Baby Card

My friend asked me to make this card following the birth of her new baby sister Jessica.

The wording and is done using dies by Quickutz. The flower is another die but by Marrianne Designs. The little giraffe is cut out from some papers by Dovecraft?

Altered Art

Josh was asked to take part in a Secret Santa at school. He had to buy a gift for a boy called Tom for no more than £2 and bring it in wrapped up with Tom's name on it. We decided to buy a gift card and rather than just send it in in an envelope I thought I'd alter this empty Dove gift box and send it in in this instead.

It started off looking like this... and ended up looking like this...

The papers are by Basic Grey, I love the distress look of them and are lovely to work with. The ribbon I think is by Dovecraft but I might be wrong. The "Happy Christmas" is a Go Kreate Die used in my Cuttlebug and the letters for "Tom" are Quickutz Moxie alphabet dies also used in my Cuttlebug. When we'd put the Gift card in it I tied some red foil ribbon around it to stop the lid coming off in transit to school. I hope Tom liked it!

Manchester United Card

I was asked to make a card for a 7 year old called Jack who likes football. The trouble with football cards is that you need to know which team they support because if you use the wrong colours that's not good! Anyway I found out that Jack is a Man U fan so a black, white and red theme it was!



I used a set of stamps that my mum gave me a while ago and this is the first time I've used them. They are by a company called onefourzero and are a really good set of stamps if you are into football. The scarf is just plain and I stamped "United" onto it. The T-shirt I stamped onto red card and then stamped a 7 onto it. The shorts I stamped onto white card and then added the red stripes with a Marvey Le Plume pen. The football and the boot at the bottom are also part of the stamp set. The Happy 7th Birthday are all Go Kreate Dies which I used in my Cuttlebug and the ovals were done using Nestabilities in the same machine. The Jack was done using a Quickutz alphabet also in the Cuttlebug.

For the inside I used a Happy Birthday stamp by Papermania and the football borders are from the onefourzero set.

Just a little proud mummy moment to finish off with. My daughter's class have been reading the script for their Christmas Nativity to see who is going to have which part this year. As they are the eldest infant class they all get parts on the stage but they all get to read through the script like at a play reading so the teachers can get a feel for who would be best to do what.

The show is called "Whoops-a-Daisy Angel" and is about a little Angel who is always late and untidy and never gets very special jobs to do like the other Angels. Anyway she ends up getting a very important job to go and tell the shepherds that a special baby has been born and for once she does the job well and she gets three cheers at the end.

Ellie came out of school on Tuesday and told me she has been given the part of Whoops-a-Daisy Angel. She's been given a script so that we can help her practise her lines at home. It is such a cute story. We're so proud of her. I can't wait to see it now!!

Leaving Tag Card

Another Bunco friend has headed off back to the States and, as is now customary, I made a card for her with lots of little tags so that everyone can write their own private message to go in it.

The papers for this card are all from set by K&Co. The wording was done using Quickutz alphabet dies in my Cuttlebug. The lady stamp is by Crafty Individuals (I think). The flowers are all Primas.

The tags I made using my Cricut and I added some fibres to each tag. The papers again are K&Co and the flowers are Primas.
I may going a bit quiet for a while after this post. The kids are off school for 6 weeks and need lots of attention and also I have lost my crafting mojo. Too many personal things going off at the moment.

I have temporarily relieved myself of my DT posts over the summer holidays and I am going to take a well earned break in the hope that once the holidays are over and the children go back to school things will be looking much better and my mojo will have returned.

I found it so hard doing the teachers gifts and Meghan's leaving card and that's not like me. I also haven't felt much like blog hopping either so my apologies if I haven't visited your blog for ages either.

I hope you all have a wonderful summer and I will see you all again in September.

Hugs

Fe x

Quirky Crafts Challenge

I made Ellie's teacher's thank you card with the same papers I used for her Retirement Tin so that they match. I also thought I'd use my little bird stamp by Imaginisce so that I could use this card for the Quirky Crafts Challenge which this week is "Animals"

The papers are all by Hot Off The Press. The Thank You is a Quickutz Die which I used in my Cuttlebug. I stamped the bird onto the patterned paper then used the paper piecing technique to give him a blue body and pink flower in matching paper.



