September – a busy month

September is a busy month around here: DS’ birthday, our anniversary, DH’s birthday and our friend’s birthday and they all fall within the space of two weeks.

We received  a lovely handmade anniversary card from our dear friends, Paul & Hazel.  Having just discovered the delights of owning a cuttlebug & big shot they are both coming up with some amazing creations (see previous post for DS’ birthday card).

   Isn’t this a stunning card – made by Hazel (Thank you!)

DH celebrated his birthday yesterday.  We got him up early so that he could open his presents and cards before he went to work.  In the evening we cooked him a lovely meal which was followed by drinks with the neighbours.

DH is a difficult so & so to make a card for let alone two!  As we are a cat mad house I decided to make him a cat themed card from me; and as DH is a Top Gear fan (like most men of a “certain age”) I decided to use a car theme for the card from DS.

The results:


I stuck strips of paper (alternating the colours) on a cat face shape that I had previously drawn & cut.  I then embossed it with my Tiny Bubbles Cuttlebug folder.  The nose is a heart shaped gem, the whiskers are gold peel-offs and the ears are cut from pink pearly paper.  I drew the eyes and mouth (which was a bit of a challenge as the surface was uneven due to the embossing!!).  

paul said...

We love the cat card you did for Mark brilliant. Intrigued as to the components used, the cat face shape and the card used?

1 October 2010 10:51

Lesley @ Krafted Keepsakes said...

Glad you liked the card - so did Mark (lol).
Will get back to you on how I made it. Watch this space . . . . . .

2 October 2010 02:00

Birthday boy

Yesterday we celebrated DS’ birthday.  Regular readers will know that he is a bit of a logo lover, so it has become a bit of a tradition (and challenge!!) to make his birthday cards incorporating the Converse logo.
This year, things were made easier as DS has developed a musical interest – he is an amazing drummer (mainly self taught, with some help from his school’s music teacher) and he is teaching himself the acoustic guitar.


The guitar card is actually 3D, although the picture doesn’t really show this.  I made the strings using a needle & thread.

DS also had another handmade card.  This is from our dear friends, Paul & Hazel and is one of Hazel’s lovely creations (or maybe Paul made it??).   Hazel recently got some new “toys” to create with.  See here for more of her (their??) creations.  I’m not sure who has been card making and therefore, who the credit should go to – I know it is Hazel’s hobby but also know, from reading Paul’s blog, that he couldn’t resist having a go too!

Anonymous said...

 

So glad Sam liked the card ...just read his email to us. Had a little chuckle over the mystery who did it..lol well new toys can be boys toys as well (big clue). Now the cards have been recived I'll add photos to my blog over the weekend when all will be revealed.

24 September 2010 23:41

Fishy goings on . . . .

It seems that my two plecs have been getting down & dirty.  When I turned the tank light off tonight I saw something strange in the tank – further investigation revealed a cluster of eggs!

The eggs can be seen in the picture, just next to the plant pot and with “daddy” plec keeping a watchful eye over his babies to be.  Isn’t nature wonderful?