Twenty One - In the Pink

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This is for my dear Grandson's lovely partner.

Ingredients
Pretty rose patterned DP
SW Ursa die cut
Greeting circle made in Publisher
  matted with foam tape on to a larger
   iced snow glittered circle
A very scruffy seam binding bow with pearl button
Flat back pearls
 

I'd like to enter

In the Pink #79 ..........1 -2-3 (1 = die cut, 2 = circles, 3 = flat back pearls)
Seize the Birthday - border punches or dies *challenge winner.....yippee!
Everybody Art #338 - circles
Hiding in my Craft Room #219 - monochromatic



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Happy 75th Birthday

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A friend that hubby and I met in the Algarve many years ago is celebrating her 75th birthday.

Dies - New York Collection
Seam binding ribbon
Hand made stick pins



I was admiring the jewellery a lady named Sandie was making in her shop and she very kindly gave me some antique looking findings which I have used for the stick pins. She even put them in a storage box for me - how kind is that :)

 

 

Tomorrow I'm off for a little break for 9 days. Take care everyone, I'll catch up with you all when I get back.

 

 

 

Challenge

 Allsorts #312  -  happy birthday

 

 

 

 

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Happy Birthday Dear Daughter

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Ingredients
Memory Box die
Painted recycled flower
Lace
Ribbon
Bling
Twine

Instead of dying the flower with DI  like in my last post, I painted this one with some cheapo gold paint and applied a smidgen of gilding wax....

 

  ....adding some gold glittery flakes to centre.

 

 

 

 

 

I'd like to enter

Crafting Musketeers #25 - use a die cut

Crafts Galore - anything goes for May

Craftyhazelnuts Patterned Paper - May challenge

Everybody Art  #323 - happy birthday

 

 

 

 

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Blue Birthday

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For a lady who likes blue :)

She is known as Gerry hence the large gold stamped initial.
The flower was salvaged from a silk Christmas table decoration and I think it is a  Christmas Rose (hellebore) - it was white but think now that has been dyed it could pass for a blue poppy. The leaf came from some other silk flower arrangement.

Ingredients
Freebie paper
Ribbon
String/twine
Pearls
Net
Sue Wilson die

I tried to lighten the twine with white paint, It didn't turn out like I expected but I quite like the result.

I'd like to enter
Cardabilities #122 - sketch
4 Crafty Chicks #244 - anything goes
Crafty Ribbons   #118 - anything goes with ribbon




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Mothers Day

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For my lovely aunty

Inspired by Sue Wilson video tut - same dies, pretty paper instead of embossing folder !!

Pretty  flowery paper
Sue Wilson dies - Madison Sq, Herald Sq
Seam binding ribbon bow
Prima flower with flat back pearl
Other 'pearls' handmade with CS pva glue



I'd like to enter..
My Time to Craft - #283 - for a special lady
Country View - March challenge and 2nd blogaversary - anything goes
Crafting Musketeers #23 - ribbons and pearls



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A Sparkly Birthday

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Using new aquisitions
Sue Wilson's quilted flower EF - letterpress'd with DI - San Francisco die and sparkly embellie bought at Colemans demo
Lovely crinkly ribbon
Gold coloured gauze
Gold leaves from a birthday pressie
Iced snow glitter jewels


Challenges I'd like to enter

Crafty Girls #15 - anything goes
Simply Create Too #59 - no stamped images
Crafty Ribbons #85 anything goes....with ribbon
4 Crafty Chicks #190 - sentiment only
The ABC challenge-   J for just as you like
Crafty Catz #227 - B is for...bling, bow, blue
CAS on Sunday #31 -  a birthday to DIE for - use a die cut


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16th Birthday

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A quick post - my computer is poorly and Blogger doesn't like me :(

I've had this lovely image for a while and this is the first time I've used it and the first 'colouring in' I've done for ages.

Memory Box lavish branch
Seam binding bow
Pearly button
Colouring medium - copics

Challenges
A Day for Daisies #92 - pretty pastels
4 Crafty Chicks #188 - colour an image
Divas - anything goes & birthday blog hop
Crafty Girls #15 - anything goes
Crafty Ribbons #83 - anything with ribbon



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Mothers Day

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For my dear, lovely, special Aunty, my Mum's sister and a second mum to me since I was a baby and even more since my dear mum passed away 27 yrs ago.

Memory box dies - tessatina border, lavish branch, pipi butterfly
Frame - Spellbinders curved rectangles
New 'Happy' die from Joanna Sheen 
The pearls are dots of appli glue. I've had this for yonks and am just about getting the hang of making reasonable looking 'pearls' since I watered it down. I still need practice though, LOL.

Challenges I'd like to enter
My Time to Craft #240 - special lady/mothers day
CYP #206  - mothers day/for the ladies
A Gem of a Challenge #115- special lady/mothers day
The Crafters Cafe #55 - make a square card



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Birthday

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I'm showing off my lovely new Memory Box dies. When I first saw them I was surprised and a little concerned  to see how thin they are. As it turns out I am well impressed, they cut like a dream....methinks I'll have to save up for more, lol.

