 2

From my beautiful delivery of card toppers by the very talented Pollyanna Pickering, I decided to make a couple of cards....

See my previous blog on Pollyanna Pickering to find out more :)

Last year for my birthday, my Mum bought me this Wild at Heart pad which my Pollyanna Pickering toppers matched perfectly...

I find men are always harder to make cards for, so these lovely wildlife designs and papers work great..

Here's what I used:

Background card stock from the Wild at Heart pad - We saw this collection in Eason's in Rushmere.  I'm sure any of you crafty folk will have something similar at home, and there are always digital designs online that you could print unto your own plain card stock.

Toppers and sentiments from the Pollyanna Pickering sketch book range... you can check out Create And Craft here to see the range available.  I don't think they are still doing the kit that I bought though, but I'm sure there are other websites and shops who stock her products too.  And you should also be able to purchase the cd roms and print off your own toppers.

mini cross stitch design

Ribbons and gems and any other accessories you'd like to add.  I bought these ribbons (a metre of each) in coordinating colours (45p per metre in Horace McMullan's, Dungannon). By the way, this is where I buy all my cross stitch embroidery thread - they are THE cheapest anywhere (even online)!!!

Card making is only as complicated as you want it to be... if you're a beginner, it really is just a matter of measure, cut and stick!

Fold in half and using double sided tape,
stick your topper unto a contrasting
colour of card

Measure your card to the size you want

Attach 3D foam tape to the back of your
topper and stick it unto your folded card

I stuck the little fox using 3D foam pads. And I stamped an image of some reeds on the left hand side for some extra dimension in the scene:

The only fiddly bit in this, was tying the bows... I bought this handy little bow maker on Ebay for a couple of pounds... but seriously, I've seen people use a comb and even the prongs of a fork!!

I managed to make a video and hopefully it shows you how easy it is to make the perfect bow... hope it helps :)

You can experiment and use 2 ribbons at once, or wrap the ribbon around the pegs a couple of times to make a fuller bow.  There are no rules :)

And that's it... I usually use silicon glue to stick my ribbon bows in place, but a good dab of PVA glue will do the trick, just hold it there for a while or set a heavy book on top of it!

Silicone glue in a craft shop is expensive... so I buy mine in a hardware store for a fraction (seriously, a fraction) of the price... There's a slight smell, but it's gone once the glue dries!

Finishing off with a Happy Birthday sentiment and some gold gems down the side...

The otter one was another cross stitch project and using another card from my Wild at Heart pad and Pollyanna Pickering otter background.

Hope you liked my card....

Check out my blog later in the week to see what else I've been up to, or bought! lol

Thanks for stopping by :)