Birds at the Birdbath

Ages ago, I bought some structure paste to use in my crafts. I hadn't really done anything with it until yesterday, when I decided to use it for stencilling. I had a pretty brass stencil that I thought would cope with the paste and I am really happy with the result. It is a bit like buttering a piece of bread and is lots of fun to do.

Heart Paper Patchwork Birthday Card

I used some scraps of my prepared paper serviettes to punch out some squares to make a patchwork heart and then stencilled Happy Birthday. The final part was to add a sparkly jewel.

Paper Patchwork Card

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I did a soft blue colour wash background for this card. Then I punched out 12 paper serviette squares to form my patchwork design. The finishing touches were some glitter glue around the edge and a stencilled Happy Birthday.

Mail Art

I really like mail art and decided to give it a try. Here are a few of my efforts....

Pink Climbing Roses....Happy Birthday Card

A pretty paper napkin with pink, climbing roses was just right for the card. I stencilled the wording and added some prisma glitter to the centre of the flowers and a pink sparkly dragonfly. The texture of the card feels like linen and the colours are soft and subdued.
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Little Sewing Book for Needles

 I have made another little sewing book with paper patchwork on the front.
It is very handy to have it in your handbag if you need to do a quick repair.

I stencilled a pretty floral design on the inside cover. For the purpose of the photo I used purple thread but white would be the most practical...

Stencilled Dragon

Stencilling is one of my favourite crafts to do. It's so easy to stencil a card for a girl but I find it much harder when I need to stencil a card for a boy. Thank goodness for dragons!! I haven't found a boy yet who didn't like dragons. For the background on this card I did a light colour wash.