Cards for Twins

I made these two cards for twins who turned 13 a few weeks back. For the card for Grace I used papers by Hot Off the Press. The stamp is by Sugar Nellie which I coloured with Twinkling H2Os. It's the first time I've used this stamp but I think it's perfect for this age range.

I tried to make Jake's card in the same sort of design to Grace's. These papers are by K&Co and didn't have the little tags so it didn't quite work out the same. The image is a Woodware stamp again coloured with Twinkling H2Os.

Leaving Card

When Ellie started back at school in September she had a stand in teacher as her regular teacher was off on sick leave. However the regular teacher has now been given a clean bill of health and is taking over again after half term. Sadly this means that the stand in teacher had her last day on Friday. I made her this card as a leaving card, I also made her an altered After Eight Mints box but I stupidly forgot to photograph it before Ellie took it in to give to her.

The papers for this are all by My Minds Eye. The image is by Woodware and I did paper piecing to colour it except for the puddles which I did with Twinkling H2Os and blue stickles. The flowers I made myself using paper punches of different sizes.

You know (in the crafting world) they say there is no such thing as mistakes only happy accidents? Well this card had a lot of "Happy Accidents" The orange spotty strip was supposed to go underneath the image but I managed to get glue on it and when I tried to rub it off it made a right mess. To disguise it I put the strip over the top instead and then added punched leaves to give it a little bit of something. Also while I was inking the edges of the spotty backing paper I slipped and put a big green smudge down it so I had to cover that with the punched flowers. I still think it's looks ok though and if I don't tell anyone they'll never know! :-)

Shhhhhh!

School's out!

Yes Josh and Ellie finished school on Friday. Hooray! For Josh this is a big turning point as he is starting at the High School in September. It's going to mean big changes for him but I think once the newness of it all has worn off and he settles in I think it will do him the world of good.

On Wednesday it was Sports Day and despite doing many rain dances throughout the morning, the sun shone and it wasn't cancelled. Bah Humbug. As usual Josh ended up in tears after the first 10 minutes and then refused to take part and I was left to deal with him, as usual.

Did I actually think this year would be any different?! No, that's why I was praying for rain! LOL!

We ended up just finding a quiet spot and messing about until it was all over. I don't know why I don't just keep them both off on Sports Day. It would make life a whole lot easier and be a lot less stressful.

On Friday Josh and the rest of the Year 6 kids had a leavers assembly and I have to say I was doing fine until they started singing the school leavers song at the end. The lyrics were along the lines of:

This is our leavers song
We're proud of what we've done

Go from here with confidence

With all the things to come

We've never been so mature

As we head out through that door

We're leaving for ******** High

Time to say Goodbye

There were more verses but Josh can't remember them.

Anyway seeing all the kids up on the stage, most of whom I've known since they started in reception 7 years ago. Kids that I've been on school trips with, walked with them to the church for Harvest Festivals and Christmas services, I've lit their Christingle candles for them and watched them intensely to make sure they didn't set fire to themselves. I've seen them taking part in various assembly's and plays throughout the past 7 years and seen them all grow up so much in that time and to see them all up there singing those lyrics... well soppy sod that I am, I blubbed like a baby!

It didn't help that my favourite teacher at the school is also leaving. She's the only class teacher that Josh has ever had that has actually understood him and known how to handle him to get the best out of him. If it wasn't for this teacher I dread to think what Josh would be like now. She is an amazing lady and I'm gutted that Ellie will never get to have her as a class teacher. I am mortified that she's leaving.

This is the card I made for her.

The papers are by Hot Off the Press and the stamp is a Woodware.

Happy Birthday Josh (for yesterday)

I hate doing decoupage - I love the end result but it drives me insane doing all the intricate cutting out to get it to the finished stage. So this just goes to show how much I love my son Josh. I was wondering how I was going to top or at least match the Tardis card I made him last year when I came across a website that had Scooby Doo decoupage papers. Josh loves Scooby Doo so I bought a sheet that had Scooby Doo in a Monster Truck and Scooby in an aeroplane. I gave Ellie first choice as to which one she wanted to put on her card and she picked the plane.

I used papers by K&Co for Josh's card. I do love the quality of K&Co stuff, I love the colour combinations and the designs of the papers too, especially the ones in this set. They are lovely to work with.

The "Happy 11th Birthday" was done using Go Kreate Dies in my Cuttlebug. The "Josh" at the bottom was done using my Cricut and the Tear Drop cartridge on the "Dropless" feature.

Papers: K&Co ~ Scooby Doo Decoupage Sheet
Equipment: Cuttlebug ~ Nestabilites ~ Go Kreate Dies ~ Cricut ~ Tear Drop Cartridge

It did pay off in the end though because Josh loved his card and spent ages examining all the layers! :-)

I also made Josh a card from Max (our puppy dog) for this card I used my Woodware Stamps for the boy on the beanbag and the dog. For the background I used some Scooby Doo paper. The Happy Birthday stamp is by Hobby Arts and the 11 in the centre I cut out using Go Create Dies in the Cuttlebug. The "To Someone Special" banner was one a friend sent me.Stamps: Hobby Arts ~ Woodware
Equipment: Cuttlebug ~ Nestabilites ~ Go Kreate Dies

Birthday Cards For Twins

These are two cards I made for twins who turned 11 yesterday. I like to make their cards the same but different, if you know what I mean. This is made easier as one is a girl and one is a boy.
For Jake's card I used my Cricut to make a Happy Birthday aperture in a sheet of double sided patterned paper. I used one of my Woodware stamps of the boy on the beanbag and did some paper piecing to make the colours match. I stuck some buttons over the circles on the patterned paper to add a bit of dimension. For Grace's card, I used my Cricut again to make the Happy Birthday aperture card. I added a little girl image by Sugar Nellie and some Prima flowers to add dimension.

