Birthday Card for my Great Niece

 Today, I am sharing the birthday card I made last month for my great niece.

She’s now reached an age where she’s enjoying trying out and wearing make-up 

indoors, so I was pleased to find this image on the internet to use, which

created a frame for the sentiment and her name and age.

The products I have used are:-

Craft Essentials Creative Dies - Happy Birthday

Marianne Designs - Numbers CR1282

Alphabet dies - Brand unknown

Challenges entered:-

Crafty Friends Challenge - Use more than one die

Thank you for visiting my blog today.

Janice x

90th Birthday Card

Today, I am sharing the card I made last month for my friend's Mum,

for her 90th birthday.

You can see the gifts I made for her HERE

I embossed a panel of cream card, which I glued directly to the card base.

I then added the sentiment, the mat and layered square,

the ninety and the gold gems.

The products I have used are:-

Spellbinders Nestabilities - Squares & Lacey Squares

Craft Essentials Creative Dies - Happy Birthday

Number dies - Brand unknown

Crafter's Companion, Embossalicious Embossing Folder - Florabunda

Challenges entered:-

Crafty Sentiment Designs - Anything Goes
TTCRD - Anything Goes
Watercooler Wednesday - All About Occasions

Tuesday Throwdown - Anything Goes
The Crafter's Cafe - Anything Goes
Love to Craft - Anything Goes

Dream Valley Challenges - Embossing/Wet or Dry
Dragonfly Dreams - Happy Birthday

Thank you for visiting my blog today.

Janice x

Birthday Card for my Great Nephew

Today, I am sharing the card I made for my great nephew, who celebrated

his birthday just before Christmas.

The products I used are:-

EK Success photo corner punch

Craft Essentials Creative Dies - Happy Birthday

Number die - Brand unknown

Scrabble tiles - eBay

Challenges entered:-

As You Like It - Anything Goes

Seize the Birthday - Anything Goes/Optional Twist - Stencils

Through the Purple Haze - Anything Goes

Crafter's Café - CAS

Crafts Galore Encore - Anything Goes

Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge - Anything Goes

Dies R Us - Birthdays

Thank you for visiting my blog today.

Janice x

Birthday Card for my Nephew

Today's card is one I made for my nephew for his birthday which was
just before Christmas.

He is a West Ham United supporter, and each year I try to make him
a card in their team colours of claret and blue.

The products I have used are:-

Craft Essentials Creative Dies - Happy Birthday

Happy die - Brand unknown

Home made Card Candi

Thank you for visiting my blog today.

Janice x

A Bit More Time to Craft Challenge #106 - Anything Goes

A new challenge starts today at 'A Bit More Time to Craft Challenge Blog'
where the theme is always 'Anything Goes'

Details of the challenge can be found HERE

where 3/5 randomly drawn winners will each get to choose

3 sets of Lozzy's papers. 

Lozzy is kindly giving away a free set of papers until 15th January 2020.

Here is my design team card...

The products I have used are:-
Lozzy's Digi Papers - Chic Wonder
Craft Essentials Creative Dies - Happy Birthday
Presscut - Happy Birthday
EK Success - 3 Hole Punch 

Thank you for visiting my blog today.

Janice x

Birthday Card for my Nephew

Today, I am sharing the card I made for my youngest nephew this week, who is teaching
himself to play the guitar.
I came across the idea on Pinterest, (there are so many guitar style cards on there) and
thought it would make a change from the usual football themed card.

I extended the piece of card for the bridge base using the word window punch.
I love doing this for longer sentiments too. The pick I cut freehand from red card.

The products I have used are:-
Spellbinders Nestabilities - Circles
Stampin' Up - Word Window Punch
Presscut - Happy Birthday
Craft Essentials Creative Dies - Happy Birthday

Thank you for visiting my blog today.
Janice x

Female Birthday Card

Today, I am sharing a card made recently for a friend. 

Simple matting and layering of this pretty image, and adding the die-cut 

sentiment, I think makes for a pretty card.

The products I have used are:-

Hunkydory - The Second Little Book of Decoupage

Craft Essentials Creative Dies - Happy Birthday 

Challenges entered:-
Crafting by Designs - Anything Goes
Crafty Creations - Anything Goes
Crafts Galore Encore - Anything Goes
Daisy Chain Challenges - Summer
HLS - Anything Goes with Dies
Tales from the Craft Room - Summer Fun
Try it on a Tuesday - In my Garden there is...

Thank you for visiting my blog today.

Janice x

Male Birthday Card

Today I am sharing a quick to make male birthday card.
I have scored a few lines across the top and bottom, but they don't
show very well in the photo of course!

The products I have used are:-
Happy die - Brand unknown
Craft Essentials Creative Dies - Happy Birthday
Silver Nail Heads

Challenges entered:-

Dies R Us Challenge - For the Men/Boys in our lives
Simply Create Too - Anything Goes/Optional Twist - For a Male

Thank you for visiting today.

Janice x

Male Birthday Card

Today, I am sharing the card I made for my next-door neighbour
who celebrated his birthday just after Christmas.

