Happy Birthday Chloe

We were invited to a 21st birthday party this past weekend

This is the card I made for the birthday girl

Ohhhh to be 21 again !!!

I used Tilda papers

Some payper box glitter stickers for the name and the numbers

Hanging heart die and 'happy birthday' die are from China

Butterflies were made using a Stampin' Up punch

Flowers are Prima and Wild Orchid crafts, with the daisies created using a Woodware punch

Thankyou for inviting us Ally, 

Chloe looked beautiful, 

we hope you all had a great day ( and evening)

Love and special birthdays

Tracey

xxx

Get well soon Mary

Another card to share from last week

Yes I am still making get well cards

This time this card was crafted for my dear neighbour Mary, who has been under the weather for quite a while now

I found some cute little journalling cards in my scrapbooking stash and thought they would make pretty details on cards too

Flowers are Prima and Wild Orchid Crafts

Leafy dies are all from China

Sentiment is Stampin' Up

Get well soon Mary, hope the docs get to the bottom of all your mysterious symptoms soon

Love and healing wishes

Tracey 

xxx

Happy birthday Margaret

Last weekend my lovely friend Margaret celebrated her birthday

Here is the card I made her

Broke out some old Marianne dies for the tags

The sentiment is a new die from China

Flowers are Prima and Wild Orchid Crafts

Fancy chipboard oval was from The Works

Hope you had a wonderful weekend Margaret

Love and birthday hugs

xxx

Wedding gift

As mentioned in a previous post, I have recently been commissioned to create a scrapbook album for a wedding gift

My cousin wanted a smething special for his best friend and his wife

Phil sent me some photos, suggested the front half of the book be a documentary of Liam's childhood, the back half being a documentary of Amii's childhood and where they meet in the middle, two blank pages for a couple of wedding photos

The rest was up to me

I loved Phil's idea and the album came together quite easily

Liam's half

The two centre pages, ready for photos of the wedding

And Amii's half

I absolutely loved working on this album, it was refreshing to have a change from cards, I really must start scrapbooking for myself again

I have heard from Phil and the happy couple were delighted with their gift

Love and happy scrapping

Tracey

xxx

Sympathy card

I made this card For Robbie to give to one of his customers

The lady in question has always been lovely to Rob, he takes the time to chat with her and is genuinely interested in what she has to say, and that is reciprocated, so she made him very welcome when he started work

Sadly she recently lost her mum and Rob wanted to let her know he was thinking of her

It was his idea, not mine, so very proud of him 

I hope the card gave her comfort to know someone was thinking of her

Love and kind thoughts

Tracey

xxx

Ann number 2

Good evening, as promised I am here to share the second Ann's birthday card

I used the same instructions as yesterdays card for the base, but instead of keeping the three layers in stepped increments, I cut diagonally all across the top

Papers are from the Poundshop of all places, dies are from China and flowers are Prima and Wild Orchid crafts

Sentiment and punch used to make the sentiment plate are both Stampin' Up

The butterflies were fussy cut from the patterned paper

I really like this variation of fold and can see me using it time and time again, I might have a go at making it in a larger size

Love and butterflies

Tracey

xxx

Ann number 1

I had two friends with birthdays in the same month, both called Ann, so I cheated and created variations on the same design

This first one was inspired by a gorgeous card I found on Pinterest 

I followed the Pinterest link and Lyssa gave brilliant instructions to the fold, you can find the instructions HERE if you fancy giving it a go

It was a little awkward to photograph, it unfolds concertina style and folds back up  - flat,  to fit into a standard envelope

I really like the graduated sizes of the three layers, thankyou for the inspiration Lyssa

I will be back tomorrow with a variation on the design that I altered to create a card for Ann number 2

Love and fancy folds

Tracey 

xxx

Thinking of you Trish

Yes I am back with another get well kind of card

This one was created for my friend Trish

Trish is always the first to think of others and is kindness personified, so, when I recently found out she hadn't been well, I wanted to let her know I was thinking of her and hoping she is much better soon

I wanted the card to be bright and cheerful just like Trish

All the dies used on this card, except from the oval - which is Spellbinders,  are from China, the little banner pieces at the top of the card are made using a Stampin" Up punch

Papers are also a stack bought from China

Get well soon Trish, I hope you are getting all the treatment you need, lots of love to both you and David

XXX

In other news

Neil just found the most gorgeous vintage shipyard sign

We both fell in love with the typeface, colours and especially the 3D copper ship, with the stunning patina

We picked the sign up from a little farm just outside Newquay and it was a good job we took the campervan, not sure it would have fit in the car !

The perfect finishing touch for the hallway

Love and vintage vessels

Tracey

xxx