Birthday Aunty

Still using the postage stamp set (see previous post for details), this time I actually used the rubber stamp that was in the set.  The butterfly, background and stamp frame were coloured using Copics and again the card blank was embossed with the flourish embossing folder 658280 and again, swiped with a sepia ink pad

Anniversary

Friends of ours recently celebrated their 7th wedding anniversary.  Having fallen in love with my new Sizzix goodies, I wanted to use the postage stamp set again.  I took a wedding photo of theirs, recoloured it in sepia, resized to suit and then printed this onto card.  I embossed a pearly gold card blank using the Sizziz Textured Impressions  flourish & postcard set 657666.  I swiped a sepia inkpad over the embossing to make it stand out a little more.  The postage stamp was cut using the Sizzix Framelits with stamps set, postage stamps 658295 and a gold peel-off number 7 was added in the corner. 

Thank you’s

At the end of the dance year, I always make thank you cards for our dance teacher and the lovely lady that helps him.

I always try and fit a Union Jack in the design somewhere, as we are his only English students, and this has become a bit of a standing joke.

Both cards had a “gold” theme, as it had been our gold star exam year.

Dies & embossing folders used:

Sizzix Bigz Union Jack - 658296  Sizzix Framelits Frames, Decorative #3  - 657939    Sizzix Framelits Hearts #2 – 657574 Cuttlebug A2 embossing folder Thanks – 37-1134.  The stamp is a Dutch one – Dirk & Dientje (coloured with Copics)

Father’s Day

I have been waiting to try my new stamp and embossing folders.  For a first attempt, I was pleased with the result.  The folder used was Sizzix Textured Impressions Embossing & Stamp Set, Postage & Frame 657857

I also wanted to play with my new die set.  The card was embossed using my Sizzix Textured Impressions embossing (& stamp) set Flourish 658280 but instead of using the stamp, I swiped the embossing with a sepia stamp pad.   The postage stamp was cut using my Sizzix Framelits with stamp set – Postage stamp 658295, but instead of using the stamp I generated the paw prints on the computer and coloured the background with Copics.

Dancing stars 2

Just over two weeks ago, DH and I took our gold star dancing exam.  Having had the pleasure of watching our son dance, we put our best foot forward and did our very best.

Well, we passed, with good marks and to top it all, we were the best 5th years overall in ballroom and Latin.  We were so pleased.

I had made a card for DH, to thank him for another wonderful year of dancing.

The dance season has finished for the year but we have a whole summer of dance cafés to look forward to – how lovely!