PEAT POT POPPET! - SPRING

My version of the inspiration provided by Nancy James Maxwell, if you aren't familiar with her work and SugarLump Studios...oh you are in for a treat!  A generous artist she often provides all you need to create your very own project.

Again the image I have used is from PaperWhimsy, 4" peat pot from a local nursery, a bit of floral foam (I do despise working with that stuff but nothing works better for this LOL), paper covered wire (a new discovery), a paper doily, shredded Easter grass, coloured cheesecloth, vintage millinery flowers, seam binding and my favourite Platinum and Pink Stickles. 

VINTAGE CHILDREN MINI CARD SWAP

Have you visited Tabby's Swaps! yet?  Her first swap is for mini cards (1x3) featuring vintage children.  

For my first set I used images from PaperWhimsy "Beautiful Faces", a favourite at the moment!  Scans of Victoria scrap from my own collection.  The names?   It was a very popular Victorian trend to give girls "flower" names.  In fact my grandmother born in 1892 was Violet Rose.  I did the distressed embossing technique using Tea Dye Distress Ink to give that rusty old look.  A gilt edge on each for a bit of Victorian elegance.