Birthday Wishes

A card I made last month for Val's birthday

I used alphabet dies and sentiment stamp by Crafter's Companion, blending inks, and ombre paper (I think this was Hobbycraft)

Flowers are Prima.

 

Joan

Joan is my longest-attending card club lady.

She loves poppies so every year I have the challenge of thinking up a new poppy card for her birthday.

I’ve used Crafters Companion bargain alphabet dies, outlined with some Glamour Dust, and Heartfelt Creations stamps.

I now have a great-niece called Poppy, born last month, so I predict two lots of Poppy-themed cards each year.

 

60

Card for a friend of mine who loves cocktails.

I used Sue Wilson dies, number dies were from AliEx.

Background is stamped and heat embossed, card is 7 x7 inches.

 

Baby

Same alphabet dies as previous post.

This time I tried plain card but edged each letter with glitter.

Other alphabet is Sizzix

 

Craig

Card I made for my brother's birthday.

I bought a set of alphabet and number dies from Crafters Companion recently. I didn't exactly need another alphabet set but this one was a bargain £12, and it's slightly different to all my others.

The set does not cut the whole piece out, it scores down the left-hand side. I wanted to try it out on stripey paper because I needed to make sure each letter was level, and this seemed the easiest way to do that.

 

Happy Birthday

A card I made for Pat, one of my lovely club ladies.

Unfortunately my club is still closed, hard to believe - 16 months now.

For the card I used DCWV patterned paper and Sizzix dies. I think the embossing folder was a magazine freebie, the sentiment stamp is by PTI.

 

Box

I bulk-bought a box of Lindt chocolate bars (Amazon) recently to use as inexpensive gifts. I wanted something slimline that would fit through people's letterboxes if necessary.

I made two different style boxes, one holds three Lindt bars and the other holds four.

 

Happy Birthday

A card I made for one of my card club ladies, Margaret.

I used Crafter's Companion patterned paper, and I think the sentiment die is by Tonic.

 

Set Sail

While I had my Graphic 45 papers out I thought I'd make another card. Have to say I love their range of papers, I've collected quite a lot so really need to use them up now.

 

Love You

I'm usually very last-minute making cards for my husband. This year I decided to at least try and be more organised, so I'm a good month ahead with our anniversary card.

I've used Graphic 45 papers, I can't remember where the sentiment dies are from - I cut two and layered offset for a shadow effect.

I love the quote here "A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor".

We've both had paddle boarding lessons recently so thought it was quite apt!

 

Happy Easter

All dies used are by Sizzix. 

Last year I discovered a website called Creative Rox, and managed to buy quite a few bargain sets of dies. This was one of them.

 

Alternative Valentine's

I originally made this as a Valentine's Day card but didn't end up using it. 

Paper is from a very old pad that I bought in TKMaxx. Silhouette die was from AliExpress.

 

Mum

The card I made for Mothering Sunday this year.

I used letter dies from AliExpress and frame dies by Crafters Companion. Finished card is 8 x 8 inches.

 

30

A card I made for my friend's son. I've used a photograph of him but blurred his face here for privacy reasons.

I've used Sue Wilson dies, a Crafter's Companion embossing folder, and number dies from AliEx.

 

Jan

A birthday card for Jan, one of my card club ladies.

I've used Sizzix dies for the flower and leaves, and "Jan"

To make a frame I masked off a square before stamping and heat embossing.

 

New Stash

I haven't bought much new craft stash in the last twelve months, mainly due to my card club being closed.

I recently placed an order with Craft Clearance and was really pleased with it, all the items shown for less than £30 including delivery. I just need to start using it now!

 

Graham's birthday cards

My husband is a keen walker (when we're allowed) I found this image in my stash, it was an old magazine freebie.

"Husband" alphabet dies are Tim Holtz

Card is 8 x 8 inches.

My mum made him this card, using Paper Boutique papers.

 

Valentine's Day

 

This year's Valentine's Day card for my husband.

Stamps are by Inkadinkado

Heart dies are Bright Rosa

Shells

Something a bit different from cards but making use of the same stash.

I wanted a trinket dish to put rings/ earrings on, and saw something very similar online.

The version I saw was £12+ and I knew I could make my own much cheaper.

The shells are about £1 each (Amazon) and I used decoupage paper adhered with Mod Podge for the grey marbled one. I used acrylic paint for the one shown below. Both shells were edged with a gold leaf pen and then sprayed with a gloss spray (Crafter's Companion).

 

Various

Just some simple cards I made to try and get motivated again!

 

Peace

As mentioned in my previous post, my second Christmas design that I used last year.

This was a flatter card for posting but very similar.

I used a Tim Holtz die and backed it with red sparkly card. I think the sentiment die is by Creative Expressions.

 

Peace

I haven't done much in the way of card-making these last few months so haven't had anything to blog really.

This was one of the Christmas cards designs that I sent out. I made another very similar but a flatter design for posting.

The poinsettia die with matching embossing folder is by Tim Holtz.

 

Fletcher

We decided to do a Christmas photo shoot with our dog, Fletcher.

I know that every mother thinks their child is the cleverest one in the nursery, but one of them is right 😁 and they do actually have the cleverest child! It’s the same with dog owners.

The backdrop to Fletcher’s photo is from Amazon (called scene setters, they’re like big tablecloths and are easily fixed to the wall with blu-tac).

The cards I made are 10 x 7 inches which is a size I haven’t used much before, quite substantial.