MerryMade Crafts etc ...

I made this card for my nephew who is turning 25.  I thought at this age and being male he doesn't want anything over the top.  So grabbed three washi tape rolls and weaved them together on my card. Finished with a die cut medallion someone had given me and added a star brad to the centre of it.  Then added a Happy Birthday sticker . Thanks for visiting today.

I decorated this brown bag to match the block card that I made for my friends birthday.  I found some old Stampin Up papers in my collection that worked so well together. Dragged out a couple of dies. This is the front of the block card - folded down and ready to put in an envelope. The rear of the Block card, standing, ready for display.  I really enjoyed making this card and so much easier than I thought it was going to be.   I used this tutorial. Hoping your day is a good one.

This was such a fun card to make for a friend who turned 50. She quite often shares a nice body on Facebook, so i took this as my starting point. So it took me a while to collect all these photos but I stuck with it. ;-)  I put all the photos I found in a photo editor program - PicMonkey and created this collage. Along the way I found the topper for the card which I thought was apt for a 50yo card as by this age we are no where near perfect. :-) I added this twisting pop out to the centre of the card for an extra bit of fun.   Hope this gave you a smile, enjoy your day. 

I love how washi tape looks on cards.  Great for a card that you need real quick. I made this for one of the ladies at work. I teamed the tape with a mixture of my paper flowers and brads. Finished with a die cut Happy Birthday. 

A little more sewing and photo catch up.  I made these small pot holders as gifts to my work colleagues for Christmas.  I added a couple of chocolates to each.  I like to give something that can be put to use and not share too much sugar around as I don't think too much of that is a good thing. The potholders did look much prettier when iron but I forgot to take a photo of that.  This is the pattern I used. Thanks for taking the time to visit my blog, have a great day.

Hi everyone,  I'm catching up here.  This is a card I created last year with one of the Craftmad sketches.  After finding the sketch I then found this daisy diecut in my stash and worked back from there.  I attached it and a backing of black card to a piece of acetate which I had run through the embossing folder and colored it with a copic pen. I teamed it with this wonderful black and white daisy paper.  Have a wonderful day. 

I used these wonderful laser  die cut birthday frames .  I have used two and layered them on top of each other with foam tape in between.  I teamed this with layers of textured card stock, zig zags, dots and glitter.  Just a bit of fun for a 14yo girl. This was actually my very first snappy pencil case that I made and my niece seemed pretty happy with it. Tutorial here.   I ended up with 7 pencil cases and 2 coin purses from one tape measure. Thanks for visiting today, hope its a good one.

One of the girls from work (a good friend) turned thirty…..oh so young. :-)  She had a Mad Hatters party so I stuck with that theme when I made a card for her.  I found this wonderful digital stamp which I coloured with my copic pens.  Then I matched it with my Graphic 45 papers, doily, ribbon.  The sentiment I printed on my computer.  Finished the card with a beaded pin that was given to me many years ago but was perfect for this card, I thought. Thanks for visiting today.

I made this Origami Bento bag for my friends birthday using this tutorial .  It was fun to put together.  In the tutorial Shannon had added her name to the shoulder section of the bag.  I thought this was a fun idea so stamped Merrymade with Staz On ink onto ribbon and sewed that onto the shoulder of the bag. I hope its a bag that my friend can use, I imagine going to the beach and holding towels etc. I made this tissue holder to go with the bag - tutorial here.   Another quick and easy project something I saw in the Facebook group - Make one a week - Christmas Club.   I'm really having fun using my sewing machine again and finding ways to use my stash of fabrics. Have a great day.

I made this card for my sisters birthday, I don't think of her as a typical flowery girl (lady) but wanted something with a bit of colour.  I embossed different colours of foil I have in my stash.  Then put them together like patchwork on the card.  I found that if I stuck sticky tape on the rear of the foil pieces as I worked out where they were going I could trim each piece to the size I wanted to fit the card front.  I thought I had finished but it just didn't look right so I tried each section with a black line sticker .  I think this made it pop.

My niece is not that girly girl but I wanted something special for her card since she was turning 20.  No more teenagers for that family either.  I dug out my Graphic 45 papers and layered them all up with black and silver card stock.  The final square I have cover with cloth that has strips of silver through it.  Then die cut the 20 from foil and finished with the lovely black border stickers.