Birthday Card for a Football Supporter

This card was one I enjoyed as it was for a fellow Spurs supporter and I thought that I would make good use of my foil applicator again.

 

I first foiled some Centura Pearl with the Spurs badge and then cut this using the Tattered Lace Die Monumental Happy Birthday.  I mounted this onto some blue Stardream card which was then mounted onto Centura Card.

 

I then put his name down the side using some letters that I had in my stash.  The only thing I did not have was an envelope to fit so had to make that as well as this card is not a usual size.  At least I know that no-one else would have got him a card like this.

Two for quickness

I can't believe that it is March tomorrow.  I really cannot believe how quickly the year has gone already.  I really need to try and find more time to craft but it does not seem to be happening this year and it will not be that long before I am going to the US to see my nephew graduate.

I had to make two birthday cards so to make them as quick as possible, I decided to make them both very similar to save time and the two recipients did not know each other.   

The first one was for a commission from work and  was wanted in the colours of the Barbados flag.  I was originally asked for the flag to be on the card but after discussions agreed that the card would be better in just the colours as it was for his mother.  I used the embossing folder Tied Together by Couture Creations for the background on blue card and then attached small yellow pearls.  I used Sue Wilson's Spanish Collection Seville dies to create the topper in blue and yellow and added a yellow pearl again to the corner of the blue card.  I then used a Tattered Lace die sentiment in black to give the final colour of the flag and added Nan down the edge to finish this card.


With the second card, I made this the same but instead of the Seville dies, I used Valencia and made it it purple and pink.

In Sympathy

I never used to make sympathy cards but here I am making another one just a few month after the last.

This one was very quick and easy to make as I used my new Heidi Swapp Minc foil applicator.  I just designed the topper on my computer, printed it with a laser printer onto card and then put it through the machine using silver foil.

I then cut it out and mounted it onto black card.  On the black card I made a cross with black seam binding but it does not show in the photo but wanted the subtleness of black on black.  I then mounted onto white card and rounded the edges.  

I am really pleased with the way it came out and think that the machine is well worth the money - and not too expensive which is even better.  I can see that I will be using this machine a lot to create foiled toppers.

60th Birthday

I was asked by a colleague at work to make a card for her husband's 60th birthday.  As she is a golf widow, she wanted it to be gold themed.

I used papers and toppers from from Hunkydory's "Its a Man's World - Just Fore You" mounted on red and gold stardream card. Although I do not usually use kits - every now and then they come in real useful and the design was just what I needed.  I was unable to find some stamps that would give me the same effect and wasn't sure that if I could find any that I would get good use out of them.

I made his name using Memory Box Varsity Alphabet in gold and green and also the 60 on the golf ball.  

Been busy lately ....

I haven't posted for a while as time just seemed to run out for me.  I have not even spent much time crafting lately.  I did manage to make all my Christmas cards but never posted as I just never found the time.  I was also rushed to get my Mother's Christmas present made and did not make that in time - but did get it finished just in time for New Years day when I took her back home. It was another twinset but I could not get a real good photo of it.  The colours came out differently for each part and in reality was a really nice pale blue. The trouble was I had to take the photo a night as it was going back with my Mother and she doesn't own a camera - not even on her phone! I have also been busy organising this years two holidays to the US - one of which is to see my nephew graduate.

 

I did manage to get a workshop in at Oyster Crafts on colouring which was very enjoyable but for once I did not make a card but just coloured some samples which I haven't got round to doing anything with yet and the are Christmas images so won't be using them until much later this year.
 

I spent a day in November at the Making of Harry Potter and just loved seeing the castle model with all the snow.  If you haven't been there yet - it is well worth it just to see the model and is there until the end of January.

 

In December we spent 10 days in Germany and managed to get to the Christmas Markets in Nuremberg, Regensburg, Jena, Leipzig, Dresden, Gera and Cologne. I especially loved the one in Dresden where I managed to buy lots of Plauener Spitze (Plauen Window picture lace).  I also managed to catch up with some old friends in Regensburg that I hadn't seen for 20 years.  It felt like we were just picking up where we had left off all those years ago, it was only the place that had changed and not us! 

 

I also managed to find a new craft store chain that I had not seen before - Idee.  At first I thought that it was just a one off but have since found out that they have lots of stores - that's another excuse for me to keep going back to Germany.  I also managed to buy a Steiff Limited Edition Bear and a Steiff Dalmation for myself - or at least I bought the bear and my husband bought me the dog.

 

I am hoping that this year I can be more crafty and organised but will wait and see what happens.  Definately feel that work is getting in the way of crafting but guess that is what pay for it!

 

 

Husbands 50th

This year I actually got my husband's birthday card made early - which was just as well as I do not know where the time has gone this year. I can't believe that we are 10 months through the year and it certainly has not been one of the better ones so may be it is best that it is going so fast.

 

I decided that I would use the Monument Valley Mask from Clarity Stamps as it was a place that we both really loved and will be going back to again. 

 

I used some of the techniques that I learnt on the Clarity Workshop that I attended and it was nice to think that I was putting them to use. 

 

I used Adirondack ink in various colours to get the shading of the valley and also to get the sky, greeting and panel.  The panel at the bottom and the greetings were also created using Clarity Stamps.  I mounted this onto some Gemstone Core'dinations card and the base card was Centura Pearl.

R.I.P. Uncle Bill

I don't usually make Sympathy card as for some reason it never seems right but I broke this rule for my Uncle's family. 

 

Uncle Bill was a special person to me - I grew up going on holiday with him, my Aunt and his children and we were always close.  Even though he lived in Scotland, he still come down south for all family events.  I was even lucky enough that he and my Aunt visited me when I lived in Darwin - even if they were actually staying in Brisbane and flew to Darwin just to be with me.

 

I'll miss my chats about football with him - he always knew what my team was up to and how they were doing.  He had a great sense of humour and certainly had a way with words.

 

 I wanted the card to be simple and the words inside to mean the most and  I was going to make 5 - one for my Aunt and  his four children - whom I have always been close to. 

 

I used black American Seam binding on the front with Spellbinders dies for the topper and Joanna Sheen's Signature die for the sentiment.  I particularly wanted the cross as it meant so much to him.

 

It was a lovely day in Scotland for his funeral and I reckoned that the Sun had just come out for him.

 

I will miss him and my thoughts are with his family at this time - I guess there is another star shining brightly in the sky now.

 

R.I.P. Uncle Bill