Showing posts with label papercraft. Show all posts
Showing posts with label papercraft. Show all posts

Friday, 16 October 2015


I am feeling pretty smug about these beautiful die cut, hand assembled, wedding invitations with gorgeous purple bows. 




Making these wedding invitations took an age!! The gold outer for each invite took around 15 minutes to cut on my Cricut Explorere machine, and then the purple inlay and invitation details also needed cutting, assembling and purple gemstones added. Finally each one had a ribbon secured which was then hand tied. Although it took days to pull together I think it was all worth it when you see them all finished and piled high. 


The evening invites had the same papercut pattern but just one square adhered to a purple backing and the invite details secured via little paper cuts in each corner. 


 One of the nicest things about making 60 of these beauties - and another 40 evening invites - was that my husband helped! The invites are for the MD at his company and he offered to make these as our wedding gift to him. We spent several nights in the craft room together, designing the cards, then me feeding the cricut and him weeding out the papercuts and sticking on the gems (I think I got the best deal!)


To tie the bows, we followed this video by Lia Griffith and I think it's pretty much revolutionised bow tying for the rest of my days! I even made a bow frame for our bedroom using the same technique: https://instagram.com/p/8bVQ6jNpcE/?taken-by=mummypuddleduck 


 The gold and purple card stock is Peregrina Majestic Gold and Nightclub Purple from G.F.Smith which is stunningly beautiful and very glamorous. Luckily there were enough leftovers for me to make these Christmas bauble papercut garlands! 
https://www.etsy.com/uk/your/shops/mummypuddleduck/tools/mummypuddleduck/uk/listings/251619657 


Let me know what you think of these wedding invitations by contacting me on any of the social channels listed on the left or by commenting below. 


Friday, 1 May 2015

Make it May gallery

Every day in May, I'll be joining forces with my Cricut Explore to make a new greetings card.

During the project 10% of all sales in my Etsy shop will be donated to Parkinson's UK.

If you have a personalised card you'd like me to make in May, please get in touch on Twitter, Facebook or by email mummypuddleduck [at] gmail.com

Read about my #MakeitMay challenge here.

May 21- Washi tape bunting square card
May 20 - Geometric block shape handmade card inspired by the Marks & Spencer garden at RHS Chelsea 2015

May 19 - Handmade papercut balloon card
May 18 - Gardening squares handmade papercut card

May 17 - Happy Birthday banner handmade card


May 16 - Handmade age 4 card with Washi tape
May 15 - You are my sunshine handmade card
May 14 - Good things come to those who bake 
May 13 - Dad's 70th birthday card
May 12 - Handmade Washi tape bow card

May 11 - Rainy Days and Mondays Always Get Me Down

May 10 - International Mothers Day - Mums are like buttons holding everything together

May 9 - Bloom and grow gardening inspired card

May 8 - Teapot card - You're my cup of tea

handmade penguin cards with sentiments
May 7 - Handmade penguin cards with optional sentiments

Aeroplane map and cloud handmade card
May 6 - Bespoke aeroplane map travel themed handmade birthday card 

May 5 - New home card - Home Sweet Home 

May 4 - 21st pinwheel birthday card

London telephone box birthday card
May 3 - traditional London telephone box birthday card with lady inside (glitter dress)

First anniversary card paper heart
May 2 - Anniversary card with map of wedding venue (Jamaica)
Glitter dress fashion papercut handmade card
May 1 - Goddaughter card for fashion lover #glitter #dress #fashion #card 

Monday, 20 April 2015

Mayke it May!

Ma'y'ke it May! #MakeitMay

New baby handmade card
New baby handmade card with pinwheels and buttons

As if I don't have enough to challenge my time with a career, two young children and a craft business, I've set myself a new project!

So here it is. It's May soon, and May sounds a bit like Make so I think May should be a month of making and that's what I'm going to do. 

Every day in May I'm going to design a new greetings card. I will be using papers, embellishments, pens, buttons, bows and tapes and, of course, my absolutely indispensable Cricut Explore machine. 


I am looking forward to being inspired to create new designs and sharing them here, on Pinterest, Instagram, Facebook and twittter.  

Card for men - suit clothes line
Card for men clothes line with pegs

Please let me know what you think, choose a favourite or let me know what occasion you'd like me to create a card for. 

My existing designs consist of: