Crop and create

Here's a card I made with scraps from the earlier mini. I used a DCVW card base and put together washi, paper and some buttons, pins and twine to make this for my lovely colleague Helen :). I must say, making the rosette was not as easy as I thought. All that pleating made me want to immediately dash out to buy the sizzix rosette die.

My colleague Helen is quite amazing. Her birthday is just around the corner and she looks perpetually young! She has some secret she's not sharing since her daughter is ready for College.

Anyway, I hope she stays like this as it's always wonderful to see her cheerful face when I step into office.

Asian inspiration

Kristy from Far Flung Craft kindly donated a whole lot of papers to charity causes recently and I picked up a box when I wanted to craft for Hope for Animals. Here's one of my first mini made with FFC papers. 

This was made with one of my favourite range from Far Flung Craft, the Peranakan collection.  Just look at those gorgeous papers in jewel colors.  Especially that rose paper that I used on the cover, just reminds me of the flasks used in the olden days in our kitchen.  Don't you think so?

Picture courtesy of Etsy