You wait months and then I blog twice in two days!

Only because I wanted to show you all an even better camera cut in black n white, camera design paper

Happy crafting everyone
Mhairi

Apologies, it's been a while.....

Here are a few Sunday Makes to keep you entertained, they certainly kept me entertained today

have a great week
Galloway Beltie x

Vintage Style: Sewing

Hi All

This weekend I have concentrated on getting a 70th Birthday Card and holder ready for my Mums Big day at the end of February.  Job Done.

 My mum has been sewing all of her life and to this day makes light work of all the family's required alterations (somebody always needs something shortened in our family)!  I hope you think this is suitable.  I made the box big enough to hold the card and a gift, when I finally settle on something suitable.  This is from the SVGCuts Sew Crafty  files, but enlarged by 70%.       The papers used in the main are from the Do Crafts Happy Days Range. 

These last photos' show the couple of little projects that filled my Sunday afternoon :-)

Have a great week, don't work too hard and don't go telling my Mum about her card!

Mhairi
Aka Galloway Beltie

Long Weekend Makes

Hi All

I'll cut the waffle this week and just give you some pics!  All SVGCuts.com files with a mixture of papers and card; rhinestones and flowers and even a feather!  Including a couple of pics of where my craftiness happens.

Have a great week.
Mhairi
AKA Galloway Beltie

A Busy New Year

Hi Everyone and Happy New Year to you all!

I've had a busy Christmas and New Year period, needless to say unwrapping all my crafty goodies from Santa Claus (thanks Husband dearest) but also  having my annual New Year tidy up of my craft room.  Following that I had some time away from work and my uni course  to get down to some serious crafting.  All of the projects photographed below have been made with high quality (but sooo reasonably priced) card from Papercutz using SVGcuts files, the Ice Skate was free as a Christmas Present to all their customers - Thanks SVGcuts!     This year I do hope to do better with blogging my crafty works, it's not a resolution as such,  as that according to my own history would be broken by now- more a ' must do better ' aim for me.  

Enjoy the pictures, see you soon

Mhairi
aka Galloway Beltie

Dancing on Ice Style

Cinderella's Pumpkin Carriage

Cinderella's Castle Home

A Wise Modern Owl

All of the projects are gift boxes or holders, the ice skate boot is hollow, the owl's head is removable , the castle's three middle towers are attached to the lid of a central gift box and the carriage's pumpkin lid is removable.  The owl has already flown off to a delighted purchaser.

Champagne!

It's been a while, my promise of blogging every week is just not going to happen, basically because at the moment, whilst I am crafting every week , so much of it is gifts and as such I can't really share with you.  I've spent hours of course making Christmas Cards too, but I don't really want to put pics of them on until they've gone out to everyone......This week then was about finishing a wreath which has been about a year and a bit in the making.  It is a gift for someone, they know who they are, on the other hand it's not a gift as they have supplied more than half of the corks.......Quite pleased with it, what do you think?  If it had been for just Christmas time, I may have added some holly or even nuts between the corks, but I think I like it just the way it is....

Have a great week, don't work too hard

Mhairi
xx

A few weeks work.... Oops!

Hi again All

Firstly, my apologies for not keeping up to date with my blogging over the last few weeks.  I could use many excuses, but I wont, I've just been a bit crap again at keeping on top of all elements of my life and work!  For  a start I've got this going on at home, although I have to say I am impressed with the work of  Wither and Greenhill , Stranraer!  Just can't wait to see what it is like finished.  I'm taking the photos so that I can scrapbook the transformation.......

Hoping these projects will make it up to you all.

Cards

I've made a couple of cards recently for work colleagues.  Below are I believe the best of them, again patterns from SVG Cuts.
I always struggle to come up with ideas for making cards for boys or men.  however this one is most definitely a fit for most young men I know!    Beer!   As you can see I even made the envelope.  

The second is for a Chocolate Addict, still I also wanted it to be feminine and not just a lump of chocolate.......so I adapted the file and inserted a sentiment from the silhouette store.

3D Models

Okay so as you will have gathered by now, I have a bit of a love for making 3 dimensional paper models and shapes, usually patterns and ideas come from SVG cuts and Silhouette store, how I decide when to make them though are a bit hit and miss, sometimes influenced by events in my life, sometimes just because I am lacking in inspo!  One thing is for sure though, I never have  problem being inspired to either buy or make my favourite things:  shoes or handbags.

Shoes:  so here's some shoes, okay they are not a pair, but how nice would they be anyway sitting on your vanity table...

Lastly today I am going to show you something else I made when thinking about what to make for our beloved males in our families.    How many ours of their misspent youths did yours loose playing?  Again as this is an SVG cuts file it is multi-functional, not just a model, but also a box.  

POOL:

Anyway, that's it for this week.  End of year Uni assignment due on Thursday, so I will be back with some designs soon as I can.

Have a great week (or couple of weeks , just in case I lapse again ;-) )

Don't work too hard

Mhairi