I used the bird stamp again and some off cuts from the front of the card to decorate the inside. I used a "Pointy Frame" Die Cut by Go Kreate to create the white space to write the message on.

If you'd like to join in with the challenge you can find out more about it here.

Teachers Gifts

I was looking through my "stuff for altering" stash and found I still had a couple of these paper pad sets left from last year so I thought I'd alter one as a Thank You gift for Josh's 1 to 1.

This is the raw version.

And this is it decorated. The paper and tag are from a set by Hot Off The Press. The wording I did using a Quickutz Die in my Cuttlebug. I added a couple of flowers and a velvet brad to finish.

This is the raw inside.

and this is it after I finished altering it.

Josh's class teacher is actually leaving to have a baby so I had the idea to make her a baby tin. They start off looking like this.

and this one ended up looking like this!

I used papers by Dovecraft and a gorgeous Magnolia stamp that belongs to my mum. The ribbons are a selection from my stash, I know the green spotty one is by Blonde Moments but the others I have no idea!
The only problem with the paint tins is that they aren't very big and trying to find baby things small enough to put in them is not as easy as you would think. They are probably better being used to put handmade biscuits or small chocolates or treats in. Oh well you live and learn!

Raspberry Ribbons Challenge

This fortnights Raspberry Ribbons Challenge is to make a single colour card. As you can see I chose blue.

The papers are by Papermaina, the image is one of my Mum's and is a Sarah Kay stamp by Stampavie. I've coloured the image using Twinkling H2O's (as if you didn't know!). The Thank You is a Quickutz Die which I used in my Cuttlebug. The ribbon is a gorgeous blue velvet. I've added a flower jewel brad and a small heart charm that says "Made with love" on it. Stamp: Sarah Kay by Stampavie
Coloured With: Twinkling H2Os
Papers: Papermania
Equipment: Cuttlebug ~ Quickutz Die
Embellishments: Velvet Ribbon ~ Flower ~ Jewel Brad ~ Heart Charm

If you'd like to join us for the challenge the link is here. Hope to see you there!

Ellie's Card For Josh

Although I cut out the decoupage image and made it up for Ellie to use, she made the rest of the card herself. She even used my Cuttlebug and Nesties! Didn't she do a fabulous job on his card and she's only 6!

Colour Create Challenge

The colours for this weeks Colour Create Challenge are Blush Pink, Lilac and Mossy Green. The optional extra is to use Die Cuts on your project.

I found this paper in my scraps (which I'm trying to use up!) and it is just perfect for this challenge because the flowers are pink, the stripes are lilac and the leaves are a mossy green.

I coloured in the Sarah Kay image with Twinkling H2Os in colours to match the papers. The image isn't mine it's my Mum's but she very kindly stamped me out a few.

I used my rectangle shaped Nestabilities to cut the image and make a scalloped border, my Quickutz "Thank you" die and a Sizzix flourish die, so I think that's the die cut part of the challenge well covered. :-)

I used some paper flowers as embellishments to to finish it off. Stamp: Sarah Kay by Stampavie
Coloured With: Twinkling H2Os
Equipment: Cuttlebug ~ Nestablities ~ Sizzix Die ~ Quickutz Die
Embellishments: Paper Flowers

Just Magnolia Challenge

Josh was invited to his friend's 10th birthday party today so I thought I'd use the Just Magnolia sketch challenge to make the card. I think this has to be my favourite Magnolia stamp at the moment. I think its adorable. I used papers from the Retro Pack by Hot Off the Press. The lettering I did using the Moxie alphabet by Quickutz.
For the inside I used Retro Papers again and did the Happy 10th Birthday using my Go Kreate Dies. Stamps: Tilda Sitting and Wall by Magnolia
Coloured With: Twinkling H2Os ~ Paper Piecing
Papers: Retro by Hot Off The Press
Equipment: Cuttlebug ~ Go Kreate Dies ~ Nestabilities
Embellishments: Flowers ~ Brads ~ White Gel Pen

New Challenge

We have a new weekly challenge over on Quirky Crafts. This weeks challenge is "One For The Boys" I've made two cards as examples for this challenge. The first one is for our friends Tommy and Marissa who had a baby boy three weeks ago. They have called him William Thomas and I had a little cuddle with him on Saturday when they came over. He's adorable!


