Card Feature Wednesday 2 - Happy Anniversary
Wednesday, June 04, 2014
Today's card is an anniversary card that I made for my mum and step dad.
I cannot seem to stop using the Clearly Besotted happy die on my cards and I used it again on this card.
I used some papers from the Basic Grey Origins paper pad for the background and to make the flower. I had seen Amy Wanford make a flower from one of the dies in the Clearly Besotted Pretty Petals Plus die set and thought I would make one to go on this card.
As the background paper is very patterned I just went with some sequins for the embellishments and matched them to the papers.
Papers - Basic Grey Origins | Stamp - Hero Arts All Occasions | Dies - Clearly Besotted Happy and Pretty Petals Plus and Spellbinders Nestabilities label 8 | Button - American Crafts | Sequins - Doodlebug.
Hope you are having a great week. See you soon.
Card Feature Wednesday 1
Wednesday, May 28, 2014
Part of the switching up the blog, I have decided to feature the cards I make on a Wednesday. (Today it's a bit late though!) That way I know when they can be posted and if anyone would like (or not like) to see them, they know when they will be posted.
This card was for our niece's birthday recently. I love the Clearly Besotted Fabulous Fuchsias stamp set and thought I would try it out on this card. I stamped the leaves on the background first and then struggled a little to fit the fuchsias on but it worked.
I really like the colours of the patterned paper and the ink and think they go well together.
Paper - American Crafts May Berry | Stamps - Clearly Besotted Fabulous Fuchsias | Ink - Memento Rose Bud and Versacolor Night Sky | Ribbon - American Crafts.
The next card I made at the end of last year but never showed. It was for a little girl and so decided to use the Clearly Besotted Ballerina Jasmine stamp. To colour it in I used some chalk pencils. I'm not the best at colouring it in but I think it was OK.
Paper - Forever Friends | Stamps - Clearly Besotted Ballerina Jasmine and Amy R It's Your Birthday | Chalk Pencils | Ribbon - Hobbycraft | Pearl - Hobbycraft.
I still have a few cards that I have made in the last few months and have not shown so will show them in the next few weeks. See you soon.
Visiting London
Tuesday, May 27, 2014
On Sunday we decided to go to London for the day. We had won some free train tickets and needed to use them before the end of the month so we left Amelia with her auntie and made our way to London.
First stop was to St. James park and Buckingham Palace. It was busier than normal as there was a 10k run on and so there was a lot of runners and supporters.
We then saw the Horse Guards Parade.
Hollie had her photo taken with a horse guard!
We then walked up the road to Trafalgar square and sat and watched the world go by. Love people watching. Fascinating.
Moving on we went to the tower of London and saw tower bridge.
We made a special trip to Hamleys toy shop. Had a good look around and saw lots of demonstrations of toys.
Hollie was fascinated by the phone box made of Lego!
Hollie got her picture taken with r2d2 and c3po from Star Wars although she had no idea who they were!
Before catching the train home we saw the London eye. Would have loved to have gone on it but hopefully next time.
We had a great time in London and was great to spend some quality time with Hollie.
Hope you are having a great week. See you soon.
Changing things up.
Sunday, May 04, 2014
I just wanted let you know that I am doing some changes to my blog as I really want to get back into blogging and have been at a standstill with the blog.
I had some good news a few weeks ago that I don't have to have an operation that I thought I would have to have so I feel it's time to change things up a bit. I have tended to write blog posts about the cards I make and now and again about home decor or organising, well hopefully from now on, the blog posts could be about any of the things that I love to write about like crafting, organising, home decor, inspiration and general life blog posts.
So I hope that you will stick with me while I find my feet again and I looking forward to giving my blog a bit more focus.
Hope that you are having a good weekend and see you soon.
Happy Anniversary
Saturday, April 12, 2014
Today is my 7th wedding anniversary and I wanted to share the card I made for my husband.
I have mentioned in previous years that we got married in Malta with our closest family and absolutely loved it there. It is something I would recommend to anyone not wanting to get married abroad. It was a lovely day and a lovely holiday.
Anyway back to the card. I chose the paper first and went with the Studio Calico Darling Dear and Here & There. On one of the pieces from the Darling Dear pad is a lot of images and one of the images was this one with the words you & me and I thought it would be perfect for the centre of the card.
I decided to put it on a label from Clearly Besotted lovely labels and rather than using the rectangle it comes with for the centre I thought the square fitted well.
As I am loving the Happy word die from Clearly Besotted I used it here with the word anniversary from the Clearly Besotted Basic numbers and stamped it on a tag from the Clearly Besotted tag along dies.
I decided to use an embossing folder on the background and add some stars and hearts as well.
Paper - Studio Calico Darling Dear and Here & There | Stamp - Clearly Besotted Basic Numbers | Dies - Clearly Besotted Lovely labels, Tag along and happy word die | Embossing folder - Cuttlebug Seeing spots | Large stars - Sizzix stars.
I got a lovely card and pretty flowers from my husband for our anniversary but it was prompted by a few people as he didn't even get me a card for Mother's day but mustn't complain (much!). Hehe.
Hope you are having a great weekend. See you soon.
Mojo Monday 339 - Happy Birthday Girlies
Thursday, April 03, 2014
It has been a long time since I made a card using a sketch challenge and so when my sister asked me to make some cards for her friends, I thought I would use the Mojo Monday sketch 339.
The sketch challenge was to make a tall and skinny card and so I made a card that is 3.5 inches wide and 5.5 inches high.
I went with the Martha Stewart Monarch large butterfly punch and the hydrangea punch on the circle and added some sequins to the top of the card.
I decided to use the new Clearly Besotted birthday word die on the cards and just stamp the happy and also the name.
Paper - American Crafts May Berry | Stamps - Clearly Besotted A Little Sentimental and Stampendous Tiny Alphabet| Die-namics stitched circle | Clearly Besotted Birthday word die | Martha Stewart butterfly and hydrangea punch | Sequins - Doodlebug.
For the second card, I kept the style the same but used a label from Clearly Besotted Lovely Labels and used different patterned paper and sequins.
Paper - American Crafts My Girl | Stamps - Clearly Besotted A Little Sentimental and Stampendous Tiny Alphabet | Clearly Besotted Lovely Labels | Clearly Besotted Birthday word die | Martha Stewart butterfly and hydrangea punch | Sequins - Doodlebug.
I am really loving the word dies from Clearly Besotted and think they are great if you want to add some more character to the card than just stamping the sentiment.
Hope you are having a good week. See you soon.
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