groovi samples - Lace flowers and netting

Hi there thanks for dropping by  

Oh my I am very busy lol  I had a demo day for crafters companion on Saturday then then then then

I WENT TO THE TRADE SHOW!!

oh it was great  I went with the girls from Craft range at Burnley so we had a proper road trip leaving at 6am on Sunday morning - which meant I got up at 4.30 am  and we didn't get to bed until after one the next morning !!!!!  Up again at 7 on Monday to do it all again.

We walked in on Sunday and while I was waiting to deposit my coat the lovely Karen Clare was there - so that was a really lovely way to start the visit.

First stop just had to be Clarity - oh my the stand was very impressive and professional .

There are some fantastic things on the horizon but I am not saying !!!

I also got to see Tim Holtz in action -  I would have liked to watch longer but I was booked on a class.

Oh well maybe another time eh!

Now for the real reason for this post 

Here is one of my samples from Maria's last show.

Isn't this flower fab?

fab set of plates 

I started with the central flower then built the scallop frames  around it. I used the flower heads in the border like we would do with a stamp hanging some off  the edge 

After that I put the netting in place then using a grid and a piercing tool added holes all around the border in the blank spaces .

Thanks for stopping by - I will try and blog all my samples in between everything else.

Demo day this Saturday

blog post for Claritystamp challenge still to do 

there will be more samples for Barbara's next show

etc etc etc 

but for now it's time to post this, put away the lap top done the pj's and watch a bit of telly to unwind before bed  

Grooving - Silver wedding

Back again as promised with the real silver wedding card.

I am hoping that after all the palarva and testing yesterday that all goes smoothly  today.

I have been asked for a silver wedding card for a special couple.

So here it is 

I started by piercing a grid about 18 cm square. (mark the corners in pencil using the grid side of the mat   .  I have marked 4 corners on my plate mate to 7" square so that I can get everything central.  I did the banner next by using one of the lines on the landscape set .

I previously did" to a special couple" on a bit of scrap - its easier to see where to start and finish.- so I used this to place the second line .

The words came next using the scrap for positioning, followed by the heart swirl
I replace the swirl with the nested heart and went around the largest one. I replace the hearts with the squares and put a dot in each corner   I used this to place the double heart from the line sentiment then I went back and fill in the square .

I added the rings then the dots from the netting plate.

Finally I lined up the square to one of the squares  3 in from the edge and used the outside square to mark a dot .  I did this on all four sides.

I pierced around the edge leaving a gap in the middle then I added the hearts.

I did some piercing and snipping and a little white work.  The letters are coloured in from the front using a shimmery gel pen

Attached to silver mirri card with brads.   Photo not too great lol

I am off to Fleetwood see you later!!