Something a little different

I needed a birthday card for a spring birthday, so I thought I would try to do something with flowers.

I drew a shoe on a piece of white card and cut this out.  I then added the white flowers (using one of my many flowers punches).  I used 3d pearl paint for the centres.

A very special Christmas card

I really enjoyed making this special Christmas card.

The gold card blank is die cut using the square panel from the Sizzix die set #660845 – Thinlits plus Card, diorama Gatefold.  I use this die set a lot as it is so versatile.

The poinsettia is made using the Sizzix Thinlits die #658865.  Having assembled the card, I decided it needed a box to finish it off (oh, and it wouldn’t fit in an envelope!).

I find box making a bit of a challenge but this one was OK – I even managed an acetate window.

A Christmas birthday

A dear friend of ours celebrates his birthday on Christmas day.  I always aim to make him an unusual card, just so that it stands out from the Christmas cards.

 

The front of the card blank was shaped to form the top of the piano.  The keys were cut from white and black card and added to the card blank.  The roses are hand made, fiddly to do but oh-so worth it.

With love

One of my favourite techniques – Pergamano.

This was made for friends to let  them know we cared.

60 years young

A friend of ours has just turned 60!  She is a lovely lady and we have been friends for a long time.  I wanted to make a special card and gift to celebrate the occasion. 

The flowers are made using a Sizzix sizzlits die, flower, bloom with leaves (#658501),the basket was a Sizzix Bigz die, egg & wire basket (#658960)  and the tag from the Sizzix sizzlits tag set small, crescent tag (#654487).  The number was a silver peel-off.

I decided to make our friend a wrap, similar to one that I had made for myself last year  (which was much admired by my friend).  I changed the pattern around a bit and made the edging different, so that it was completely unique.

Thank you time again – part 2

    
I made 2 of these dancing shoes.  The shoe was a Christmas decoration but it is sparkly enough to be a dancing shoe.  The flowers are made from vellum using the following Sizzix Thinlits:  Fuchsia (#658858), Rose & Rose Bud (#658411).
The lion was made from a kit, the mug & hat were shop bought.  The letters on the lion’s paws were cut from felt using a Joy Crafts die – alphabet & numbers (#6002/0139)

Thinking of you

I wanted to let friends know that I was thinking of them.  I wanted a cheerful (in an understated way) card.  I chose my colours carefully and was pleased with the result.

Flower Birthday

I love making flowers from parchment paper.  This design was from an old copy of Pergamano magazine.

Mother’s Day

Made especially for my MIL – I had to use the boy with the tulips stamp (‘cos we live in the land of tulips!).  The daffodils are made using my new flower punch and the centres are made from paper rolled around a cocktail stick. MIL loved it (phew!)