Happy - CASE Study Challenge #179

Hi!

What? Two posts in one day? Don't get used to it! And yes, it is another birthday card, haha. But it is the first time I am participating in a challenge - yay!

This is this week's CASE study challenge:

 

And this is what I made, inspired by the above:

 

The font I used to cut the 'happy' - can you tell that I really like my Silhouette Portrait? - is called 'Pea Mily Mix' and can be found here.
I should probably pick another backdrop next time, but I had to shoot it really quickly - and with no natural light - since the card has to be delivered in the morning already... Hope you like it anyway :)

Love,
Birgit

 

Happy Bird-day!

Hi!

After what seems like ages, I thought it was time to put something on the blog again! I really need to make a blog agenda or something, so I would post more regularly... I made a few things over the last two months that I haven't blogged about yet, you will see them here soon.

 

As for today, I recently got a Silhouette Portrait (as a gift for my birthday), so of course I wanted to test it immediately! This is the first card I made using it. I cut the bird and the birdcage with the Silhouette, the branch, flowers and the sentiment are done by hand.

  

I must confess however that I did not make an original card. I saw the card below on Glitter Me Silly (a great blog that I follow) and I loved it! So I knew that this was the first thing I was going to try once I got my Portrait. Unfortunately, I wasn't in a very creative spirit that day, so my card is basically a copy of hers (I really hope she won't mind). Therefore it is only fair that I credit her properly!

This is hers: 

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Beautiful, isn't it? The link just below the picture leads you to her original post.

See you soon for another post!

Birgit

 

Happy 2014!

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A bit late, I'm aware (blame it on the exams!), but still: a very happy new year! I hope everyone will have a great 2014 and gets the chance to do what they like to do!

See you soon! 

x Birgit

 

NYE: hair

Hi all!

Tomorrow is New Year's Eve, so there is still time to figure out what to do with your hair! Let me share some ideas that I really like:

 

1. Braided hair tuck by A Beautiful Mess

2. Updo by Elenita 

3. New Year's Eve hairdo by Refinery29 

4. Stars Chignon by She Lets Her Hair Down 

5. Glam rock bun via Style Me Pretty 

6. The Double Gibson by The Freckled Fox 

You can also have a look at my festive hair post from last year.

Have fun prepping and I hope you will have a great evening!

Love,
Birgit

 

PNP: Make-up Brush Holder

Hi!

First of all, I hope everyone had a very merry Christmas! I had a lovely time celebrating with my family (and got some great presents haha), it was also a nice break from studying (I have exams in January...).

In between studying, I found the time to get a little crafty, and this is the result: a make-up brush holder! I was in need of one, since I used to just put them in a little cardboard box, but that proved to be not sturdy enough...

Enter an empty tea can!

Further supplies needed:

* gold paint

* a cotton swab (or something with a round end)

* black sheet of paper

* glue

* scissors 

Steps to follow:

1. Cut the black sheet so it has the right size to glue onto your can.

2. Use the cotton swab and the gold paint to put the polka dot pattern onto the paper. Let dry.

3. Apply glue all over your can and cover it with the sheet of paper.

4. Let dry, and tadaa!

I think the whole thing cost me about 10 minutes to make, drying time included. Ofcourse you can also use any patterned paper that you have lying around, which will even shorten the process, but I didn't have anything that was close to what I had in mind.

 

Happy holidays!

Love,
Birgit

 

PNP: Leather Pencil Pouch

My boyfriend's birthday was last month, and one of the things I bought him was a sketchbook and some sketching pencils and an eraser. I didn't want to just wrap the pencils and eraser though, so I made him a leather pencil pouch to put them in.
I was inspired by this pouch over at Jenni Bick:
 

This is what I made:
(sorry about the first pic being a bit blurry, unfortunately, I don't have another one...)
I cut a rectangle out of a piece of dark brown leather, folded it and stitched up the sides, as you can see in the second picture. I softened the corners of the part that folds over and punched a hole on each side. I then cut two strips of a lighter brown leather, put them through the holes, wrapped them around the pouch and knotted them for closure.
 

He liked it, so I am happy :) Hope you like it too!

Love,
Birgit

 

PNP: 'Shine bright like a diamond' cards

I made two diamond-themed cards lately. The first was for my neighbours' diamond wedding anniversary (60 years, can you believe it?!), the second one for a friend's birthday. Hope you like them :)

Love,

Birgit