16th Birthday

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Commissioned by DIL for her niece

Image - Charmed Cards
BP's -  free in September's Making Cards mag
Ribbon with silver edging from cheapo store 2yrs ago
Flower reassembled with a Laura Ashley brad

Challenge
Sketch n Stash #76
Totally Papercrafts #96 - anything but Christmas
Cute Card Thursday #194 - anything goes
Stampavie & More #157 - easel cards



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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.

Thank you for stopping by and for all the lovely comments left recently. You wouldn't believe how much I appreciate them :-)


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Key of the Door

8inch square

A 21st birthday comission

Another biggie.
I enjoyed making this but spent too much time faffing around as to what papers to use...this seems to be the norm lately.
I have also had to make a wrapper again as I don't have envelopes for this size.

I have used the lovely sketch at Carol's Sketch Fun 18
Icy Wincy Designs want to see buttons, bows, ribbon, and lace!!!!
A Spoonful of Sugar challenges us to layering.
At Dottie's World the theme is leaves. There are also leaves on the BP.
Raise the Bar - use something given to you....the key charm
Pile it On - Warm Wishes




I used one of the gorgeous charms I won from Crafty Catz...I can be generous, after all, it is a special card :-)



A funny coloured pic of the number 21 cut from gold mirri card and a handmade flower.




Image - Madison from Charmed Cards
Papers - Susan's Crafty Chaos
Flowers - made from paper from Audrey Jean's Antique Rose collection
Roses - Wild Orchid Crafts
Charm - blog challenge win
Lace & Ribbon - from my stash

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50th birthday and MMSC9

A5

I have had a lot of 'special' birthday cards to do this year and this one for the wife of the steward of the club we go to every two weeks. She has had a serious health problem this year and fortunately, I'm happy to say, has made a good recovery.

I thought the MMSC9 sketch was perfect for this card and really enjoyed using it





Digi image is Madison from Charmed Cards and I have coloured her dress to match the BP as near as I could.
I really love this image for celebratory cards and am in danger of being boring by using it so many times.

I added a little bit of sparkle to the flowers and the shoes are coloured with gold Pentouch. The '50' is discretely hidden in one of the flowers, lol, and the colouring in this pic is maddeningly distorted. Darn'd camera!!



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60th card and Sketch & Stash challenge 10

A5

This is the third and last 60th card, for now at least.
It is from me for my friend and neighbour across the road who celebrates her big day tomorrow.



I have used this weeks sketch from Sketch and Stash. I like this one a lot. It was fairly easy to make it fit A5 landscape.



The delectable Madison is wearing a different dress in this one.
Well! a girl can't be seen in the same dress twice in one week, can she? LOL

The BP's are from one of my favourite collections from DAISIE, Spring Romantic designed by Doreen Stolz.
A few flowers, pink gems, organza and satin bow, a very discreet No:'60' peeloff from my neglected peeloff stash and some pearly stamens that were gathering dust.
The bow on the flower is made from a piece from a roll of fine net I was given last year. Would look better on darker coloured flowers.




The inside is fairly plain.



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Sketch and Stash challenge 6

I needed a nice sketch like this to make a Mothers Day card for Grandson to give to his Mum.



Once again I have used some of my stash of BP's. I am trying to use up as much as possible instead of keep printing off new stuff each time.
The image is a new ready coloured one from Charmed Cards.






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'So Chic' Madison

A5 side opening



A lovely sketch again this week from Friday Sketchers - challenge 41 and I have used it as inspiration for a birthday card for my niece.



I have coloured 'So Chic' Madison, digital download from Charmed Cards with copics and made a flower embellishment.
Isn't she just delighful!!!
I do like these digital downloads, and will be expanding my collection.



The theme for March over at the Joanna Sheen forum is flowers so this will fit that one too.




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