The fern and butterflies have been cut from pearlescent card.
The two DP's are from the Bearly-Mine vintage collection and the flower a BM freebie from years back.
The stamped sentiment, from a set I won recently, is embossed with gold detail EP but "AMY" is peel-off letters which were silver (all I had) and coloured with gold dabber.

Oh, and my other new item is the Kaisercraft 'sparklet' on the bow

Challenges I'd like to enter
Bearly-Mine #107 - ribbon/string/twine
Card Mania #31 - pastel colours
Crafty Ribbons #65 - butterflies



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Our Little Sweetheart

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She is so tiny...weighed 5lb at birth, which is not bad considering she was over 3 weeks early.

 For those of you who haven't read my previous post.......NO! she is not mine, lol.

This is from DD and SIL, the proud Grandparents, using the favourite photo of the moment. 

8" square

I made the frame from some embossed card (CB textile folder) it is layered on the photo with foam tape and has a tiny bit of sparkle on some of the raised parts.

The pretty rose BG paper is , once again, from Far Far Hill. I'm  using lots of roses for the baby cards as their surname is Rose :)

The corner triangle sentiment and greeting were computer generated, matted on to pearlescent card with more sparkle on the edges and fixed with foam tape. The Vines of Passion heart is cut from same card. The tattered muslin was dyed with Spun Sugar DI.

I have noticed the triangle, bottom right, looks skewy although no-one noticed it IRL. Serves me right for taking a wonky pic

 

ONE handmade rose and the other roses also dyed with the same DI.
A seam binding bow and bling and that is it.

 The inside is similar to that of my previous card using the same paper as the front. It was presented in a simply decorated box.


Challenges
Crafty Ribbons #64 - anything with ribbon
Pan Pastels #39 - anything goes - Whooopppeee - one of the top 3 picks!
That Craft Place - baby


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A New Baby.....

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..............and a very special one too.

Our Great Granddaughter was born 3 weeks early on 29 September and this is the card I made from me and GGD to welcome the little lady to the world  :)

This sooo sweet LOTV image is just right isn't it! The delicious lace is from Funkie Junkie Linda's boutique.
and I was lucky enough to find the white organza ribbon languishing in my ribbon drawer along with the ribbon that links the two panels.
The flowery BG paper is from Far Far Hill.

One handmade flower, the rest from WOC, all painted with iridescent medium for a lovely shine and my trusty leaf punch to compliment the leaves on the image - not much like them though are they. lol.

The inside....

8" square and presented in a simply decorated box.


Challenges
LOTV - anything goes
That Craft Place - baby
Cards Galore - October challenge - flowers
Oldie but a Goodie - bingo -  3 lines!! - 1 diagonal, 2 across, 3 down - old punch and organza ribbon
Lexi's #100 - pink
Pan Pastels - anything goes
Crafty Ribbons #64 - anything goes with ribbon



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18th Birthday

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This young lady is a dedicated and quite talented dancer and has ambitions to be a dance teacher.

Ballet shoes image - forget where this is from
Hand cut #18 sparkled up with glitter and popped up with foam pads.
Stick pin
Tulle
Muslin
Gorgeous silky ribbon bow
Handmade flower
BP free from craft mag

I'd like to enter
Polkadoodles #38 - candy colours
Crafty Ribbons #62 - anything with ribbon
4 Krafty Girlz #2 - anything goes
The Ribbon Reel #62 - pretty in pink
Cards Galore  - Sept Challenge - colour combo
RRR #80 - shabby chic with ribbon




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New Baby Boy

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Hello peeps, it's so good to be back.
Once again - not so much MIA but OOA, but feeling more my 'old' self at last, LOL.

How about this little cutie - isn't he a sweetheart.  He has been 'in the world' a while and this is rather late for his Mummy and Daddy to be receiving congratulations. As they say....better late than never.
My DIL has been so patient wating for me to get this done for her friends.

.....don't you just LOVE that 'smile'.

I'd like to enter
Totally PaperCrafts # 185 - 'happy birthday baby' or new  baby
Crafty Ribbons #62 - anything with ribbon
Diva's - anything goes





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Sympathy

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Hello all,
 How  pleased I am to be back in blogland.
I am fortunate to hardly ever be ill but my word...I was  laid low for five days with a nasty dose of gastroenteritis.
Fortunately I recovered well enough to attend the funeral of our friend on Tuesday.  Marion, her husband and family too,  suffered the cruel effects of Alzheimers for the past four years.
Our two families share many happy memories over 30+ years with our jaunts in our touring caravans and other holidays.


As this was a male sympathy card I didn't want it to look tooo girly and kept it simple.

A closer look

I'd like to enter this for
Bloggers - to die for
4 Crafty Girlz #1 - anything goes
Bearly Mine #102 - anything goes
Country View Crafts #7 - layers



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Diamond Anniversary

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Commission for niece's  in law's parents.

