A 'Dressy' Celebration!

My card today is one I made a few weeks ago for a friend who reached the grand age of 50! She's a very modern lady so I needed to make something a bit special and sparkly and this was the result. It uses the Dress Up Framelits with the dress made in Basic Black and the shrug in Silver Glimmer Paper. For the sentiment I inked part of a stamp from Create a Cupcake, the 'you're' is a stamp from Oh,Hello which I masked and inked in Stazon and the 50 was cut with the now retired Timeless Type Junior Alphabet dies.

Thanks for stopping by

Margaret x

 

A Special Birthday

Today's card is one I was asked to make for an ex-colleague who now lives and runs a hotel in the IOW. She left a few years ago but there are still several of us who remember her and still a fair few who go and visit her quite regularly. It needed to be quite large so we could all sign it and it ended up being an A5 card.
I used a white card blank along with Smoky Slate cardstock and ink - teamed up with Raspberry Ripple. The background is stamped with the lovely Hardwood stamp and the sentiment is from Memorable Moments, cut with a Labels Collection Framelit and matted onto a larger framelit. The larger flowers are Petite Petals punched with the co-ordinating punch and the small ones are from Banner Blast, punched with an Itty Bitty punch, with a few leaves from the Bird Builder punch. I added the recipients name which was cut out with the now retired Timeless Type Junior Alphabet dies and the ribbon is Basic Grey Taffeta (also retired!)

Thanks for stopping by

Margaret x

Today's card is one I made just before Christmas for a lad at the Special Needs School where I work. James has attended my after-school craft club since I started it 7 years ago, and I only remember him missing one week, so he has a special place in our hearts. He celebrated his 18th birthday the week before Christmas so we had birthday cake and this was the card I made for the after-school club staff and pupils to sign.
I used the, now retired, Timeless Type Junior Alphabet die to cut the letters from Night of Navy and the Glimmer paper stars were punched with one of the Merry Minis punches.

Margaret x

Little Girls Card

The last of my commissioned cards was one for the sister of yesterdays new baby! I used an image from the retired set, Everybunny, stamped in Staz-on and coloured with a blender pen. This was then punched with a Circle Punch and matted onto a Wisteria Wonder Scallop Circle. The '3' was cut from the Timeless Type Junior Alphabet dies (also retired) and the sentiment is from Bring on the Cake. A few Pink Pirouette butterflies cut from the Beautiful Wings Embosslits die were added just because a little girl has to have some pink!!

Margaret x

White Christmas

At LIM this week there is a Colour challenge of White on White but it must also be a Christmas card - so here is what I've come up with

A really simple 4" square card with the word 'merry' cut from the Timeless Type Junior Alphabet dies (now retired) and the 'christmas' stamped with the new Gold Metallic Encore inkpad. I added a few Basic Rhinestones and that was it!!
In hindsight I think the 'christmas' would have looked better in silver but I don't have the silver inkpad yet and I didn't have time to heat emboss - I have jobs to do and really shouldn't be spending my time on making cards this morning :0)
Hope you have a great weekend and I'm sure I'll be back for another go at this challenge very soon.

Margaret x

Less is More Sketch - Take 2

Do you ever have an idea in your head for a card and, when you've actually made it, you think it would have been better to have stayed in your head? Well this is one of those cards :0) Nothing at all like the picture in my head and not a card I like a great deal but thought I would show you anyway!
It is of course for the Less is More Sketch challenge (top right) and my second post of the day.
I started by making a mask from a sheet of copy paper using a Circles Framelit, then sponged Soft Sky and Pear Pizzazz to give a circle of colour. The image is from the Hostess set, Simply Sketched, coloured with Chocolate Chip and Pear Pizzazz markers, and the little tufts are grass are from Dinoroar (now retired). I cut out the sentiment from the Timeless Type Junior Alphabet dies (also retired) in Pear Pizzazz.

Thanks for stopping by, back soon

Margaret x

Door Plaque

Last of the pink & sparkly things for this week is a door plaque to match the card and money wallet I made for my Grandaughter.
Supplies are pretty much the same as I used for the previous two posts so I won't bore you with details. Made with a piece of chipboard that comes as packing with the Glimmer Paper - so a bit of 'upcycling' as well (which seems to be the latest fad!!)

Thanks for stopping by - back soon

Margaret x

Money Gift Holder

This is the money wallet I made to match yesterday's card. Made with the Pop'n'Cuts die, Pink Pirouette DSP (retired), cardstock and Taffeta ribbon, Itty Bitty Punch flowers.

The letters were cut from Silver Glimmer paper using the Timeless Type Junior Alphabet dies (also retired).
Tomorrow I will be showing you the door plaque I made - pink & sparkly again of course!
Hope you are enjoying what is probably the last little bit of summer - I think we'd better make the most of it !!

Margaret x

A Girly Bag!

