birthday cards

My friend asked me to make some cards to put into a raffle for charity, I need to make some more but made 4 using the same stamps last week. Also made a first birthday card which I will probably duplicate as know quite a few coming up in the next year! Thinking of giving some cards as a little extra pressie for Christmas, we'll see if I get time :) I've made some very quick cards from my baby to her Uncles, Pops etc but haven't taken pictures.

Thanks 2

Another thanks card for pressies for baby (made two of these as happy with this one!) x

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Thanks

My first thank you card of many.. I used a sketch from Oct CCC (will add later on pc) to get me into the making mood!

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Sharing..

Still not had time for much making cards etc.. So few things to share.

Photo of Jasper.. MY ball :-) so cute cuddling his ball!

Please check out Lucy's cards she's having a fantastic giveaway and you can see all her gorgeous creations! http://hedgehogsandladybirds.blogspot.com/

I'm 32 weeks and still lots to do, finish work next week - can't wait!

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Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday a photo by laurieloou on Flickr.

My first card in months! So I used a design I had done before... reason i've been missing so long is I felt really sick for quite a while and packed all my card making things away. Found out I was pregnant! Hoping now to get back into it before baby arrives - due 8th June! :) x

Used tim holtz papers, american crafts rub ons and button. Ribbons and silver balls from local craft shop and my sewing m/c.

wishing you lots of merry

The Caardvarks challenge is just about to end, so decided to give it a go. Challenge - Create a card based upon one of the Crew Caards. Create your best, NEW scraplift card. The Crew was treated to new SRM Stickers to use for their designs.

So this is Tanis' lovely card;

...and here is mine; unfortunatey I haven't got any SRM stickers yet, but will definitely be on the lookout for some!

PP - K&Company, Imaginisce & Brazzill Basics

Stamp - Hero Arts; Ink - Brilliance Dew Drop

Letter stickers - American Crafts

Glitter stickers & Adhesive Pearls - Papermania

Have a Happy Day

So I decided to make a girly card this morning and do something a bit different. Inspired by the gorgeous designs by Andrea who is on the DT for Meljens Designs (and lots more), and here's how it turned out;

PP - K&Company, My Mind's Eye, Basic Grey & Making Memories

Sentiment Stamp & Adhesive Pearls - Papermania

Ink - Brilliance Dew Drop (Coffee Bean)

Ribbon, Felt & Thread - LCS

Lovely Little Apron

I love this gorgeous digi from Meljen's Designs which I had to use as soon as I got it at the weekend!  Both cards were for my Aunties and just love how they turned out :) I especially like the flowery paper and looks like I forgot to add a button on the second card - oops. Do you like how I'm holding the card and having the photo taken just as I'm about to meet her - lol - my mum dropped her phone after taking the pic - but it was fine after she put it back together. At least it was in the daylight for once, second picture was a bit dark though - TFL! x

 Papers - Imaginisce, My Minds Eye (flowery),

Bo Bunny (background) and Brazill Basics (embossed blue)

Digi's: Lovely Little Apron & Tied Tag - both Meljen's Designs

Stamp - Papermaina (sentiment - make a wish) Ink - Brilliance Dew Drop

Letter Stickers & Rub-ons - American Crafts

Button - from Lucy :)

 

Couple of random photos - A pretty coffee at work last week;

illy coffee & hersheys syrup - yummy

and a picture of my cat:

My remote, you're not having it!

happy birthday!!

I used some neglected stash on this card, this patterned paper and tag book were among the first things I bought from a local craft store about a year ago!

PP - Anna Griffin Inc

Tag - K&Company

Letter stickers & rub ons - American Crafts

Other - String & Machine stitching

It's my little brothers birthday today - Happy Birthday Seanie! I made him this card over the weekend - you can see it was quite late as lack of light!  Both cards were made for Caardvarks - Clean and simple challenge. I wanted to make a really simple kraft card for the CAS challenge but haven't got any so tried something different using tags - TFL!