Dies - vines of passion painted with iridescent medium
        - radiant rectangles plain oval
Seam binding ribbon
Woc rose
Handmade flowers
Handmade monogram
Muslin
Crystal gems

The BG paper is the same as used on the Wedding Card posted  two weeks ago with the lovely 'photo invisible' pattern..

A WOC rose and two handmade - seam binding bow and glitzy heart button

I made these little flowers on the RHS to represent the flowers in the bride's hair which I think are stephanotis. I used a star punch on some plain paper painted with iridescent medium.

I'd like to enter these challenges
Polkadoodles #33 - have a heart
It's all About the Vintage #50 - summer flowers
DoCrafts - congratulations
Papertake - occasion-ally
Crafty Ribbons #57 - use 3 - die cuts, flowers, gems
Pennys - lace or ribbon or both


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Wedding

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The happy couple were married in Cyprus and are having another celebration this weekend for friends and family who were not able to attend the actual ceremony.

I have used two of my recent purchases....the first is the lovely Spellbinders Vines of Passion die which  I found difficult to cut from card even with a wax paper layer. The base layer is gold mirri card.
The second die is the plain oval from Radiant Rectangles and the sentiment is computer generated.

The BG paper has a subtle floral pattern on it........so subtle that you can't see it here!!

The gorgeous silky ribbon bow is topped with a glitzy glass button with a pearl to disguise the holes.  Some beautiful lace and extra bling in the top corners and that is it.....elegantly CAS don't you think :)

Challenges
Crafts 4 Eternity #135 - here comes the bride
4 Crafty Chicks #153 - bling
Cuttlebug Mania - clean and simple
Crafts and Me #139 - anything goes
Cardabilities #80 - sketch
PCJ - punches and/or die cuts
Craft-Dee BowZ - anything goes with a handmade bow
Natalie and Amy - celebrate something



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Happy Memories

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Happy 20th Wedding Anniversary to my dear daughter and son in law

I used the lovely sketch from Cardabilities.  I think it is just right for this as it is not too fussy for a man's card.

I started with matt gold paper and stamped the floral branch, from an oriental set from Joanna Sheen and embossed with PM  Seafoam white EP to create the BG.
The white heart is painted with irridescent medium
- the banners handcut
- hessian/burlap ribbon from Linda's Funkie Junie Boutique
- gold cord bow.

Challenges
Cardabilities #78 - sketch
Docrafts- anything goes
Joanna Sheen - don't be square (rectangle :)
The Ribbon Girls - add a bow
LOC #9 - Sentiment on the front
Polkadoodles #27 - make your own background


Thank you for stopping by today and your lovely, much appreciated comments on previous posts

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Wedding

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Hello lovely friends :)
 
These must be the worst photo's I've ever taken of a card and unfortunately I can't try again as it was collected on Friday for the wedding on Saturday.
This must also be a record  for the time it has taken to do this blog  post.....this computer is ancient and is driving be bonkers !!

The brief for this card was cream, silver, a touch of purple with a birdcage theme so out came this super die cut from the lovely Sarah at Craft all Day.   I used a silver dabber on it which gave it a nice rustic look.

The main BP has a pretty flowery, slightly embossed design on it.  I made the flowers from this too.
The torn panel is embossed with an M-Bossabilities folder.
The bird and cage, topped with a cream seam binding double bow and heart shaped button are layered  on to muslin

It took three goes to make the envelope, lol.  
I didn't want more ribbon as a pull for the message so I 'sparkled up' a heart and added a small gem instead. I used stickles Diamond  and it shows pink here :/

The flower 'arrangements' are a mix of Marianne Creatables dies and flowers from stash

Challenges I'd like to enter.....
Delightful Challenge - wedding and anniversary
Heck of a Challenge - bingo - ribbon. die cut, bird
HIMCR #102 - die cuts
Country View Crafts #9 - die cuts



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A Flying Visit.

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Oh, my!! it's been a long time since my last post and this is a one-off for now 'cos I will be off on holiday on Saturday morning so will be busy getting ready for the off :)

The kitchen is in working order, phew, about time too, just a cupboard to make to fit over the eyesore of a boiler.

This is the first card I've made since the end of March and I'd like to enter.........

4 Crafty Chicks #142 - birthday
Crafting for all Seasons #52 - think pink
Delightful Challenges - bingo - patterned paper, die cuts, flowers
Crafty Bloggers Network #11 - O's and X's - die cut, flowers, ribbon
Challenges 4 Everyone #20 - anything goes

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Friends Anniversary

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We have encountered some problems fitting the new kitchen and are still in a BIG mess and I am VERY fed up!

I struggled to make this card (6"sq) for our friends anniversary tomorrow, because the fridge is taking up most of the space in my work area and my PC has a dodgy connection and the screen keeps going off, boo hoo.

It is our Golden Wedding Anniversary on Saturday (tomorrow, same as our friends) and I haven't even made a card for hubby.......how bad is that :(


More flowers made with my new die.........I think I am getting better at these.
The stick pin is from WOC - papers from Far Far Hill - ribbon from Linda's, Funkie Junkie Boutique  - lace and button from stash

Challenge
HIMCR #90 - happy anniversary


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