21st Birthday Easel

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Hello and a welcome to new friends, it is really lovely to see you here :)

I am full of cold and the house is full of kitchen. I am having a new one installed and it was delivered Saturday morning. The electrical items are in the dining room, the cupboard units in the garage and the contents of the kitchen are filling the bedrooms plus some stuff in the living room. What a mess - such a heap of it for such a small kitchen!!!
On the bright side it means we'll be eating out a lot, LOL.

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This is a 21st birthday commission for a friend who's granddaughter is studying fashion and photography at uni.
She (my friend) likes easel cards and the scrolls so at least I had a starting point. The rest took a bit of thinking about but I got there in the end.

The cameras are printed on photo paper and are two shaped layers for a little extra interest.  The scroll is, as usual, printed on to parchment type paper distressed around the edges.

Challenges
Totally Papercrafts - easel cards
Fab 'n' Funky - #162 - add a sentiment
One Stop #220 - anything goes




Thank you for stopping by and the much appreciated comments on previous posts :)
Cheers me dears!


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CACB #70 - Easel Cards

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Crafty Ann's Challenge #70

Easel Cards/Projects

I haven't made an easel card in quite a while and enjoyed making this one.

I love the Poinsettia with Script digi and the best thing is that it is pre-coloured - such a bonus if you are strapped for time.
I love the other colours too but went with this green border one for my card today.

This beautiful  backing paper is from the Traditional Christmas Scrapbook Kit.  It really is the most gorgeous red.
I finished the card simply, with just a red organza bow.

I hope you will join in this challenge with your easel cards.
The DT have some gorgeous designs for your inspiration over at Crafty Ann's so do pop over to see them.




I'd also like to enter
PaperPlay Challenge  #29 - Christmas in July
Christmas Card Challenge #33
Crafter's Companion #26 - ho ho ho Christmas
Creatalicious #36 - Christmas in July
Delightful Challenges - Christmas in July
Digital Tuesday  #169 - all tied up
Hooked on Crafts #22 - Christmas in July




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Cheers me dears


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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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Cheers me dears

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Top Ten of 2010

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Some of my favourites of last year....hopefully a mixture of styles....I have resisted choosing ALL vintage and flowerey...although it was difficult, hahaha

 

 

 

Thank you for stopping by and 

Best Wishes for a Happy & Healthy 2011

Cheers me dears

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New Baby #3

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Caardvarks  - sadly their Final Challenge - Monochromatic

Image - Baby Love, Joanna Sheen
Papers - Sprout collection from Shabby Shoppe
Seam binding ribbon from My Wedding Party  and flowers

Thank you for stopping by and recent lovely comments - every one is totally appreciated
Cheers me dears :-)

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70th Birthday

For hubby

I had a look around for a sketch to use and found this was just what I wanted at

Inspirational Card Sketches  challenge # 72


7inch Easel card

It is a wonder I finished this today. I had nothing but interruptions from hubby this morning. He was replacing the outside tap and I was up and down a dozen or more times turning the water on and off. - and 'could I fetch this and fetch that'. Then he kept hovering.... looking at what I was doing - on purpose I'm sure, just to wind me up....grrr...I had to suggest he sat out in the garden.
Only got 3 more to make, unless I throttle him first. :-)

BP's - Summer Driggs - Fathers and Fedoras
Nellie frame
4 silver brads

Thank you for stopping by :-)

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CACB #18 - Shaped Easel - DT card

The challenge this fortnight is

Shaped Easel 
(any shape except square or rectangular)

I have used one of Ann's free templates which can be found on the challenge blog
The Backing Papers are from Polished Stone Pastels and Embossed Dots Earth Tones collections.
The short petal flowers are printed on to one of  Mottled Stone collection 2 - you might guess one of my favourite patterns at the moment :-)
I have glittered the edges of the flowers with glitter glue and the centre of the large flower is filled with Cosmic Shimmer Glitter Flakes. The flourish has been Glamour Dusted so this is quite a sparkly creation
My granddaughter has claimed this for her friend's birthday so I added a greeting to personalise it for her.

A closer view of all the sparkle

You can find the challenge and some inspiration from the the lovely Design Team cards here .

I hope you will be able to join in with us this time.

I would also like to enter this for 
Creative Card Crew #53 - Easel Card
Pollycraft Monday Challenge #50 - Pinkalicious
Tuesday Morning Sketches #52 - Sketch
Magical Crafts #18 - Flower Power


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Daughter's Card - Take 2

I've made another card for my daughter.

