Sugar Sugar beads!

OK so I am the first to admit I am a bit of a Sugar Nellie fan, so the new blog and and its sister blog have appealed to say the least!!

As a childminder I have started amking plaques for all the rooms in our house so the children know what is in them and where they can go. So I am making door plaques that will go in simple Ikea frames.

So I have used Marlene's tutorial on paper beads and Tiets sketch to create the plaque for my craft room. The tutorial for the paper beads can be found on the sugar sugar site. I was amazed at how easy they were to make.

This is Tiet's sketch

and this is the best photo I can do of the plaque!!

I have mounted it onto cream hammered card that has been distressed using Versafine Sepia and Papermania Earth tones. The lettering is Cuttlebug Olivia. I used my Hero Arts scroll stamps to add scrolls to the corners of the card.

The image is the gorgeous birdhouse, which to be honest I find too big for many of my card projects. I have coloured it using my Distress inks and created a background using them too. I distressed the edges in sepia and earth tones and did a bit of faux stitching. All the papers are Making Memories and Stampin Up. I scalloped the edge of one using my SU scallop punch.

The beads I made using off cuts from the papers - how therapeutic is bead making - a feel a new hobby coming on!! The buttons and ribbon are from my stash.