18th Birthday Card

I've been asked again by my brother to make a card for someone at his work. They wanted a girlie card for her daughters 18th birthday.


Decided to use my new Bella stamp that I got from Tracey at Dies to Die For, that is so cute.

Stamp - Cuppacakeabella

Paper - Stash

Glitter - Stickles

Flower - Prima

Sentiment - Craftwork Cards

18 - cut with Ellison Block Party

Sarah - cut with Sizzix Rat-a-Tat

Christening card

My brother asked if I could make a christening card for one of the girls he works with, using a picture of the twins. She wanted a large A5 card and the little girls names on it and this is what I came up with.

Hoping this is the start of more crafting! Things at home are a bit mad and crafting is just the last thing on my mind at the moment. Hopefully I can reveal all soon and things will calm down

Embossing - Cuttlebut Hearts Block

Ribbon - stash

Flowers - Dies to Die For

Brad - Papermania

Names - Ellison Small Stuff alphabet

Sentiment - Pink Petticoat

Couple of cards

I had to make a couple of cards this morning for my brother which both had to be A5 which is a size that I really struggle with. Although I must admit that I was really pleased with how these 2 turned out!

Stamp - Stamping Bella Winobella

Embossing - Cuttlebug Perfectly Paisley

Paper - Stash

Flower - Papermania

21 - Ellison Block Party Alphabet

Name - Sizzix Girls Are Weird Alphabet

Sentiment - Craftwork Cards

Stamp - Penny Black You're a Treasure
Embossing - Cuttlebug Hearts Block

Flower - Prima

Brad - Stash

Paper - Stash

Ribbon - Stash

Sentiment - Pink Petticoat

Papertake Weekly Challenge

This weeks challenge over at Papertake Weekly is Weather with you! After last weeks appalling weather here in the UK, we've decided to use this theme for this weeks challenge! So anything associated with the weather - whatever your interpretation! Under the weather, fun in the sun? Wind? Rain? Let's see what you can come up with lol!

I had this lovely Magnolia image from Jo at Only Joking and thought it would be perfect.

Image - Magnolia

Paper - Pink Petticoat

Flower - Jo's PIF

Brad - Stash

Glitter - Stickles

Wording - Ellison Extended Cut Small Stuff

At last some cards

I've had a couple of cards to make in the last 2 days and can't fnially get them on my blog before hubby phones AOL - again!

Stamp - Penny Black Snuggle

Paper - Stash
Gems - Papermania

Blue Paper - Stash

Football Kit - Ellison Thin Cut

18 - Eliison Thin Cut Block Party Alphabet
Sentiment - Pink Petticoat

Paper - Stash

Ribbon - Ribbon Oasis

Embellishment - Stash

Gems - Papermania

Sentiment - Pink Petticoat

Enfys Blog Candy

Enfy has a lovely blog candy over on her blog, http://going-buggy.blogspot.com/. You need to make a card using black and white and one other colour. I needed to make a 40th card for my brother and it wasn't to be too old fashioned!!!! WEll out came my favourite pink petticoat paper and daisy die :o) The 40 stands out much better in real life as i can't show the dimension when I take a pic!

Paper - Pink Petticoat

Sentiment - Pink Petticoat

Flower - Thick Cuts Daisy

Numbers - Thin Cuts Block Party

Jem - Papermania

Guitar Card

My brother asked me to make a birthday card for a guitar loving 15 year old girl who is into black & blue. Resorted to my favourite layout, as I struggled with the brief on this one!

Guitar- Ellison Thin Cuts

Embossing Folder - Cuttlebug Happy Birthday

Sentiment - Pink Petticoat

Christening card

We are off to our firends little girls christening tomorrow, hubby has bought a new shirt/jumper combo from Next and I still haven't a clue what to wear to a christening!!! Anyway, this is my card, I have used pink card with christening in silver down the left hand side and the ellison bible die to create the pink bible. Off to phone mum in a minute, as I haven't a clue if you write the card to the parents or Katie!!!

Kim's Blog Candy

Kim at Simply Fairies is having a blog candy giveaway. 'So here's the deal, if you would like to enter for this, I would like ya's to make a card for any birthday occassion, BUT this must be a completely new card that you make and not attached to any other blog challenge...'

I was asked by my hubby to make a music/guitar themed card for a lady he works with for her boyfriends 60th birthday. I mounted a strip of brown card down the centre of a cream square card. I then mounted a vellum sheet if music notes onto cream card with brown brads and added onto the brown card. I cut out a Ellison thin cut guitar and mounted this onto the velum square and added his name above and 6o below. I added happy birthday peel offs and brown musical notes cut with the small sizzix die.

Had this sheet of vellum rectangles for ages, which I had been given and never known what to do, but I'm really pleased with how this has turned out. Just hope Brian is :o)

Just Bex Challenge

This challenge was to make a card with paper you had had for ages and also paper that you had just got!!!!

The first card I made for someone at work for a friend who is retiring to live in spain (she's in her early 40's lucky thing!). I decided to use the lilac and striped paper from Papermania collasal pack which I thought reminded me of deckchairs!!! I then used ellison dies to cut our a bikini, ice cream and a ice cold drink. I mounted these onto circles that had been embossed with my cuttlebug folder. Don't ask me about the message, that was what I was asked to put.

The second card was using this lovely disney paper and a penny black sticker stuck onto acetate and cut out. I thought the colours matched really well and also the flowers went well together.

Just Bex Snowman challenge - 1st card

This Fridays Just Bex challenge was to make 5 cards with Snowmen/man on it.

This is my first, using paper from my DCVW Christmas stack and Ellison snowman