Birthday Card For My Great Nephew

My youngest great nephew celebrated his third birthday earlier

this month, and this is the card I made for him.

One of his favourites characters is Fireman Sam, so I found a free image

to print, mat and layered it with blue card and glued it onto

the card base.

I then die-cut his name, age and stamped the sentiment.

The products I have used are:

Trimcraft First Edition Alphabet dies

Cuttlebug Alphabet/Number dies - Olivia

Clearly Besotted Stamps - Mini Calligraphy 

Thank you for visiting my blog today.

Janice x

 

A Birthday Cupcake!

Today, I am sharing the card I made for my eldest great niece who

celebrates her birthday this week.

She loves making cakes, so I thought a cupcake on her card would be perfect.
I cut her name, birthday sentiment and age out of both purple and silver mirri card,

and off set them slightly to give the silver edge..

The products I have used are:-

Lawn Fawn - Large Cross-Stitched Square Stackables

Sizzix Triplets - Cupcakes

Presscut - Happy Birthday

Trim Craft First Edition - Number and Date Dies

Craft Stash - Alphabet/Number Die

Challenges entered:-

Crafty Sentiments Designs - Anything Goes

Always Fun Challenges - Anything Goes

Dream Valley Challenges - One for the Girls

Come and Get It Challenge - Always Anything Goes

Glitter 'N' Sparkle - Happy Birthday

Crafty Calendar Challenge - Kids/Babies

Ike'sworld Challenge - Anything Goes with an optional twist/Food

Thanks for stopping by.

Janice x

A 'Clean and Simple' Male Birthday Card

Today, I have another of last month's birthday cards I made for my God-daughter's

husband, who celebrated his 40th birthday.

I started by embossing a frame directly onto the base card, then die cut two of the smaller

stitched label dies, and adhered them onto the embossed frame with 3D foam squares.

Next, I cut two number 40's, one in gold mirri card, the other in the brown card,

and glued them onto the label, slightly off-setting them.

The products I have used are:-

Spellbinders - Labels 1

Stitched Label dies - from The Works

Trim Craft First Edition - Number and Date Dies

Die'Sire - Happy Birthday

Challenges entered:-

Crafty Catz - Anything Goes with a twist of Embossing

Crafting with Dragonflies - Punches and/or Dies

Crafty Friends - Man or Boy

Little Red Wagon - Three of a Kind (3 dies)

Scrapyland - Embossing/Heat or Dry

The Crafty Addicts - Anything Goes with an option - Use Die Cuts

That's Crafty - Keep it Simple

Thanks for stopping by.

Janice x

A Birthday Card for my Great Niece

Yesterday, my great niece Ella celebrated her 7th birthday, and here is the card

I made for her. I came across the idea on Pinterest and cased this card.

I had a great time helping her celebrate with a family party.

I used a Versamark inkpad and stamped one of the swirls from the set randomly

on the card base. I had completely forgotten about this technique. I love the effect

it gives by making the base card darker.

The products I have used are:-

Kelly Panacci Clear Stamps - Swirls
First Edition Craft Dies - Number and Date

Spellbinders Nestabilities - Circles and Scalloped Circles

Stampin' Up - Word Window Punch

Challenges entered:-

Pixie's Snippets Playground - Anything Goes

Sweet Stampin' Challenge - Monochrome

Crafty Catz - Anything Goes with an optional Twist - Use Dies and Punches

Really Reasonable Ribbon - Monochromatic Theme with Ribbon or Lace

Daisy Chain Challenge - Monochrome

Let's Craft and Create - Girls, Girls, Girls

Mix it Up Challenge - Anything Goes with an optional Twist - Stamping

Allsorts - Use at Least Two Dies

Thanks for stopping by.

Janice x

A CAS Christmas Card

Today I am sharing one of the Christmas cards I have made for friends this year.

Using a decorative embossing folder, some simple matt and layering, a stamped sentiment and the number 25, it was quite an easy card to make a few of!

Products I have used are:-

Embossing folder - Make and name unknown
First Edition Craft Dies - Number and Date
Sentiment stamp free with Craft magazine

Challenges entered:-
Pixie's Snippets Playground - Anything Goes
Craftyhazelnut's Christmas - Cute or Anything Christmas
Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers - X is for XXX Xmas!
Jingle Belles - Christmas
QKR Stampede - Christmas Cards
C.R.A.F.T - Christmas
Craftaholics R Us - Cards for Guys & Christmas theme
The Male Room - Christmas
Crafty Calendar - Christmas Time

Thanks for stopping by.

Janice x

30th Birthday Card

Today I am sharing a card I made for my youngest nephew who 

celebrated his 30th birthday yesterday.

He plays five-aside football and supports Tottenham Hotspur, so I wanted to make

something with a football theme.

I lightly inked the embossed card with Faded Denim distress ink, made the rosette

and added the number and the home made card candi.

The items I have used are:-

Crafter's Companion (Angelica and Adam) Embossing Folder - Football Crazy

Spellbinders Nestabilities - Circles and Scalloped Circles

Die-Namics - Mini Pennant Die 

First Edition dies - Number and Date

Challenges entered:-
AAA Cards - Masculine
Morgan's ArtWorld - Embossing/Wet or Dry
Penny's Paper- Crafty Challenge - Anything Goes
Deep Ocean Challenge - Use die cuts or punches
Scrapy Land - Anything Goes
My Time to Craft - Distress It

Brown Sugar - Anything Goes

Thanks for looking in.

Janice x

A Birthday Card for a Two Year Old Boy

Today I am sharing a card I made recently for a friend of mine, to give to her grandson. 

Last month, Hobbycraft sent me an email enclosing a £5 voucher to spend online
 or in-store. Not one to miss out on a 'treat', I went into our local store and put it towards
a set of number dies which I have used on Arthur's card.

I decided to outline the number with a very fine black pen to make it 'pop'.

The items I have used are:-

Crafter's Companion CD Rom - Angelina and Friends Collection

(Image and Backing Paper)

First Edition dies - Number and Date

Couture Creations A4 Embossing Folder - Swiss Dots

Sentiment - PC generated

Challenges entered:-

Crafty Girls Creations - Anything Goes

Crafting with an Attitude - Anything Goes

Crafting by Designs - Anything Goes

Inspiration Destination - Anything Goes
Moo-Mania - Wheels
The Paper Shelter - A Card for a Child

Aud Sentiments - Cute + A Sentiment

My next card will also be using these number dies!
Thanks for stopping by.

Janice x