pink polycotton rose

just made from fabric squares and staples

recycled green invitation paper (foliage)
leane creatief flower die

leaves cut with circle punches

I guess winter '15

ewa's retirement card

I was asked to make a card like this
which was given in a sewn parchment paper envelope
closed with small clothespin I embellished with pattern paper
the pink tag reads "good luck"

since the text inside was quite long the card itself had to be pretty large too

(about half a letter size)

jeans fabric + vintage dotted scrapbooking paper + papertrey ink die (dots)

I also "opened" the cage in PS and added a bird atop

feel free to use this illustration if you wish

(click to get it large)

summer '19

paper gift bag

recycled bag + recycled birthday card

ribbons stiffened with hair spray

made some time ago

simple flower card

midnight smartphone photography... please excuse the quality ;)

i wish you could see that the leaves are made of pretty pearlescent paper

wire stem & spray painted button

the center floral bacground is actually made from a magazine page
depicting some wallpaper (?)

it's for the first wedding anniversary of małgosia and lech

june '19

vintage illustration card

real denim

vintage illustration slightly embossed

recycled: ribbon leftovers

wyzwanie na I like challenges

boo! boo!

halloween card + chocolate bar wrapper for my best friend (made some long time ago...)

ruffle frame from polyester lining fabric

I found this girl silhouette on a vintage card, traced it using AI and made over a bit

dotted pattern by me, printed on recycled envelope

gift bag + tag

simple gift bag sewed of burlap-like polyester fabric

houndstooth paper printed by me using regular laser printer

butterfly: recycled poster

and the gift itself was a logotype stamp (design by me) for my cardmaking mother

burlap bottle bag

frankly? I'm not a huge fan of sewing burlap

and I struggled to find some use for this orange one...

I'm not even sure why I bought it, but since I did so... this is one more booze bag ;)

the tag says "all the best" in Polish

yet another handmade bottle gift bag

orange fabric on a clothespin stabilized with thick paper first

tags say: serdeczności (all the best in Polish) and Od wina głupieje dziewczyna, 

which is a Polish saying that means (very roughly!) Wine makes a gal shine ;)

the red rectangle is a pocket for some additional message or banknotes ;)

one more recycled religious picture card

in case it can't be seen clearly, the embossed paper is pretty gold :)

recycled:

this picture comes from a magazine years old

orange burlap bottle bag

sprig ornament hand cut from faux suede

birdie birthday card

ribbons and striped fabric stiffened with hair spray

pink string cut out of craft foam

recycled:

blue envelope liner, magazine page (black flower), green paper napkin (laser printed)

felt bottle bag

as for sewing bottle bags, i'm definitely more drawn to using felt than anything else

the process is super fast & easy plus they look so neat

flower: petals from IKEA

faux leather straps

acrylic felt

splendid es font ('very heartfelt wishes')

this felt was actually meant for easter cards, but in the meantime some different approach was taken ;)

neon orange and some pink

hen from this blog

pattern paper printed by me, i used some free vector found over the net

stripes: recycled cake box

pink embossing: wrapping paper from IKEA (purchased years ago)

mini button: faforite findings

metal stickers: mark richards

dies: eggs by sizzix + flower by joy!crafts

i stiffened this crochet thread with white glue

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please excuse such poor photo quality, i had the only chance to snap it at dusk :(

row of bunnies

bunnies by me (i was inspired by the martha stewart's bunny punch), 

laser printed on regular copy paper

neon craft foam from 99 cents store

'the old world mat stack' by dcwv

adhesive pearls from martha stewart