Allie - The Camper Van Diva Swop!

As promised, here are pics from my recent Camper Van Diva swop partner - Allie. And look at all this that she sent me! The Volks World magazine is actually a folder, and inside were all the papers and borders (I've already used some of the pink stitched ones!)

And there was an altered booklet with a fab stamped image of a camper van (I very nearly bought the same stamp myself!) Lots of pages inside for me to scribble notes, and at the back....

.. is a stitched pocket with 3 camper can tags and a very funky space saving ruler (it folds in half!) with camper van prints on it!

All this was inside a draw string - well, actually ribbon (and very lovely ribbon too!) bag with a cute fabric camper van in the bottom corner. Also inside the bag was a lovely camper van notelet book and an envelope with all manner of bits and bobs, including flowers, dome stickers, gems, ribbon (she knows me too well!) brads and charms!!

But wrapped separately (all the packages were wrapped in brown paper and had pictures of camper vans on them!) was this beautiful framed image - beautifully cut and stitched. Isn't it fabulous?!

No wonder the boys thought it was my Birthday!

A huge thank you to Allie!! Now go and visit her blog - she is a very talented lady!!

And a big thank you to JB*JB for organising such a fab swop!

Recent WIP - Camper Van Diva Swop

Now all can be revealed as my Camper Van Diva swop partner has received my package! I did show some sneaky photos a while ago, but here are the finished articles:

Each card has an oval tag cut from a 1970 road map sheet which was inside an old car magazine. I've punched a larger hole through which I've threaded ribbon in complementary colours (I did say I'd use ribbon somewhere!) and I've inked the edges of the tags and also the edges of the cards. The sentiments have been stamped with my trusty mini Studio G wooden alphabet stamp and as you can see - the lettering is not as wonky these days!

All the backing papers are downloads from various collections from Vicki's blog which I have printed to fit a 13.5cm square card. The camper van die cuts I've had for ages (I knew I'd be able to put them to good use one day!) and I've layered different colours to achieve the finished result. All have frosted windows added (translucent vellum) and silver gel line highlights.

And I'm so pleased you like them Allie! My package arrived yesterday which opened with aid from Samuel and Jacob who thought it was my Birthday and kept giving me hugs! They weren't that far wrong as it did feel like my Birthday as there was so much to unwrap! It was far too dark to take decent photos but I will do over the weekend and will share in the next few days. Thank you Allie!

• Backing papers: All from Vicki's blog, vintage road map background from an old magazine
• Die Cuts: From my stash
• Sentiment: Mini wooden Studio G alphabet stamp set
• Ribbon: From my stash
  
  
  

WIP - Camper Van Swop

Although I've not done any challenges for a few days, I have been working on other things! One of those other things is the Camper Van Swop. As my swop partner is also in the process of 'doing' I can only show where I am upto at the moment.


I'm still a little undecided as to how it will all come together and it could involve ribbon! So watch this space for what I finally come up with!

It's Just Like Swop Shop!!

Eeee, I must be mad! But I've joined up to take part in this. All good fun eh??!!

So what are you waiting for - hop on over to JB*JB's blog and sign up!!