Party flamingo

Flamingos are still very much on trend (thank goodness).

This cool fella makes for the perfect birthday card.  I had a lot of fun making this card.

Fabulous 50

I really don’t need an excuse to make a card (or anything really) but 50 does make me want to make.

The dies for the card a set but I can’t remember the brand.  The numbers are from my 5cm tall alphabet and numbers set.  I used the letter set to make the banner (see below).  I coloured the letters and numbers with Promarkers.

London

My goodness, it’s been a while since my last post (sorry).

A dear friend of ours was away from home for his birthday.  He was going to be in London for his special day.  It was quite easy to find a theme for his card.

Dies used: XCut - Build a scene London XCU503158, Clouds – brand unknown

Tool Time

This was made for a keen DIY’er.

The tools were cut from white card using my tool set die and coloured with Copics/Promarkers.

The card blank was embossed using the Cuttlebug A2 embossing folder Swiss Dots – #37-1604.

Birthday Flamingo

Flamingo's are still so on trend for 2018 and was perfect for a birthday card for a dear friend.

The card blank was embossed with my “happy birthday” embossing folder.  The flamingo’s hat (and legs) were coloured with Promarkers.

First birthdays of the New Year

I am quite in love with the circle word dies and I’m sure they will become one of this year’s favourites.

Guitar time

I made this for a guitar mad friend.

I am a big fan of the half cut (see here for a little tutorial).  It gives added dimension and is a much under rated technique.

The guitars were cut from patterned paper using Yvonne Creations Guitar die #CDD10023.  The front was embossed with a circle embossing folder.

Cats (again)

I loved making this card (see here), that I just had to make it again (sorry).

Football fan

I made this for a friend’s son, who loves football.

The card blank is embossed with a happy birthday embossing folder.

Cats

As my regular readers know, my cats feature on my blog from time to time.  I like cats and I like making cat cards!

Both cards are made in the same style but the top one has a frame.  They are made using the paper piecing technique.  The squares are hand coloured using Promarkers and Copics.  The greeting computer generated and printed on white card.

Little girl birthday

A birthday card for a little girl.  I used my lacy square dies for the background.  The stamp was coloured with Copics.

Vintage style

A dear friend of mine loves vintage style.  I wanted to make a vintage styled card and came up with the idea of a vintage style dress.
I cut the dress form (mannequin) from burlap paper to give it some texture.  The dress form was trimmed top and bottom, just to leave the body.  I cut a second complete one from white card.  Die used:  Sizzix Bigz Sewing Room #657186.  I coloured the base with Copics.
I then made myself a dress pattern to fit the dress form, which I found quite fiddly, but I got there in the end.  The necklace is made from self adhesive pearls.
The card blank was embossed using my big dots embossing folder from craft Sensations.

Birthday Panda

Made in exactly the same way as the get well pandas (see previous post), with the addition of an embossed “Happy Birthday” square.

Sax man

My card for Dh for his birthday.

Although the photo doesn’t really show it, the sax is “free standing”.   I part cut the die on the card blank, so that when the front was folded, it would release the sax.  I then cut the sax man again from white card and carefully glued it in place.

Man style

A birthday card for a dear friend.  As my regular readers know,  I have a “thing” about cards for men . . . . so much so that I end up with creative block, panic and a conviction that I cannot come up with an idea!

I used my new die to shape the front of the card and again for the white card.  This was embossed with my big dots embossing folder by Craft Sensations.  The hat, glasses and moustache are from a men's collection but I’m not sure of the brand.

Birthday time

For an adorable 3 year old.

The card blank was embossed with my big dots embossing folder from Craft Sensations.  I coloured the elephant and ‘3’ with Copics

On trend

Flamingos are so on trend this year and I’ve been waiting for the chance to use my new flamingo die (I think I will be using it as much as possible from now on!!)  I needed a card for my dear friend for his birthday (oh dear -  a card for a man again!).

As usual, the greeting was computer generated an printed on white card.  The card blank was embossed using Sizzix Textured Impressions Hearts #4 – #656797.  I used metallic tape across the middle of the card blank to give extra interest.  The oval was cut using Sizzix Framelits oval #657563.  The flamingo legs and beak were coloured using Copics and a black self adhesive pearl was used for the eye.  The wing was mounted with foam pads.

Butterfly birthday

A birthday card for a dear friend who loves butterflies.

The butterflies were cut using Sizzix Thinlits dies - butterflies, Intricate #659971

The front edge was cut using a wave border die (sorry, brand unknown).

For a fellow dancer

Making cards for our dance friends is always a bit challenging.  If possible, I keep to some sort of dance theme.

This one was made using Sizzix card, diorama, gatefold set #660845
I cut an aperture in the card and used tissue paper over the top.  The lady was a Joanna Sheen signature die - Latin Dancers #SD271

60 years on earth

This card is pretty much self explanatory  . . . . .

The card blank was embossed with the Cuttlebug A2 embossing folder Swiss dots #37-1604

The ‘60’ was cut from white card using the Joy! Crafts alphabet & Numbers #6002/0139

I can’t remember the make of the world die (sorry x ) but this was cut from a blue pearly card and mounted on a white circle