HAPPY BIRTHDAY SON!

Hello Friends.

Today is the birthday of my eldest son - Happy Birthday Andrew! and here is the card that I have made for him.

I decided to try clean and simple as he likes the minimalist look, inspired by Chrissie on her "Simply One of a Kind" blog. The next problem was what to put on it - don't we always have a problem with men's cards!
I decided on a shirt stamp that I had from way back, BUT guess what - That's right I couldn't find it! perhaps I dreamt I had it. Anyway on rummaging through all my lovely wooden mounted stamps I came across this one of a sports car  - an Anita stamp I think. It has a greeting across the bottom but I masked that off and decided to go with it. ( I also found a lot of other beautiful stamps that I had forgotten about in the process and promised myself I must use them soon - some have never seen an ink pad)!!
The embossed strip is from a Spellbinders M-Bossability - Kicking rubber. These folders are fabulous. I mounted it on red to give an edge top and bottom and to match the car that I stamped in festive berries distress ink and embossed with clear powder. I then cut it close to the image and mounted on the embossed panel.
The sentiment was a mixture of two different stamps from my stash, stamped and embossed the same as the car.
An insert and greeting inside - and job done. Quick when you have the idea. It took longer to think about it all.
Hope he likes it!

Enjoy your Bank Holiday and the sunshine too if the forecast is correct.
Crafty Hugs Carole

Think Pink!

Hi Friends!
I have been busy busy but alas nothing to show - that's new anyway. I have been baking wedding cakes (fruit) for my youngest son's wedding in September - all done and wrapped and maturing now, and also been making their wedding invitations, so as I say busy but all under wraps at present till later in the year.

So -- its a card from a while back that you have not seen and that I did for someone's special birthday. This particular recipient likes shopping and pink, and always wanted a pair of pink shoes! I don't know if she ever got them.

I used some of my Craftwork Cards papers for this card along with a stamp I had in my stash. I used Copics to colour the image and a little distress ink to highlight the die, cut from a Spellbinders Oval.  The pink shoe was also something that I had collected along the way knew it would come in sometime - like we crafters do- never throw anything away! You can just see a little shoe brad at the top of the sentiment on the tag as well.

I die cut the 50 and also the flowers  and stamped the Happy Birthday and then cut it the banner shape and added a touch of Craftwork Cards candy to finish.
Could this possibly be me shopping for an outfit for the wedding? NO I'm not that thin and certainly it will not be a trip to Paris to buy one!

Thanks for stopping by. I'll try not to leave it as long next time.
Hugs
Carole

Happy Easter

Well the weather has not improved much has it, still very cold and some snow hanging about.
I have  some Easter cards to show you today, lovely spring colours - spring? British Summer Time starts this weekend!! don't forget to put your clocks forward - yes an hour less in bed. This weather needs to catch up!

Back to the cards made with the LOTV "Spring bunny with eggs" stamp. I had a go at colouring him in browns and then the greys using my copics.

 

The papers were from my stash and the border was cut with a Spellbinder - "in spades border" and the little bits that fell out were utilised on the corners of my mounted up image.The image was cut out also using Spellbinders - "Romantic rectangles" and then inked with a little distress ink (Antique Linen) to soften the white. A touch of glamour dust to the eggs and his tail. The sentiment is also from LOTV -  "Happy Circular Sentiments"

 

 

 

 

Next one up coloured in grey and using the lovely purple and green from the "promises" paper pad also from LOTV

 

similar idea but the border was a Martha Stewart punch this time, and I added a bow, mainly because this card was not being posted so didn't need to keep it thin! I also mounted the image on 3D foam pads.

and lastly a slight variation on the die , this time Spellbinders - "Floral Ovals"

Well folks hope you like, and I hope you all have a lovely Easter break despite the cold. A good excuse to stay in, eat chocolate and craft. Hope you get lots of chocolate!

Back next week
Hugs xx

 

Happy Mother's Day

Hi there, and A Happy Mother's Day to all the mum's out there, hope you are all being spoilt and pampered.

I thought I would share with you all my Mother's Day card for my mum along with the box I had to create to put it in because of the flowers on the card.
First the card

and then the box (it had a plain bottom) and the top was from a sheet of Kanban card.

close up of the flower made from a combination of Spellbinders jewel flowers and flourishes and a Memory Box die, and a  bit of stickles Stardust in the centre. Got to have a bit of bling.

 and both together

Enjoy your day! I am off to visit my mum this afternoon and take her goodies, lets hope she likes!

Hugs Carole

Happy Birthday LOTV

 

Lili of the valley are celebrating their 9th Birthday today! Happy Birthday LOTV

 

 

I am entering this card in their competition.

Have been to the celebrations today......fantastic. They have all worked so hard and the shop looked really nice, lovely balloons, great products (too much temptation) and really nice people. Thank you for all the effort LOTV, I am sure it is appreciated by many people.

Crafty hugs
Carole

Quick and easy.....

But not my usual style. I decided to go a little bit out of my comfort zone on this one and use some bold colours and a large sentiment.

 

 

 

First I covered the card blank with stripy paper from my stash and then cut a piece of red bazzill card  edged it with a Martha Stewart punch and placed it over the bottom of the patterned piece.
The sentiment is a Stampendous stamp. It comes in a pack of two with a lovely flourish. I stamped and embossed with black embossing powder and then inked round the edges to soften a little and mounted on to black card.Chose to go jaunty and finally added some candi to finish. Job done!

Thanks for stopping by
Crafty hugs
Carole

and this years!

 

Just in case you thought I hadn't done one! here is this years Valentine for hubby. Totally different in style. Which do you prefer?

 

 

 

 

I covered the front of a 6inch square card with the stripy paper from my stash and then added a strip of cream spotty paper (bo bunny but can't remember the name). The heart was cut 3 times with a Spellbinders Nestability and the right side of one heart glued to the left of another to make the 3Dheart. I then covered it in platinum stickles and smudged it out with my finger (best tool going the finger). I did try to spray with my cosmic shimmer but it glooped out of the bottle so no go on that one. Anyone else have that problem? The sentiment was a rub on from my stash.Quick and easy if you don't have a stamp.

 

The inside was a try at a technique I saw in a recent making cards magazine done by Emma take a peek at her blog. (I love her work) so I can't take the credit for it and if I had had more time I would have perfected it, but of course I was last minute as usual.

 

 

 

It is a chain of hearts (like the chains of dolls one cut as a child.....remember? well perhaps not!)

I didn't have any letters that would do for the wording so I had to improvise a bit on that one and stamp and emboss with white powder.

 

Enjoy the spring like weather! sunny here but a bit chilly.

 

TTFN Carole x