Birthday Card

Here's a card I made last month for a member of the birthday list on the CM&P Forum. For anyone who visits my blog you will recognise it is very similar to the card I made for Mother's Day. However it is different colours and the inside is slightly different.

The card:

The inside:

Best wishes

I made 2 cards for a friend of mine. She was due to have a baby just before I went away on holiday and I knew I'd need to send a card whilst away. My problem - was it going to be a boy or a girl? I decided the simplest answer to this was to take 2 cards and send whichever was appropriate. Therefore I have made two new baby cards which are practically the same, the only difference being one design of paper is girly and one is for a boy.

I went for a very simple design, made templates for the letters on the computer and simply cut the out and embellished them a little. Simple but striking, well that's my opinion anyway!

Here they are:

Mother's Day Card

Here's a picture of the card I made for Mother's Day. As you all know I love butterflies and I think this blue one gorgeous. It's a very simple card design but I think it turned out to be quite an elegant card.

The front:

And inside:

Thanks for looking

Papertake Weekly Challenge

Here's the card I've made for the Papertake Weekly Challenge. The sketch is no. 13, drawn by Katherina.


I've finally managed to get away from Christmas cards and make a much needed birthday card instead. I love using blues and like the colour combinations on the card. I'm not so happy with the image as I think I could have chosen better colours and also the paper has creased/wrinkled slightly as I used thick paper instead of my watercolour pad because I couldn't find it!

The papers are from DCWV
The stamp is from the 'Dotty Dollie' set
Sentiment is a Papermania rub on

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Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge

Just slipping this one in before the Saturday deadline! This sketch is for challenge no.2 over at The Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge. It's another great sketch which really inspired me. Here's the sketch:


Once again I've made another Christmas card, my brain seems to be well and truly stuck in Christmas mode now. I've got some birthday cards to make but I just can't seen to get away from the festive ideas! I've gone for really traditional red and green and used my current favourite stamp.

I've used the following:

Penny Black 'Xmas Kiss' stamp which has been coloured with watercolour pencils
Papermania Merry Christmas stamp
Backing paper from the Dovecraft 'Tis the Season' Pack
Red narrow ric-rac ribbon
Silver gems

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Sketch Saturday

It's sketch number 20 over at Sketch Saturday and it's a great one. I found this to be an inspiring sketch and had no problem at all coming up with a card to fit. Here's the sketch:


I decided to make another Christmas Card as I've still got loads to make although the list is getting gradually shorter!


I've used:

A Forever Friends Sticker which came free on the front of a magazine
Backing paper from the Dovecraft 'Christmas Traditional' Pack
Green paper from the Dovecraft 'Victorian Christmas' Pack
Plain mustard yellow cardstock
Christmas domed stickers, (not sure where these are from as they are no longer on their bag!)
White ribbon

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Snowman Card

Hi all,

Amongst a few other things, I made another Christmas card yesterday. You may have noticed as I've been using them so much but I'll tell you anyway; I'm loving my new nestabilities and think I may have to buy some more when I get the chance.

I've used:

Snowman image coloured with watercolours,
oval nestabilities,
background snowflake paper designed in photoshop,
blue organza ribbon
Happy Christmas silver peel-off

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Cuttlebug Challenge 2

This is a card I've made for challenge no. 2 over on the Cuttlebug Challenge Blog. The challenge was to make either a fall or halloween themed card. I've made halloween atc's but never a card as I've never sent or received cards for this occasion. I always like to try something new so I decided to make a halloween card.

I've used:

Plain black and orange cardstock
Swiss dots cuttlebug folder inked with black stazon ink
Skittle-de-doo Sizzix Alphabet
Witch image was given to me by a fellow crafter a while back, but not sure of it's origin.
I've coloured the image using watercolour pencils

I had great fun making this card, I just need to decide what to do with it now - I don't want to consign it to the bottom of a drawer but I can't think who to send it to!!

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Another Christmas Card

I wanted to make a card which incorporated a little gift so I decided on a bookmark. I also thought it would be nice to include one of my favourite Christmas recipes - Gingerbread.

(Apologies the photo colours seem a bit inconsistent and I can't be bothered to retake them all!!! The main card, insert and the bookmark are ivory, the front pocket is a burgundy/brown opalescent and the green nestability is a light khaki, hope that helps!)

I didn't want to over decorate the front of the card so I have used some Anita's Christmas ribbon along the top edge, stuck on a snowflake and I have water coloured a Christmas Tree image, which I stamped and embossed, then mounted this on an oval nestability. I have been practicing my watercolour shading and I think I have improved, I know I'm still not as good as others but I'm quite pleased with the result, what do you think?


I always put a folded paper insert inside my cards but I've seen another technique being used by lots of people so I thought I'd give it a go. I've double mounted paper on the inside of the card and then stamped, embossed and water coloured a little ginger bread man in the bottom corner.