PP - K&Company (Poppy Seeds)

Tag - K&Company

Stamps - Hero Arts

Ink - Brilliance Dew Drop

Letter stickers - American Crafts

Ribbon - Paper Mania

Other - String, Machine Stitching & Googly Eyes

Sean: yeee! thanks for the card n' cashmoneyzz!!...card was great! hip hop hurrayy..with that hippo with jigga man eyes! made me laugh!

A card for Lucy

Last week I wanted to make a card for Lucy as need to post some money for some papers she had for sale, I drew a lot of ideas for different pocket cards as wanted to conceal the cash and not just put it inside the card.

I used paper from K&Company cut to size and added a cream coloured strip which I had stamped with a sentiment. I used my sewing machine to zigzag stitch along both sides of the strip of paper. After fixing the green paper to the butterfly paper with double sided tape (just along the bottom edge as the machine doesn't like sticky tape!), I stitched all around the edge of the butterfly paper which included going over the green piece.

I used a die cut label from Spellbinders Nestabilities label 1 with my Cuttlebug and stuck ribbon all the way round and added a bow with glue dots. I stamped thank you under the ribbon. I then created a pocket on the reverse with two pieces of the same colour card buy sewing them together along 3 edges and then sticking them with double sided tape to the back of the die cut.

Thanks again to Lucy for the gorgeous paper :) xxx

Strawbeary Fairy

I won some Meljen's Designs digi images this week! Spent ages trying to choose 3 yesterday and received them this morning, Thank you!! My shortlist was sooo long I'll have to go back and buy some very soon :)

I've finished the patchwork card today using one of my prize digis, and just looked to find one of the challenges it related to, Cooking It Up #27 - Button Up , My Furry Friend in Patchwork! unfortunately I've missed the deadline - oops! Will enter in Kort 'O' Mania  - Challenge #23 'Use sewing on a card', and also Fab 'n' Funky Challenges - "What'eva". Well here's my card anyway;

Papers - Bo Bunny, Core'dinations,

Digi image - Meljen's Designs-Strawbeary Fairy,

Buttons - My Mind's Eye, Gems - Papermania,

Other - Glossy Accents, Sewing machine, Thread, String

& Rexel Derwent Pastel Pencils.

kids cards

I started a couple of cards yesterday for a little ones in our family and both are very similar to cards I have already made. Ran out of thread before I could finish them, so had to make a quick visit to Hobby Craft to get some more (shortest visit ever as usually in there for hours!). They are both using images from Meljen's Designs which are perfect for kids cards as they are just so adorable!

I'm meant to be making a 70th card but totally drawn a blank on what to do, so have started another card with a patchwork effect in different pink papers, but I ran out of time so this one will have to get finished in the week.

Get Sketchy 53

Last challenge I tried yesterday and finished just before going to bed, was for Get Sketchy to use the below image;

Here's my take on the sketch;

Patterned Paper - K&Company (Roam), yellow bg - from local shop

Card - Core'dinations

Stamps - Hero Arts, Ink - Brilliance Dew Drop

Cuttlebug - Celebration stamps

Other - machine stitching

The colours are brighter, especially the yellow but my photo's are coming up quite dark, I'm only using my phone and I'm no photographer but you get the general idea of it! Hope you like it xxx

Sketch and Stash Challenge 43

Another challenge started today on the Sketch and Stash blog, which uses the image below and you have to mention a new or neglected stash used on the card.

Here's my card, in which I used a digi image from Meljens Designs which I have been dying to use. Hope you like it :) xxx

Patterned Paper - Making Memories & Bo Bunny

Digi image - Meljens Designs (new)

Pens - Promarker, Pastel Pencils - Rexel Derwent

Rub-ons - American Crafts

Letter stickers - Making Memories

Punch - Fiskars, Other - machine stitching

Sketch and Stash Challenge

Have entered a challenge at the last minute on Sketch and Stash Challenge Blog which I found through a Meljens Designs DT post.  So I have made a mini card based on the image below;

Patterned Papers - Making Memories & Bo Bunny

Card - Core'dinations (new)

Stamps - Hero Arts, Ink - Brilliance Dew Drop
Cuttlebug - Swiss dots embossing folder (new)

I know I will not get anywhere in the challenge but it was more to see if I could make a card and using a drawing in a very short amount of time. If I had had longer on this, I would have machine stitched and maybe used buttons.