This follows the Charisma Cardz challenge 7 sketch








Papers - free from Making Cards mag
Image - Crafts-u-print
Love stamp - Dovecraft
Nellie's Multi frames - Cutting Edge Crafts
Doily, pearls, flowers etc from stash

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18th Birthday

A5 size easel

I didn't expect I'd win the Floral Fantasies fab Big Shot prize....and didn't...well done to Emma, who did :-)
I didn't expect my freezer to conk out on Saturday night either...and it did :-(
Ooooo, just think of all the goodies I could have bought with the money I've had to dish out for a new one.

The good news is.....
Yippee...I have found a new crafty buddy, Teresa. I am hoping we can arrange some crafty afternoons together.
She is a friend of my daughter Jo's in-laws. I've met her a few times when she
pops in with her two little doggies and it happened that I'd taken the Kingfisher card for Jo to see and Teresa was quite impressed with the easel style, and found that she is a cardmaker too.

Now, how about this for a compliment.....even though she makes cards herself, she asked me to make her a card for her grandson's 18th.

He is a fan of Northampton Saints RFC so I've made this with the Saints badge as the BP.



The teams colours are green, gold and black so no worries about colour choice, but it was quite a fiddle to get the badge to fit the BP size.
The rugby ball is shaped and fixed with silicone to give it shape.

I followed the sketch at Cards for Men and missed the deadline....but the current challenge is 'Green'.... how fortunate is that
The theme at Charisma Cardz is Male so a fit here again too.

Thank you for stopping by and for all the lovely recent comments....I really appreciate them all. I hope to see you again soon :-)

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Carol's Sketch Fun

Carol has provided a lovely sketch here Carol's Sketch Fun 20 this week and I've used it for this valentines card for my daughter to give her husband.

Daring Cardmakers challenge this week is - Have a Heart
Cute Card Thursday 99 - In the Name of Love!

This is a really grotty pic :-(...must be one of my worst...nothing looks straight and the 'stop' is the same paper as the three tags.

This is an A5 size easel card....I know most of them are square but thought I'd try a different size for a change.



I hope Carol doesn't mind that I have swapped the oval for a heart but I think everything else is is order.

I can't add to the description of this as the BP is out of my file of already printed digi papers...I am still being good and using up my stuff

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The Kingfisher

150mm

Yet another easel card....I think I may be slightly adddicted to these :-)

I've made this in response to a request for a card for someone who loves kingfishers.
I have to agree they are such delightful birds.

I've kept it simple...just this delightful image matted on to silver holographic mirri card and fixed with foam tape.
The BP is a freebie from Jak (Crafters Kitchen), gold leaf.
I opened it in Photoplus and 'cut out' a square, pasted it into my DTP prog and put a frame around it in this pretty blue. This is a neat way and doesn't waste paper with matting and of course also saves on printer ink.

I still think it needs something more but can't think what....flowers and ribbon don't feel right....so unless someone can come up with a bright idea... this is it.




I added an extra layer to the kingfisher and he really looks like he is sitting on the branch




Thank you for stopping by.... see you again soon :-)

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Another Easel Card

My second easel card.

I have made this for
Crafty Ann's challenge 6 - Embossing

Cute Daisy May challenge - Flowers and Ribbon, (when I can get onto the blog....seems there is something wrong there at the moment)

I used the Allsorts sketch but missed the deadline for the challenge

I embossed the blue circle with Swiss Dots in my bug and heat embossed the border stamp with Seafoam white



Thanks for stopping by ...see you again soon, I hope :-)

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My First Easel card

Presenting my first easel card....ta-daaaa!!!

I have to say I am really happy with this...even though it took an age to make.
Lots of matting and layering...the sentiment is printed on some pearly paper and embossed with silver. There is a little silver embossed flower on the 'stop' but you can't see it in the pic.

I have used the sketch from Truly Scrumptious but forgot to use the optional colours and had chosen these lilac papers. Oooops, too late now.

A sideways view

A closer look

I have made this for grandaughter from her Mum & Dad...the sentiment gives a bit of a clue, lol.
Now it is finished I really don't think it particularly suitable...a bit too grown up for a 14yr old.
My excuse is that I couldn't make up my mind re. a nice image and I'm still not able to print anything new.
If I have time I might do another...I'll see what DD says tomorrow.

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