Florence Turnour's Blog

Gwen made me a hat, complete with ears and fuzzy baubles. It's soft and warm and cozy. I love it! Check out what else she's made! http://www.gwenbeads.blogspot.com

I applied to be a "design team member" for a stamp company called Victorine Originals . I'm not sure how likely it is that I will be selected, since I do not have a paper trail (literally) of rubber stamped work to show off, but it looked like fun, and it can't hurt to ask. While I was surfing on the Victorine Originals site, I found a tutorial for a waterfall card. It is a simple pop-up design that was easy to make. Here's mine: You can find the template and tutorial here: Victorine Originals waterfall card template . I noticed when planning this card that the flaps do not need to be rectangles. I decided to cut out my hot air balloons so that they would appear layered in the sky (though why they are flipping up-side-down, I can't tell you). I also put the images on the back of the flaps, to add color, and cover up the ugly-Copics-soaked-through-to-the-back look. I thought I'd take the opportunity to learn how to upload video. It was fairly trivial...

I've had these leaf beads on my tray for a while, because I'd hoped to make a flower embellishment for an Artist's Trading Card with them. When I started stitching, I didn't really have a plan, and I ended up reverting to the familiar. The result was another example of our Lotus Flower pattern. I decided it was too heavy for a card, though. Now that my younger son Stuart is two, I find I can wear jewelry without anyone trying to pull it off me (or chew on it for that matter). So I made myself a necklace with the new flower. Thanks for looking.