I'm sorry I've been AWOL this week but the time has just flown by. What with prepping for my Craft Day next week, spending some time with my grandchildren and a bit of socialising thrown in, I haven't got round to blogging! Anyway just a very quick post from me today to show you a 'well done' bag I have made to mark a big milestone in my youngest grandaughter's life - the dummy has been thrown away!! So this bag will have come from the 'dummy fairy' :0)
I have used the retired Pretty in Pink DSP and cardstock for the bag, the initial from the (also retired) Timeless Type Junior Alphabet die, Bitty Butterfly punched vellum butterflies, the Boho Blossoms punch and, for the handles and the circle on the front, the brand new Circles Framelits.
That 'dummy fairy' must be a Stampin' Up! customer I reckon :0)
Come back tomorrow when I will be taking part in the ILWS New Catalogue Blog Hop - if I can find the time to make something to show you that is!!!!
See you soon x

Large Size Leaving Card

I can now show you the second 'large' card I was asked to make for a friend and work colleague who is leaving. The card blank was made from an A3 sheet of white card, folded to give an A4 card. I used Cherry Cobbler (a firm favourite of mine!) and stamped the flowers with a couple of images from Flower Shop - the larger ones were punched with the Pansy Punch and the smaller ones fussy cut with paper snips. I stamped some leaves with a stamp from Summer Silhouettes and diecut some with the Little Leaves Sizzlits die and added a few white blooms punched with the Boho Blossoms punch. The 'bye' was cut from some, now retired, DSP and Cherry Cobbler cardstock using the Typeset Alphabet Bigz dies and the name from the retired Timeless Type Junior Alphabet dies. A few stamped and punched butterflies from Papillon Potpourri were added to the top corner.
The photo bottom right is the bag/box I made to put the card in.
I will be back in the next few days to show you some of the small gifts I have made for the friends who are leaving this week. x

This is the first of two cards I have been asked to make for work colleagues who are leaving at the end of term. They are A4 size so there is plenty of room for everyone to sign. This one is made using Elegant Eggplant and Certainly Celery (now retired) and the large daisy was cut from the Daisy Die (now retired) with the smaller flowers punched with the Boho Blossoms and Itty Bitty Shapes punches. The leaves are made with the Little Leaves Sizzlits die and leaves punched from the Bird Builder punch and butterflies are a stamp from Papillon Potpourri, punched with the Bitty Butterfly punch. The sentiment is computer generated and the name is cut from the Timeless Type Alphabet Dies (also retired). The picture bottom right shows the bag I made to put the card in.
I will show you the second card when I've finished it!!!

Punch Art Super Heroes

 

As promised here is the punch art Super Heroes card I have made for my Grandson who will be five next week. At the moment he is Superman mad but is also quite keen on Batman and Robin. I found the punch art Batman & Robin on Splitcoaststampers done by someone called A.Fairchild. To my knowledge he/she has no blog so I cannot point you in any direction but that's who the credit must go to. Superman was found on a blog but the author did not not know who she had CASE'd it from so I am unable to credit the originator of this one.

It is made mainly with the Owl Builder punch (is there anything you can't make with this punch I ask myself!) but also uses the Extra Large Oval, Bird Builder and Circle punches. They are mounted onto frames cut with a die from the Labels Collection Framelits, paper pierced around the shape and the dots joined together with marker pens. The '5' is cut with the Typeset Alphabet Bigz die and the 'today' from the Timeless Type Junior Alphabet die (now retired).

That's all for now but I'll be back tomorrow to show you some little explosion boxes.

 

 

Pink and Sparkly

 Back today with something a little prettier than my recent posts. It is my Grandaughter's 4th birthday next week (4 going on 14!!!) and she likes all things pink & sparkly - unlike Granny who hates pink and is not so keen on sparkly either! Anyway this is the card I have made for her using Pink Pirouette, Whisper White and the Pennant Parade stamp set along with the Petite Pennants Punch. The number and letters were cut with the Timeless Type Junior Alphabet die and I embossed the edge of the Whisper White card with one of the Adorning Accents Embossing Folders. The sentiment and balloons are from retired sets and for the sparkle I added quite a few Basic Rhinestones.

Family Tree

 

  

Today I thought I would share a project I have been working on, something different but still using SU products. This is a photo Family Tree that applies to my son & daughter and spans 6 generations on my side and 5 generations on their Dad's side. For the background I used two sheets of 12"x12" cardstock - one in Chocolate Chip and the other in textured Crumb Cake which was cut at an angle and laid over the Choc Chip and then I filled in the two corners with squares of Chocolate Chip. I mounted some of the photos and cut others with either the Circle die or the Large Oval punch. The lettering is from the Timeless Type Junior Alphabet dies and the leaves are Little Leaves Sizzlits die or from the Bird Punch. I didn't want it to be too fussy so I left the decoration at that. I apologise for the watermark across my grandchildren's faces but, with the internet safety how it is today, I did this deliberately! This is just another example of how SU products co-ordinate beautifully and do not have to be used just for cardmaking :0)

