40th Birthday

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Just a quick post  to enter the following challenges.
Blogger has been playing up or is it my ancient computer?

DYSU  #88 - birthdays
Hooked on Crafts #24 - cards for men
One Stop #198 - no floral embellies
PCJ - anything goes
PTW - anything goes
Ruby's Rainbow #36 - just words
Sketchy Colours #130 - turquoise, brown, white

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Cheers me dears

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40th Birthday

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Hello everyone and a big welcome to Andrea, a new follower :)

Commission - the brief was purple and yellow.

The gold centrepiece is a flattened piece of  a beer can, embossed with the textile EF and heat embossed  with gold EP.  I pasted the BP onto card and cut an oval in the centre and fixed it over the centrepiece with foam tape.
I made the oval sentiment in Publisher, cut around it with fancy scissors, edged with purple chalk pad and added that with foam pads to the gold centre.
Lots of flowers, ribbon and roses from WO and as it was a special card I parted with a fancy metal corner from Linda, Funky Junkie's Zibbet shop.
I made a box for this as it is rather bulky.

A closer look

Challenges
Craft Punked - happy birthday/celebrations
Wild Orchid #52 - anything goes
Lexi's #67 - happy birthday



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40th Birthday - #3

I did my own thing here and made my own version of a word book. Not perfect, but it looks fairly impressive.
I learned a thing or two and will make a few changes if I ever do another, lol.

Paperplay Challenges #37 - All shapes and sizes - well, this is not entirely square
SCSC #101 - Anything goes
Totally Papercrafts #34 - Happy birthday
OSAAT #31 - Happy birthday


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40th Birthday #2

I'd like to enter this in the following challenges

The ABC Challenge - Distressing
A Pocketful of Posies #6 - Floral fantasy
A Spoonful of Sugar - Fall into Autumn colour challenge
Creative Stamp Friends #7 -  Distressing
Sir Stampalot - September challenge - All distressed

Computer generated sentiment
Digi DP - E Kipler from Sweet Shoppe
Flora Doodles - nearly down to my last of these :-(
Seam binding ribbon from Sam at  My Wedding Party 



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A bottle of fizz

Crafty Ann's Challenge 9 is to..." get out of your comfort zone and celebrate your creativity by trying a technique, product, fold or design you have been shying away from or haven't done or used as often as you'd like"

This did take me out of my comfort zone because the last time I used the Celebration template was for my daughter's 40th, 2yrs ago, and also because it is for a special occasion I didn't want to mess it up. The black mirri card marks so easily.
It seems much longer than 2yrs though....so many more cards 'under the bridge' since then
This one is for the daughter of a friend. I am happy to say she was very pleased with it when I gave it to her this evening....I hope her daughter will be too.



The base card is ivory pearlescent and the bottle is mirri card.
I had forgotten what a job it is to get anything to stick to pearly card and the bottle kept popping up at the side. I managed in the end by hatch scoring to give the DST some grip.
There is a little mountain of foam pads under the main part of the bottle to give it lift graduating down to two at the neck.





The number 40 is attached to a white wire spiral and the flowers were sprayed with my new Irridescent Gold glimmer mist. I am a bit disappointed with it...I expected it to be more obvious...it is a shame that it hardly shows. At £8/bottle it will get used though. I expect it is better used on darker materials.

Lexi's Creations challenge 8 this week is 'Anything Goes' so I'd like to enter this too.

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Fun 40th Birthday

Another last minute request from my daughter for a friends 40th.
Of course I asked about any special interests and she just said... 'beer'!!

I didn't ask which brand he prefers and as there is a Carlsberg brewery near to us in Northampton he's got to settle for this.

Cards for Men challenge 3 has a good sketch so this is what I used. I have to admit to not reading the instructions properly and didn't see that there is the optional theme of 'Love/Valentine' until after I'd made the card.




I changed the motto on the beer mat in my graphics prog then went over the Carlsberg logo with 3D clear gloss




Images - courtesy of Google
BP - CB'd with Happy Birthday embossing folder and Swissdots

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Blue 40th

8inch square

I really enjoyed making this card...another biggie...and I'll have to make a wrapper for it. I think it is going to be delivered personally... I forgot to ask.

