Happy Birthday Brother

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'Commission' from my daughter

I liked how this turned out :)

Various DP's
Raffia
Brad
Mix of die cut and punched stars

I'd like to enter
Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge - Sept - #2
Craft Your Passion - #279 - anything goes
Crafty Calendar - anything goes - #2



Thank you for stopping by today
Cheers me dears


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21st Birthday #2

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From me to dear grandson.
Another 8x8" card and this took me all day to make like the last one.  This is totally different to what I had in mind but I like it better than the project I had planned
I recently acquired some flimsy gold paper and glued it to a piece of card to make the numbers

Ingredients
Hand cut big gold numbers embossed with CB folder
Computer generated greeting scroll
Corners - SB lattice accents
Brads
Star punch
DP unknown/forgotten, had it printed off for a while

I'd like to enter...
Alphabet CB  - Y for years
Cut it Up   #63 - emboss
Cardz 4 Guyz #54 - anything goes
Dies R Us #18 - embossing folder
Dream it Up -  birthday wishes - January challenge
Tuesday Throwdown   #228 - embossing
 Crafts 4 Eternity    #210 - numbers
Country View - something new to you - gold paper!

 
Thank you for stopping by today and for all the much appreciated comments on my last post :)
Cheers me dears



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Mothers Day

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8" sq

A commission (lol) from my g/children for their Mum. This is bigger than intended because I printed the backing paper the wrong size. Being a cheapskate I didn't want to waste it so used an 8" card blank instead of  the 5 1/2"  -  however could that be considered being thrifty, duh.

The lovely paper is a freebie from Lenascrap a really beautiful collection.
Of course I didn't want to cover this up, it is so pretty, so the design is very simple.

Ribbon, lace and gold brads. The heart is digital made in PPx5

I bought this gorgeous sparkly button and the lace from the local market.

I made the faux 'nestie' in Serif PPx5. I don't have a real one so improvised.

 

Challenges

One Stop #173 - mothers day with ribbon

Saturday Challenge #176 - no image, just words

The Crafty Pad #161 - mum's the word

CYDA #40 - mothers day

Crafts 4 Eternity #62 - special mum

Crafty Catz # 124 - mothers day

Dream Valley #27 - mothers day

Let's Craft & Create #40 - buttons and bows

Lexi's #60 - mothers day

OCC - tic tac toe - pink, brads, flowers

Thank you for stopping by. Your comments are really appreciated.

Cheers me dears :)

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With Love

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8" square  - A commission from my niece for her fiance.

I've really enjoyed making this. It took me a while to decide on the papers and finally went for these from the Fathers and Fedoras kit by Summer Driggs.


The inspiration for this was influenced by ..... a challenge sketch from here (this is not near enough to enter) and here  + a design by Sue of Particraft fame +  the gorgeous gold panel by Linda the Funky Junkie.
I got really mucky with DI's and ink pads and  I only just managed to save my kitchen worktop from ending up gold embossed, lol.

 I hand cut a hole in the top layer by cutting  round the inside of a nestie circle - the ring is also cut from the same set. The paper was rather flimsy so I stuck it to some card to give it some substance. This layer is popped up with foam tape.

I made the gold panel  inside the hole by inking up a circle, embossing it with gold EP,  further dry embossing with the texture folder and finally ageing it with copper and black ink pads until I was satisfied with the result. Actually I was very proud of it and then went and covered it up with the sentiment. This was made as usual in Publisher.

 Men's cards can be awkward to embellish and I didn't want to go OTT.  I hope you think what I have done suits this
I grunged up TH flourish die, and added a brad with the fiance's initial - chunky gold thread.- a square of burlap and the brown rose...I hope he doesn't think that is too sissy, lol.

Another view

Challenges
Crafty Cardmakers #57 - heat embossing - Proud to say this card was chosen as winner!!
The ABC Challenge - E is for embossing
The Paper Shelter #42 - anything goes
PCJ - anything goes
Lexi's #54 - one for the lads
DYSU #48 - ribbon or anything you can tie
Allsorts #132 - going round in circles
Penny Black - december challenge - happy birthday


Thank you for stopping by
Cheers me dears


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November Birthday - Update

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This is something a bit different for me and I think it turned out well. I have used 3 different stamps on this, must be a record....for me.... lol.
The music is a Penny Black stamp, another is part of a large Docrafts stamp from the bargain bin at Colemans,  and the blue corner stamp from one of those small stamp collections.

I created the November calendar page in PPx2 and printed it on to BP.....I have done one for December too.....tore round the edges, sponged with chalk ink pad and highlighted the date of the birthday. I thought this was a nice touch :-)


Edit: Oooops, I have just noticed that I left in the 31 copied from the Dec calendar - everyone knows there are 30 days in November, lol. I will change it ASAP

Take 2 - mistake rectified!! I had to do the whole lot again as I had merged all  the layers on the first attempt and couldn't undo. Anyway, I think this one is much neater

Greeting printed and then cut with Nestie label and sponged with chalk ink pad. I cut 3 circles with my 1/4" hole punch, coloured them with the same ink pad, and shaped them to look like brads, then coated them with clear gloss finish. I had to add a bit of raffia


Colour Create challenge #58  - Inspiration pic - Robin Egg Blue, Sea Foam Green and Cream
Daring Cardmakers - We three........3 stamps, 3 'brads'
Hodge Podge Shop #4 - Anything Goes


Thank you for stopping by....
Cheers me dears :-)

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My second Christmas card

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I know, I know, I'm so well behind all of you out there.....as the title says this is only the second Christmas card but I did want to join in some challenges and they are either Halloween or Christmas so I went with the weekly challenge on

Magical Crafts Forum - (a recipe) who are encouraging us to make a weekly Christmas card

Ooh-la-la Victorian Christmas No: 39 and used the sketch at

Friday Sketchers No:75







You might recognise the image and BP.....from Joanna Sheen's Victorian Christmas CD.

It is very rare that I use CD's but I have been feeling a bit crook for a couple of days so went with the easy option and it is another one for my box :-)


Thank you for being here and if you can leave a comment it will make my day :-)

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Challenge

135mm square

I liked this weeks Sketch & Stash sketch so I used it to make a quick card.
It started off OK then I checked the sketch and saw that I'd forgotten to add ribbon across the centre....I managed to get the topper off.....fortunately I had used foam tape... but as I couldn't tuck the ribbon around the BP I've had to fix it with brads.
In the end it wasn't such a quick card. Teach me to look at the sketch properly next time, I hope :-)

The new stash is the image, details below.






Image - Incy Wincy Designs downloaded yesterday.
Papers - left overs from stash
Flowers - Prima, one coloured with Copic green

Many thanks for looking in. I hope you have time to leave a comment, it will be greatly appreciated

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Five Challenges

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My friend's birthday is not until Sunday but I made this last night because I'll be seeing her tonight and can give it to her then.

I made it to fit five challenges -

Rainbow Lady's Challenge - Four Corners
The Pink Elephant Recipe - 3 brads, 1 flower and designer paper
(Gina Miller,Larkspur & Linda Gil Billdal, Scrap Artist)
Our Creative Corner - Purple - the check paper looks blue but is actually purple!
Daring Cardmakers - Lots of bling
2 Sketches 4 You - The sketch







I'm entertaining 6yr old g/son today so I hope to grab a few minutes now to decorate and finish the inside while he is having his lunch and watching Indiana Jones.

Thank you for stopping by and for any comments you might want to leave :-)

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