Birthday card for Janice

My lovely friend at work - Janice, recently celebrated her birthday, and this is the card I made for her

I used some new papers ( real bargains from The Works) and some older dies

The little hanging sign is part of a very old Marianne set, you can use it with a lantern to make a lamp post or you can do as I have done and turn it on it's side for a completely different look

I used a Martha Stewart punch for the border and most of the flowers are Prima

I will be back soon with possibly a Christmas card !

xxx

Thankyou

I am finally up to date with my blogging. Everything else has gone to pot, but, at least I have caught up with sharing the cards I have made in the last few months

This card was a commission.

My neighbour asked me to make a thankyou card for a couple of the nursing staff who have been looking after her.

The weather has certainly started to change now and I was inspired by the colours outside the window

The card was for both male and female staff, so although I added lots of flowers, I did stick to strong colours and the burlap ribbon added some texture

I will be back tomorrow with a birthday card

xxx

60th birthday, 2nd card

As promised yesterday, here is the second card I made for my lovely friend Sue

This one was made for the girls at work to sign

There are three panels as you unfold this card, so plenty of space for all the girls to sign

We had a wonderful day out, afternoon tea at the local garden centre and delicious it was too.

Many thanks to Sue's husband Paul and the ever lovely Jenny for helping to make the special day happen, it was all a surprise to Sue so it did take some planning !

xxx

60th birthday

This card was made for my good friend Sue, who recently reached a milestone birthday

The verse sits neatly on the return of the front of the card

I made Sue a second card, for everyone we both work with to sign, I will be back tomorrow with that card

Anniversary wishes

Going all the way back to May for this little catch up

This is the anniversary card I made for Neil

Lots of hearts and flowers. Neil is one man I can make a 'pretty' card for, just another reason why I love him so much !

Love always

xxx

Spiderman

Masculine cards are always a challenge ( do I hear a collective sigh of agreement ? )

If in doubt, I try and find a hobby/interest/theme pertinent to the person I am making the card for - not everyone appreciates an abundance of flowers and frills

This card was for my daughter's boyfriend Ben, who is into all manner of interesting topics, this year I decided to opt for Spiderman and used an old Cuttlebug embossing folder for the textured background

The sentiment is a Stampin' Up one

Simple but effective I think

xxx

Get well soon

It has been a terrible year for making get well soon cards, I think I have made as many of these as I have birthday cards

Hoping the rest of this year and next year is a much healthier one for my nearest and dearest

xxx

Journalling cards

I often accumulate little bits and bobs intended for one purpose and eventually end up using them for something entirely different

In this case, I had a little stack of journalling cards, bought for adding words to my scrapbook pages and now being used for matting and layering on my cards

Note to self, must start scrapbooking again !

Yes still wading my way through the last 6 months worth of cards, I can't even remember who I sent some of them to !

xxx

New Home

Again, another card from a little while ago

My daughter Amy and her boyfriend Ben recently moved out of their student accommodation and now have a new home together, still in Leeds but their own this time and in a 'nicer' area

They have a little garden and the inside is lovely too, they both have full time jobs and seem happy and settled = happy and settled mum too !

Loved making the quirky shape and playing with all my dies

Wishing you much love and happiness in your new home sweetheart 

xxx

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