Sketch Saturday 88 has provided the perfect sketch for this.
One Stop Craft Challenge 65 is - Make it personal




The ovals are cut with fancy scissors... my oval nesties didn't fit.
The number 40 is from a digi set...forgot which...and is glamour dusted.



The lovely Madison from Charmed Cards coloured with copics and promarkers



I made a scrunched up flower and added a pearly button and made the pearly circle from an old necklace and some wire from a bottle of wine....I'm very proud of that :-)...invention being the mother of necessity...or something like that, hahaha
The flourish is half of a big Sissix flourish die, glamour dusted



The wrapper




Image - Charmed Cards
Papers - Pink Petticoat
Flourish - Sissix
Feather and lace from stash

Pinky kindly left a comment a few posts back (thanks Pinky) and suggested I make my pics bigger...if you look in again...are these better :-)

I suppose I just leave it to visitors to click on the pics for a larger image if they want to, but maybe they don't come up much larger.

If anyone wants to let me know if this is better I will appreciate it.

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My poor neighbour...

...came round last night around 11.30 in a right state.
Her leg was bleeding and it wouldn't stop.
When I first answered the door I thought she had had a stroke....she was white as a sheet, incoherant and shaky.
Got her sat down and then saw that the bedsock and the teatowel she had wrapped around her leg and her slipper were completely saturated with blood.
I wrapped a dressing gown around her...she was 'freezing' cold...held another teatowel around the bleed, did a 999 and a paramedic arrived in 10 mins.
She had passed out for a time...don't know for how long tho.
Her temperature was about 30 and blood pressure hardly registering but by the time they were ready to get her in the ambulance, about 12.30am she did look a bit better but very confused.
The paramedic had a look in her bathrroom, hall and stairs...and reckoned she'd lost about a litre of blood.
She has been given a couple of units of blood at the hospital and was sent home around lunchtime today.
I've just been round and she is OK and functioning normally...thank goodness!
It sounds dramatic but there was so much blood it looked like a murder scene.
Five hrs cleaning today knackered me...so I'll try to get more the blood out of the carpets tomorrow.
I don't know how she managed to get to us...it was raining but she had been able to put on a coat. She is 78 by the way and very private and independant.... so is pleased to be back home.

So.....I am posting this card made for the partner of my DD's friend last weeek.
It wasn't for a challenge...just thought I'd put it here to cheer up this post



Two CB embossing folders, a handcut no:40 in silver mirri card, a bit of fibre and a scruched flower

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Just when I'd thought I'd finished................

..........I had a request for yet another 40th card.
I told you I would be boring you with these this year.



This is a variation of a card I made for another Man U fan last December.
There is not a lot I can say about this card. I had altered a googled image and fortunately I had kept it and this served as the BG again. The rounds are cut with plain circle nesties and lightly inked.
I haven't decided what to put on the inside yet - plenty of time - it is not wanted until Saturday.

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Two 40th cards - His and Hers

These are the last of the 40th birthday cards - I can hear sigh of relief :-)
These are for our lovely neighbours across the road
We left them enjoying their joint party around 11.30 last night. I am not expecting to see them out and about before lunchtime today.

This is for Matt. It is rather plain as I couldn't decide how to embellish it.
I have never asked what his interest are which may have made the job easier.
The only thing I added apart from the raffia were some punched leaves which are a very pale green and are nearly invisible!!



Mandy's card was much easier to do. Cards for ladies usually are, aren't they.



The BP's are 'Gorgeous Papers' by Gypsy Chick from Scrap Artist. Aptly named they really are gorgeous.
I used only two of these lovely designs, one is on the inside and used one of the others to make some flowers which are 'sparkled' with some Glamour Dust and added a bought flower and a pearl. The swirl is also sparkled.




I made another little pin to match the colour scheeme.

Would you believe I started this post at 7.30 this morning.
Have only just had time to finish it :-/

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40th card - No: 2

A5 landscape

The birthday girl had a great party last night although I haven't heard how she is feeling today :-)
I used one of the large petals from a Gerbera flower from Dunelm which are usually too big for cards. Adding the greeting cut with a round nestie to the centre filled it up. Sometimes I fold the large flowers but had this idea to give a different look.