I thought I'd use some of my Forever Friends baby papers as they are just adorable and used some Forever Friends stickers as embellishments to both the inside and outside of the card. The wording I did using my Quickutz alphabet but I used my Cuttlebug to cut them as it's so much easier to use and more hand friendly than the Quickutz. :-) Papers: Forever Friends ~ Bazzill Basics
Stickers: Forever Friends
Equipment: Cuttlebug ~ Quickutz Alphabet Die ~ Go Kreate Die
The second card is for one of Ellie's class mates. She has been invited to his birthday party on Saturday and originally said yes but has now changed her mind and decided she doesn't want to go after all. So we'll see.


This is one of my favourite Whipper Snapper stamps and is lovely to use on cards for younger boys.

I stamped the Triceratops image out three times, coloured each one and then decoupaged the layers using foam pads to give it some dimension. Stamp: Whipper Snapper

Coloured With: Twinkling H2O's

Papers: Papermania

Equipment: Cuttlebug ~ Nestabilities ~ Go Kreate Die

If you'd like to join in with our challenge please pop over to http://quirkycrafts.forumotion.net/portal.htm

See you there!! :-)

Cute Card Thursday

The Cute Card Thursday Challenge is Letters and Numbers and luckily for me Mia's card has both!

It was Mia's Birthday party yesterday and she had a "Sparkle Party" Ellie came back with her nails painted, a pink star on her cheek, pink eye make up and lots of glitter everywhere. Unfortunately I didn't think to take any photos which was a bit daft! She had a great time though. This is the inside of Mia's card.

Stamp: "Have A Fairy Happy Birthday" by Lavinia Stamps

Papers: SEI ?

Equipment: Cuttlebug ~ Go Kreate Dies ~ Quickutz Dies

Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge

The Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge this week is Glitter. Funnily enough I'd already made this card for my daughter's friend Tanya which has lots of glitter card on it and is therefore perfect for this challenge.It was Tanya's actual birthday on Friday although her party is today. She was at school for her Birthday during the day and was supposed to be going to the school disco in the evening but she didn't turn up. Anyway later on that evening I got a text message from Tanya's Mum to say that poor Tanya has Chicken Pox. What a thing to get on your Birthday!

She is still having her party as she doesn't seem to be very poorly with them and most of the kids going have already had them which is lucky. There's only one little girl who won't be going as she's not had them and she and her family are flying to America on Monday, better not to take the risk!

This is Tanya's card. I just love my new Go Kreate Fairy Bear!

This is the inside of Tanya's card. Stamp: "Have a Fairy Happy Birthday" by Lavinia Stamps

Papers: SEI ?

Equipment: Cuttlebug ~ Go Kreate Dies ~ Quickutz Dies

Embellishments: Adhesive Gems ~ Adhesive Pearls ~ Flowers

40th Birthday Card

I have made this card for a friends 40th Birthday. Her husband has organised a surprise party for her. It's ok she doesn't visit my blog! She's one of the "Bunco ladies" so we've had a whip round and all chipped in some money so that we can get her something nice and I said I would make the card.

I used a stamp by "My Favourite Things" it's only the second time I've used it but I do love it and I thought it would be great for a 40th card. I kept the card quite simple and embellishment free as I wasn't sure how many people are going to be signing it and so I needed to leave space on both the inside pages for people to be able to write a small message. It's not easy to write on the inside cover if there are bulky embellishments on the other side! LOL! Stamps: My Favourite Things
Papers: Hot Off the Press
Equipment: Cuttlebug ~ Quickutz Alphabet ~ Go Kreate Dies

Colour Create Challenge

This weeks Colour Create Challenge colours are Blue and Brown (one of my favourites!) with an optional extra of pearls and lace.