Bank Holiday

In my previous post I said how I hadn't made a card in ages, well I made one today finally. It's bank holiday weekend and the first one my husband has had off work in ages. On Friday night his mum came over for dinner and a glass of wine. Yesterday I had my hair cut first thing and then looked for new glasses in town. My Mum came in to town to help me decide and we stopped off for a coffee. Also we went for a lovely walk at Delpre Abbey with the dogs and met our friends Louisa and Craig, their dog and baby Max. It's been tipping it down with rain all week so was nice to have some sunshine! Sat down to have a coffee and it started to rain, so had to give that a miss and have planned to go for a pub lunch tomorrow with them! So today we are having a chill day, with the fire going (not sure why i'm chilly) I'm attemping to make cards while Jon sorts a nice roast dinner for us.

Anyway here's my first card, which I have entered in Meljens Designs Challenge#22, it's very simple but hopefully this will get me making some more! So I'm off to try - Enjoy your weekend!

Girl and dress digi image - Papercraft Inspirations

Stamp - Papermania, Ink - Brilliance dew drop

Patterned Paper - Bo Bunny, Card - Core'dinations

Buttons - American Crafts, Green Pen - Promarker

Other - String

Great giveaway by Lucy

For reaching 500 followers, but certain she has more!! Such a fantastic blog, so many great ideas and even handy videos which have taught me loads! Please go and take a peek...

Not made a thing

Ok my husband keeps saying to me go and make some cards.. even told me to go to Hobby Craft and buy few bits and bobs and I did and still haven't made anything. Had a good clean up of all my crafty things so am more organised, well as much as I can be on a small table in the living room. I was day dreaming earlier about clearing out our spare room and making it a craft room... hmm.. well could nick some of it surely, how often do we have people staying over!?? Another day eh!

happy 1st birthday

Got a gift this week, my mother-in-law brought round her tin of vintage buttons for me to use. Says to give her any back that I don't need - ahhh but I want them all!!! My husband asked her to :) which I thought was lovely of him. Shame I didn't have them for Lucy's Button challenge could have made something with a lot more on it instead of the few I entered, oh well there's always next time :)

Been glued to the computer all day, not good should be making cards! Need to make some boy cards; birthday and new arrival but need some paper, so have made another little girl card while I'm thinking what to do. My printers playing up not printing certain colours even though we've just replaced the ink ahhh!

Almost identical to he last one I know, but want to get ahead so I can make them for the sake of making them instead of panicing at the last minute and losing my mojo! I have coloured a few lions to make some similar cards so I have some in stock as lots of kiddies birthdays coming up!

Papers - Bo Bunny

Digital Image - Meljens Designs

Coloured with - Promarkers & Pastel pencils

Buttons, Foam letters & Rub-ons - American Crafts

Ribbon - Hobby Craft

Other - double sided tape, glue dots, Glossy accents,

string & machine stitching

hey, cutie

I've seen other people using Glossy accents and after reading a thread on Hero Arts Flickr group last night decided to get some.  I didn't think my local craft shop Hobby Craft would do it as have looked before, but this morning I found it! I've also been reading about Copics and Promarkers and how they are similar. There's less choice of colours with promarkers, they are cheaper but cannot be refilled like Copics. But they are available in Hobby Craft and they were half price so I bought a couple of packs.

Here's my first attempt. I love this cute lion - thank you Meljen Designs for this great digi freebie!

Papers - Bo Bunny

Digital Images - Meljens Designs (Lion) &  Hero Arts - Special Delivery

Coloured with - Promarkers & Pastel pencils

Buttons - American Crafts

Ribbon - Papermania

Other - double sided tape, glue dots, Glossy accents,

string &  machine stitching