The products I have used are:-
Craft Essentials Creative Dies - Happy Birthday
Stitched border die - Brand unknown
Enamel Dots

Challenges entered:-
Allsorts Challenge - Make It Masculine
Pixie's Snippets Playground - Anything Goes
Creative Knockouts - In Stitches
Southern Girls - Anything Goes
Crafting By Designs - Corners, Borders and Frames
Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge - Anything Goes
Dragonfly Journeys - In Stitches

Thank you for visiting today.
Janice x

80th Male Birthday

Today’s card I am sharing, is one my friend asked me to make 

for her 80 year old cousin who like gardening.

The products I have used are:-

Spellbinders  Nestabilities - Circles and Scalloped Circles

Cuttlebug Alphabet  - Olivia

Hunkdory - The Second Little Book of Decoupage

Craft Essentials Creative Dies - Happy Birthday

Craft Stash - Alphabet Die

Challenges entered:-

Crafty Sentiment Designs - Anything Goes
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - Anything Goes
Country View Challenge - Plant-tastic
The Happy Craft Challenge - Anything Goes
Just Keep on Creating - Anything Goes
Let's Craft and Create - Anything Goes
Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

Thank you for visiting today.

Janice x

Happy Birthday

Today's card is one I made for my spares box. The paper I have used to put
behind the striped rectangular die is a lemon stripe which doesn't show
in the photos.

I glued the word 'happy' to black fun foam, and the word 'birthday' to black
card to give them both some dimension.

The products I have used are:-

Craft Essentials Creative Dies - Happy Birthday
Rectangle striped box die and Happy die - Purchased from eBay
Woodware punches - Flower and leaves

Challenges entered:-
Crafty Sentiment Designs - Anything Goes
Tuesday Throwdown - Use Complimentary Colours
Always Fun Challenges - Anything Goes
Dream Valley Challenges - Pearls or Gems
Dragonfly Dreams - Anything Goes
Crafty Catz - Anything Goes
Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

Thank you for visiting today.

Janice x

A Birthday Card for my Great Nephew

Today's card is one I made for my youngest great nephew who celebrated

his 1st birthday on Wednesday. Just to say I have used navy blue card not black!

The products I have used are:-

Docrafts Xcut dies - Stars

Craft Essentials Creative Dies - Happy Birthday

Woodware Punch - Small Star
Sentiment - Computer generated

Challenges entered:-

Always Happy Birthday - Anything Goes
Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge - Anything Goes
Eclectic Ellapu - Anything Goes
Paru's Cardmaking Challenge - Masculine
Scribbles Designs Challenge - Make it Masculine
Crafts Galore Encore - Anything Goes

Crafty Friends Challenge - Happy Birthday

Crafting by Designs - For the Boys

Fab 'n' Funky - For a Child

Thank you for visiting today.

Janice x

A Male Birthday Card

Here is the card I made for one of my nephews who

celebrates his birthday today.

For a change, I used the de-bossed side of the grey card and matted onto black card.

I then cut the tools in silver mirri and then red card for the handles.

Lastly, I added the sentiment and home made card candi.

The products I have used are:-

Tools die - purchased from eBay

Docrafts - Xcut Embossing Folder - Wicker

Craft Essentials Creative Dies - Happy Birthday

Home made card candi

Challenges entered:-

Warercooler Wednesday - Masculine "Anything Goes" 

Pixie's Snippets Playground - Anything Goes

Nordsalten Hobbyklubb - Masculine

Creative Fingers - Anything Goes

Card Mania - Anything Goes

Eclectic Ellapu - Anything Goes

Happy Little Stampers - Anything Goes with Dies

Crafty Catz - Anything Goes

Thanks for visiting today.

Janice x

Sunny Day Crafting Challenge #35 - Box Cards or Regular Cards

Today, over at Sunny Day Crafting, the theme for our challenge is
'Box Cards' or 'Regular Cards'

The challenges are held weekly on a Tuesday, and we
would love to see your entry of any type of paper project.

Why not pop over to the blog and take a look at the fabulous
inspiration from the talented Design Team.

All the details can be found HERE

I haven't made a Box card as such, but instead a regular card with a present box on!

The products I have used are:-
Sweet Dixie Die - Birthday Present
Sizzix - Photo Corners #2
Craft Essentials Creative Dies - Happy Birthday

Challenges entered:-
Pixie's Snippets Playground - Anything Goes
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - Anything Goes
Eclectic Ellapu - Anything Goes
Simply Papercraft - Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by.
Janice x

'A Bit More Time to Craft' Challenge - Anything Goes

Today, I am sharing my Design Team card made for the
'A Bit More Time to Craft Challenge Blog' where the theme is always 'Anything Goes'.

The challenges are held on the 1st and 15th of the month where the lucky winners can 

win their choice of 3/5 digi paper sets from the very talented Lozzy.
There are lots of fabulous sets to choose from which can be found HERE
and they print beautifully.

You can find all the challenge details HERE on the blog, where you can also
see the rest of the design team's lovely makes.

Why not enter the challenge yourself to be in with a chance of winning.

Products used:-

Lozzy's 'Infinity' digi papers

Craft Essentials Creative Dies - Happy Birthday
Sizzix Photo Corners #2

Promarkers to colour white card Maroon 

Challenges entered:-
Sieze the Birthday  - Anything Goes (Birthday Theme)
Jo's Scrap Shack - Anything Goes
Crafty Girls Creations - Anything Goes

Crafting with an Attitude - Anything Goes

Aud Sentiments - Anything Goes + A Sentiment

Brown Sugar - Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by.

Janice x