I decided to use this challenge to make a card for my daughter's friend Beth whose party is the weekend after Freya's. Beth isn't what you'd call a "girly girl." She's definitely not into pink and pretty dresses and princesses and that kind of thing. I thought the blue and brown colour combo would be nice for Beth as it's still quite soft and feminine without being overly girly, if you know what I mean. Stamp: Forever Friends
Coloured With: Twinkling H2O's
Papers: Hot Off The Press
Equipment: Cuttlebug ~ Embossing Folders ~ Quickutz Alphabet Die ~ Nestabilites ~ Corner Punch
Embellishments: Adhesive Lace ~ Flowers ~ Adhesive Pearls

An "Added To" Card

I was going to call this a re-vamp card but I only made it a few weeks ago for a tutorial on PCJ's on making your own aperture cards and I haven't really re-vamped it, I've just added a bit more to it or finished it off if you like.

This is the original.
Ellie has been invited to her friend Freya's 6th birthday party and I thought this card would be perfect for Freya but it just needed personalising to make it a little more special.

I added 2 Prima flowers with jewel brads in the centre. I also used my Quickutz alphabet to cut out the letters for "Freya" and for the number 6 which I added to the little tag. I think the flowers and letters help to lighten it as it was quite a dark card before.

I liked it before but I like it even better now! What do you think?Stamp: Sugar Nellie
Coloured with: Twinkling H2Os
Papers and Tag: Hot Off the Press
Equipment: Cuttlebug ~ Quickutz Die Cut Alphabet ~ Nestabilities
Embellishments: Prima Flowers ~ Adhesive Gems ~ Jewel Brads ~ Rub Ons ~ White Gel Pen

Awards

Firstly my apologies for not updating for ages. I've been doing some work on DT projects and still have a way to go before I catch up. So you may have to wait a while again before I post anything. Sorry!

In the mean time I thought I would add these two awards that I have been given. The first one is the Marie Antoinette Award which has been given to me by my lovely blogging and Trimcraft buddy Barbara.

and this one is from my blogging and Trimcraft buddy Leanne.
Thank you both for the awards.

Now I do have do have a little bit of crafting to share with you. On the 20th November last year my blogging buddy Pesc gave birth to a beautiful baby girl. This first card I sent to her and her husband to congratulate them.

This second card I sent to their eldest daughter who, of course, has now become a big sister.

Magnolia Vs Stampavie Sketch Challenge

The children wrote (well typed them on the computer and I printed them out) their Christmas thank you notes over the weekend. Although I have made a few thank you cards to put them in I still had a few left to make so I thought I'd combine them with some challenges.

This first card is for the Magnolia Vs Stampavie Challenge which this week is a sketch challenge. In the sketch they have put flowers in the bottom left hand corner but I've put Tilda's shoes there instead. Stamps: Magnolia
Coloured with: Distress Ink ~ Twinkling H2Os
Papers: Hot Off the Press
Equipment: Cuttlebug ~ Quickutz thanks die

Magnolia Vs Sampavie

I made this card for the Magnolia Vs Sampavie sketch challenge. I just hope I'm not too late to enter. The card blank is by K&Co. The stamp is a Magnolia and coloured with Twinkling H2O's. The embossed Happy Birthday was done using embossing folders in the Cuttlebug and then cut out using Nestibilites. The swirl embossed background was sent to me by my lovely friend Debbie and I used the Water threading punch to cut the scalloped edge. The "Evie" was done using Quickutz dies.

Spot the Difference.

These are too cards I made using free papers from this months Simply Cards and Papercraft Magazine. The first one I made as a thank you to Dawn for letting me have the beautiful tag that she made in exchange for an ATC.
The second card I made for my friend's youngest daughter Sasha. I didn't have quite as much time to make the second one so it's a bit simpler but I think it looks nice all the same.