The book mark is decorated on both sides. One side has the recipe for gingerbread men and on the other I've used a holly corner punch and then another oval nestability and the same gingerbread man as on the inside. Stamped, embossed and water coloured once again. Ive added a piece of green ribbon to match the green nestability and finally I've laminated the bookmark so it can be cleaned after baking!

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Feeling festive

Yesterday was the first day that I was actually feeling like making Christmas cards, until now it has all seemed to be a bit early. Here's one of the ones I made and it's true I do believe in the spirit of Santa!

I made the backing paper myself and the Santa image is coloured using watercolours. I think this card needs something more but I just can't decide what that something should be! Perhaps I'll show it to you again when I've finally decided what to add!

Birthday Card

Here's a card I made a while ago for a girl who was going to be 10. I used a Magnolia image I was very kindly send by a friend. I was told she had always wanted a pet but the family had never had one so animals and pets would be a good theme. I thought about it for a while and decided that the ultimate pet had to be a pony so used the image of Tilda on a horse.


Claire

Personalised card

Here's another personalised card I've made. This one is for a lady who loves clothes and shoes - well who doesn't!! I love the stiletto template which I've used on the card, again it's one I've had for a while and hadn't got around to using. The shoe is a light pink which doesn't show up that well in the photo.

What a great motto to live by!!
Claire

Birthday Card

Here's a card I've made for the birthday list on the CM&P Forum. Not sure who I'm going to send it to yet but I am finally building up a small reserve of birthday list cards. At least I won't have to keep rushing to get them completed every time another birthday comes round!




I like the simplicity of the colours on this card. The image is stamped and heat embossed with white powder.

Claire

2nd Graduation Card

Here's the second of the graduation cards. This is for a man who has just achieved a Ph D. Another fantatstic achievement which must have taken a huge amount of enthusiasm and dedication not to mention brain power!

The poem on the front of the card reads:

What lies behind us
And what lies before us
Are tiny matters
Compared to
What lies within us

Poem by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Claire

Graduation Card

I've been asked to make a couple of graduation cards, the first is for a lady who returned to University as a mature student and has just gained a degree in art aged 60. What an achievement not just the degree but having the confidence to go and get what you want in life.

The verse on the front of the card reads:

Live your life each day
As you would climb a mountain
Climb slowly and steadily
Enjoying each passing moment;
And the view from the summit will serve as
A fitting climax for the journey.

A poem by Harold V Melchert.

Claire

Anniversary Card

I've made a card for a 30th Anniversary. I didn't want to do the traditional 'Pearl' coloured card so I've made a fun card but have used some pearl effect paper for the numbers on the heart. This is much the same as a card I made a while ago for another anniversary but I've made it a different size and done the writing slightly differently.




The letters I have used are once again cut out using the Sizzix machine and are the 'Sproutsies' alphabet.


Claire

Another Birthday Card

Well the weather forecasters keep saying today is going to be a hot one but blink and you'll miss it as we're back to rain tomorrow. I've got my fingers crossed for today but it's not looking too promising here at the moment, hopefully it will brighten up. I hope everyone has some great weekend fun planned and you make the most of the weather.

I've made another birthday card for the birthday list on the CM&P Forum. I keep deciding I'm going to get myself really organised and make a load but as soon as I find the time to make any another birthday comes round and it's time to send it off. So no stockpile yet but I will get there in the end.

I've used my favourite theme of butterflies on the card and I really like the colours and the finished result. Here it is:


Hope you like it too.
Claire

Another New Home Card

Hope everyone is well and the weather is good wherever you are.

I showed you a new home card I had made for a lady yesterday. Well her next door neighbour also wanted one for the girls. She told me to do whatever I wanted and there was no specific elements to include. I made another of my black, white and red cards which I am hooked on at the moment.

Here it is:

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Claire

New Home Card

I was asked to make a 'new home' card for a lady whose daughters are moving into their first flat together. She specified the wording on the front and asked for a picture of a house so that is exactly what I gave her. The picture of the three houses is decoupaged to give a bit more dimension and the card is white opalescent.

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Claire

Yet Another Birthday Card

Hi all, another nice day here today, the weather forecast says we're going to have a wet Sunday and also rain next week so I've been making the most of it. I went for a walk this morning, posted some letters at the post office on my way and discovered a few new public footpaths which I'd never come across before on my way back. All in all I think I walked about 5 miles so hopefully the scales will be kind to me when I weigh myself tomorrow morning!

This time the cards not black and white! I saw a card similar to this on the internet a while back and have had the idea in my head ever since so I thought it was about time to do something about it! I decided to make mine blue and have used papers from a DCWV Paper Stack. The first picture shows the finished card all sealed with a ribbon and ready to go.

The second picture is the inside of the card.

I think I'll use this as another birthday list card, not sure who for yet though!

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Claire