Birthday Rosette

This is the birthday card I have made for my gorgeous grandaughter who is 2 tomorrow. I think it may be a little old for her and, under normal circumstances I would have spent ages making a punch art Peppa Pig (or some such thing) but, as you probably know, time is not on my side at the moment so this is what I came up with in the time I had. I made the rosette with Pretty in Pink DSP from the Subtles Paper Stack and then stuck on a fancy circle cut from the Perfect Pennants die and topped with a Scallop Circle punch. The number 2 was from the Timeless Type Junior Alphabet die and the ribbon tails are Pretty in Pink satin ribbon. The picture on the right shows the card in it's decorated acetate box. I will try to be back again soon but this week is going to be rather hectic what with the decorator in, work as well as back and forth to the hospital!

 

Firslty I must apologise for the lack of posts this week but, unfortunately, we have a bit of a family crisis at the moment and my time has been spent either at work or the hospital! However I have managed to grab a few minutes this evening to show you a card I was asked to make last week for someone who has just got a new job in the music industry. I used the Music Notes Wheel and ran this twice across the bottom part of Whisper White cardstock using Basic Black ink. Part of the sentiment was computer generated and the 'congratulations' was stamped, layered onto Basic Black cardstock and formed into a banner. I cut out the name using the Timeless Type Alphabet dies and glued this onto the music before layering onto Basic Black cardstock and adding a tiny silver brad at each corner before matting onto an A5 card blank.

I feel certain my posts will be a bit erratic over the next few weeks but as soon as things are sorted I'll be back on a regular basis as usual but, in the meantime, please pop by now and again. x

This is a card I have made for a friend's birthday with the Create a Cupcake set and punch which was available in the Spring Mini. I hope you can work out that it's for her 60th (there was no way I was going to make 60 cupcakes!). It was made using Early Espresso and Crumb Cake with the cake stand created with the Eyelet Border punch and the Large Oval for the base. The frosting was decorated with some Dazzling Diamonds and a Basic Pearl and the numbers cut with the Timeless Type Junior Alphabet Die.

Ruby Anniversary

Yesterday I was invited out for Sunday lunch some friends to help celebrate their Ruby Wedding Anniversary and they requested that, anyone wishing to, could make a small cash donation to a charity which is very close to their hearts rather than buy gifts. Whilst I was more than happy to do this I couldn't let the day go by without a small gift so I bought them a bottle of bubbly (only telling you this so you know what the tag is for!)

The card is one that I completely CASe'd from Ruth, a DT member at Simply Stampin', and her card is here. I had already been asked to make a couple of cards for the same occassion so I was running out of ideas for a card from me when I came upon Ruth's gorgeous card - so thanks Ruth you helped me out no end :0)
The colour combo is Cherry Cobbler and Crumb Cake and uses an SAB set from last year called Sweet Summer. The hearts are punched with the Small Heart punch and decorated with Basic Rhinestones and the numbers are cut with the Timeless Type Junior Alphabet dies and run through the BigShot in the Square Lattice Embossing folder. The card was finished off with a knot of Linen Thread across the top corner. The tag to go on the bottle was cut with the Two Tags die and the flower was made with Crumb Cake cardstock and the Scallop Circle punch with an Antique Brad in the centre. I made a matching envelope with the Scallop Envelope die to hold the donation to charity.

Another Milestone Card

This is another commissioned card to celebrate a colleagues 60th birthday with the brief being - pastel with a LARGE 60!!!

The card was made with Pink Pirouette and Whisper White with a dash of Pink Pirouette Taffeta Ribbon. To make the '60' I printed out the numbers from the computer, cut them out and used this as a template to draw onto the pink cardstock, which was then cut out to use as a base for the flowers. These were punched with an Itty Bitty Shapes punch and shaped by pressing the base of my white gel pen into the centre of the flower before glueing to the card numbers. I added non-SU pink pearls to the centres on the outside row of flowers. The sentiment is from the Hostess set, Happiest Birthday Wishes, and is matted onto Pink Pirouette cardstock and the word 'today' is cut with the Timeless Type Junior Alphabet dies. The tiny butterfly is one from the Beautiful Wings Embosslits die.

Nurse Owl

This is a card I've made for our school nurse who is leaving us to do further training. For this I just had to use the owl from the Owl Punch and dress her up as a nurse. Her body is Crumb Cake, her dress is Bashful Blue stripey DSP and her 'cape' wings are punched from the Bird Builder punch using Pacific Point. The hat is made by using the dress from the punch turned upside down with a cross punched with a punch from the Itty Bitty Punch Shapes Pack. I added a strip of white for the belt with a buckle made from Brushed Silver cardstock, as was the outer part of the fob watch, and the tie for the cape is some Bakers Twine. The flowers she is holding are another Itty Bitty punch, the frame is made with two of the Edgelits dies, the branch is from the Bird Builder punch and the letters are cut with the Timeless Type Junior Alphabet dies.