After the pic was taken I decided to add some Glamour Dust to the edge of the sentiment circle. The no:40 was cut on the CB and then put through the swiss dots folder. Afterwards I wish I'd left it plain.

I had to make three cards and the third was a card I had made for a challenge.

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40th birthday

Back again to 40th birthday cards!
This is the first of six (maybe even seven)I have to make in the next two weeks.
Fortunately they are for three different recipients.



Once again this is one of my hand-cut templates made on PM6.5 although the 'open' numbers are done in Word.

I think I may have overdone the Glamour Dust (a new aquisition,
have you guessed?).
I really got carried away and 'bling'ed'
anything not glued down :-)










I made another little stick pin and
placed it behind a flower.






I used various papers already printed, also some lace, organza ribbon and some pretty flowers from Artoz. Well, that's what it says on the box!

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The other 40th

I finished this this morning. I have made three cards for Louise's 40th and of course they all have to be different. I made the first one back in Sept. I'd forgotten when her birthday was and got ahead of myself.
It was the 40 number shape so I am satisfied that I have achieved my goal.
Daughter requested I personalise yesterdays card and will add a hand cut leaf with the birthday girl's name by the FD's near the tassle. Well that is the intention :-/



I used Joanna Sheen's lace paper for the background and the image is one I found googling. Image and sentiment layered on purple patterned paper and silver mirri. Hand cut nunmber, more FD's, pearls and finished with organza ribbon


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One more 40th card

Yes another one!

8inch square

Inspired by Suzanne's big cards. I now have to make a wrapper for it.
This is for my daughter to give to her friend. I will have to work on one from me later.
I have been deliberating on this card for days. I liked the image but wanted the card to have a modernish? look. Hubby has just said that he doesn't like the pink at the bottom :-( The aqua colour matches Louise's decor so I hope she likes it.





I think I've been quite generous in using FD's and a tassle.

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Yet another 40th

A5 side opening.
Yes, another one!!!
There are so many to do this year.






BG paper Gina Miller Summer Sorbet, hand cut 40. Printed greetings on computer, torn and inked (Sand beige)edges. Finished with satin ribbon and a FD.

And another...

This is the one for my nephew.






I can't remember what BG I used, it was some I had already printed off.
I thought it would be OK as it is not too feminine.
Finished with border peel-offs, punched leaves and raffia knot.

TaDaaa, yet another 40th card

I'm way ahead with this one.
Tis for another of daughter's friends and I thought her birthday was early September but it is not til November 5th.
Well, heyho, that's one down, 3 to go.
The next one coming up, same template, is for my nephew's 40th on Monday.
It is OK doing girly cards cos I like to add flowers but what to put on a fella's one is more of a problem.

40th again

A 15cm square card










I've made this for daughter's friend from us.
Weeeheee, I've done some decoupage, 3 layers!!!
The BG papers are Verena Karoli Designs.
Circles made with c/bug and the insides swapped around.
I'm pleased with this - the little flower on the image compliments the BG paper a treat.

Another 40th card

A5 concertina.
It feels like this is the biggest card I've ever made!
It is for daughter to send to another of her good friends.









I used Sweet Pea papers from Gina Miller, flora doodles, c/bugged no:, nestie ovals and name. I added one of the lovely butterflies and organza ribbon from Joann Sheen.
Random stamped butterflies on the back.
The tag on the 2nd page has a quote from a card in Sept issue of Making Cards mag and the tag on the 3rd page has the greeting and a space for signing.

Another 40th card

Another 40th card for another of daughter's friends. Orange and yellow are not usually the colours I go for but I found the image somewhere and liked it soooo, I printed it off on to a piece of card that I'd put through the CB Swiss dots embossing folder. I made a tag using Metal Magic I bought on Saturday from Colemans. I had a lovely time watching Debbi Moore demoing it and just had to get some. Added a couple of Flora Doodles and a bit of 'bling'.
Quite happy with how it turned out.