I did mean to put their names on too but unfortunately I ran out of time and had to post them without. Never mind, maybe next year I'll be more organised.

Stamps: Woodware ~ Sugar Nellie

Coloured with: Paper Piecing ~ Distress Ink

Equipment: Cricut ~ ZooBalloo Cartridge

Embellishments: Buttons ~ Prima Flowers

Last Puppy Training Class

Tomorrow evening will be the last of Max's puppy training classes and in theory we now have a well trainined puppy on our hands. Hmmmmmm. Well he's getting there, bless him!

I made this card for Claire, the puppy trainer to say thank you from Max. I made all the puppies up on the front to look similar to the rest of the puppies in his class. Of course Max is the puppy in the middle! I wrote the names of the puppies around the edge of their circles. This is the inside of the card.
The papers I used are by SEI, the writing I did on the Cricut using the studio on the computer to join up the lettering. The puppy stamps are by Woodware and are coloured with Twinking H2O's.

Card for Will

I made this card for our nephew, Will. He was 8 on Thursday. It was a bit of a quick make because I thought I'd got Will's birthday written on my calender but it turned out I didn't and Peej didn't mention it until the day before so I had to make one that day and get it straight off in the post. Luckily it made it there on time! The papers are from a scrapbook kit. The stamp is by Woodware and coloured with Twinkling H2O's. The Happy Birthday is a sticker and the Will is done with my Quickutz.

Card And Present For Luke

Ellie has a birthday party to go to on Saturday. Her friend Luke will be 5 so I made him this card and tin and I've bought a set of small cars to go in the tin too.

The stamp is by Whipper Snapper, The papers and brads are by Hot Off The Press and the "Luke" and 5 were done on the Cricut using the ZooBalloo cartridge.

For the tin I used papers by Hot Off The Press, the "Luke" was done on the Cricut and welded using the software. The bulldozer stamp is by Woodware and I can't remember who the Jeep one is by.

Challenge 10 - Autumn

Yes it's challenge time again over on Papercraft Junkies. This weeks challenge has been set by Nerdbird (aka Stephanie Block) and the challenge is "Autumn"



These are my creations for the challenge!



The little girl stamp on the "Miss You" card is from a set by Woodware which I coloured in with water colour pencils. I mounted this onto green card then onto a strip of dark orange card. The autumn leaves are done with paper punches.

The Harvest Festival box I did rather quickly for the children to take into school. I just covered a white box with strips of red paper, added pumpkins, an apple and the wording that I made using my Cricut. I added some leaf peels off that I stuck onto orange card and then cut out and finished with some more small leaves cut out using a paper punch.

The Halloween bags are made out of brown envelopes. The pumpkins and spiders have been made using my Cricut again! I punched holes in the folded over flap with a crop-o-dile and then used multi-coloured thread to tie them shut.

For the "Leaves" card I used peel off stickers that I've had in my stash for years! I changed them from gold to brown using a peel off pen then stuck them onto orange card which I then mounted on an angle onto red card. I attached this to a red card blank which I had already covered with a rectangle of leaf backing paper. I then added the "Leaves" peel off to finish.

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Challenge 7 for Papercraft Junkies

This weeks challenge for PCJ's is "Did I mention Dimension" which has been set by Ratty Tatty aka Tracey Dean.



Here are my Design Team contributions.

The blue card is made using the Ultimate Crafty Companion and a stamp set by Woodware.

The red and black card was made using a Zig-Zag template by WS Designs and stamps by Crafty Individuals.

I'd actually seen this card design on the Crafty Individuals gallery a while ago and really wanted to make one like it. When this challenge came up I thought "That's the card I need to make!" So I tried and I tried but I couldn't get the dimensions right on it. In the end I emailed Crafty Individuals and asked them if they could tell me how they made it. It turns out that the lady who designed it (also called Fiona) wasn't there to ask at that time but she was going to be coming over on Thursday because she was going to help on their stall at the Papercraft Extravaganza in Harrogate that weekend. I think with getting ready for the show and everything the lady at Crafty Individuals forgot to get back to me so I found their stall at the Papercraft Extravaganza on Saturday and introduced myself to Fiona and asked about the card. She told me it was done using the WS Designs Zig-Zag template and as it turns out there was a stall there selling them. I rushed off to buy one.


When we got back from Harrogate I made the red and black card, rather quickly, so that I could get it in for the challenge before the deadline ended. I also sent a copy to Crafty Individuals so they could see my version of Fiona's card and guess what?.....


....They liked it and have asked if they can put it in their gallery. I'm chuffed to bits. It's not on there yet but I'm going to keep an eye out for it appearing. How fab is that!!