Birthday Cards for my Nephew and Great Nephew

 Today, I am sharing the cards I made for my nephew and great nephew

who celebrated their birthdays this week.

They are both very keen West Ham fans and supporters, so I made them in the
team colours, although photographed on different days of the week, they look
 slightly different due to the poor lighting at the moment.

The products I have used are:

Crafters Companion embossing folder - Football Crazy
Spellbinders Nestabilities - Scalloped Circles and Circles

Creative Expressions (Sue Wilson) Pierced Flags

from the Frames and Tags set.
EK Success punch - 3 tiny circles
Cuttlebug Alpabet & Numbers - Olivia (10th)
Numbers and Alphabet - Unbranded (40th & Name)
Hougie Board

   

Thank you for visiting my blog today.
Janice x

 

Birthday Card for my Great Niece

 

Today, I am sharing the birthday card I made for my great niece 
back in September.

I started by glue-ing a square of lilac card to the card base.
I then used the border punch on the smaller piece of white card, adding
an embossed line with my Hougie board.
Lastly, I embossed the remainder of the white card, glued it to
the lilac and added the sentiment, age and name.

The products I have used are:

Presscut - Happy Birthday

Martha Stewart punch - Scallop with 2 Dots

Embossing Folder - Unbranded

Alphabet and number dies - Unbranded

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Janice x

Birthday Card for my Great Nephew

May and June are busy cardmaking months with five family birthdays!

Today, I am sharing the card I made for one of my great nephews. 
This year I decided to come away from the usual tractors and made
him a football themed card in West Ham colours who he likes.

I partly embossed the card base with the Crafters Companion Football
Crazy embossing folder, and then used my Hougie board to emboss two lines.

I found a free football image which I printed on blue lightweight card
to use as a backing paper, which I matted onto white card with
the edges coloured with a claret Promarker. I attached it to
the card base using 3D foam.

I used a football die on black card, glued it to
some white card and hand cut, and then die-cut the number
in claret card to mount on top of the football.

The sentiment is computer generated.

Thank you for visiting my blog today.
Janice x

Birthday Card for my Great Nephew

Sharing the birthday card I made for one of my great nephew's whose
birthday was in December.

As he is a keen West Ham United fan, I of course had to make him
a card in their home colours of claret and blue!

The products I have used are:

Crafters Companion Embossing folder - Football Crazy

Penny Black - Happy Birthday

EK Success punch - Small circle

Alphabet dies - Brand unknown

Cuttlebug Alphabet and Number dies - Olivia

Hougie Board

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Janice x

 

Birthday Card for a Nine Year Old

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

using a balloon die I was lucky enough to win last year 

in the Snippets Playground

I die-cut the edge of the base card with the balloon die.

I embossed a couple of lines by the balloons using my Hougie board.

Next, I glued a piece of black card behind the balloons and

paper pieced them with coloured card. then added

the sentiment, number and white gel pen lines to the balloons.

The items I have used are:

Gemini Modern Edge’ables die - Balloon Bouquet

Spellbinders Nestabilities - Scalloped Circles

Cuttlebug Alphabet - Olivia

Presscut - Happy Birthday

 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 football supporter, so I made the 

card in the team colours of claret and blue.

I partially embossed the blue card using the football embossing folder
and added the scored lines using my Hougie board.
I mat and layered it to the claret card and glued it to the card base.
I die-cut the sentiment three times in the claret card, glued them
together to give some dimension.
To finish, I added some hand made card candi.

The products I have used are:

Crafters Companion Embossing folder - Football Crazy
Happy Birthday die - Brand unknown
Hand made card candi
Hougi Board

I was due to post my Design Team card today for the My Time to Craft Challenge,

but sadly Shell has made the difficult decision to close the challenges for the 

next 6 months. You can read her post HERE

Hopefully it’ll be back up and running again in August. 

Thank you for visiting my blog today.
Janice x

My Time to Craft Challenge #464 - Travel/Transport

A new challenge starts today over at My Time to Craft where the theme this

fortnight is ‘Travel/Transport’ 

Sharing my design team card...

All the details of the challenge can be found HERE

The products I have used are:
Julie Hickey Designs I Need It Stamps - Everyday Sentiments
Spellbinders Embossing Folder - Overlapping Circles
Sailboat and stitched frames - Brand unknown
Hougie Board

Challenges entered:
Girlz Creative Crafts - Maritime

Cute Card Thursday  - Anything Goes

Crafter’s Cafe - Anything Goes

Thank you for visiting my blog today.
Janice x

 

Winter Wonderland Christmas Challenge - Christmas Music or Songs

  A new challenge has started over at Winter Wonderland Christmas Challenge Blog 
where the theme this month is 'Christmas Music or Songs'

Sharing my design team card...

The challenges are held on the first Friday of each month.

All the details can be found HERE

Our sponsor for this month is Stampers Delights 

The prize on offer for the winner is 3 single images of their choice.

The products I have used are:
Stampers Delights - Anime Believe in Yourself
Spellbinders Labels 
Promarkers
Snowflake Embossing Folder - Craft magazine free gift

Thank you for visiting my blog today.

Janice x

My Time to Craft #452 - 'Make It Feminine'

 I'm back with another post...

Another new challenge starts today over at  My Time to Craft  
where the theme this fortnight is 'Make It Feminine' 

Sharing my design team card...

All the details of the challenge can be found HERE

The products I have used are:

Memory Box - Trudeau Border
Sentiment stamp - Craft Magazine free gift

Challenges entered:

C.R.A.F.T. - Anything G I am t

As You Like It  - Favourite reason to send a card (& why)

Just to let the person know I am thinking of them

Thank you for visiting my blog today.

Janice x

My Time To Craft Christmas Challenge #003 - Wreaths

 A new challenge starts today over at  My Time to Craft Christmas 
where the theme this fortnight is ‘Wreaths’

Sharing my design team card...

The details of the challenge can be found HERE

I have a few sets of these wooden peg stamps, which I purchased
many years ago when I first started card-making. I am embarrassed
to say that they have hardly been used.

I started by drawing a circle very lightly with pencil onto the square card.
Next, I built up the wreath starting with the poinsettias, then the green foliage
and lastly the gold. I stamped the sentiment, added the Nuvo Drops to the centres of the

poinsettias, then I mat and layered it onto green card, and glue-ing that directly 

onto the card base. Lastly, I added the diamante gems.

The products I have used are:-
Tapestry Rubber Stamps - Holiday Garden Border

Uniko - Simply Said II

Challenges entered:-

ABC Christmas Challenge - C for Christmas Carols/D for Diamond
 (diamantes, diamond glitter, etc)

Watercooler Wednesday - All About Occasions

Merry Little Christmas Challenge - Anything Goes

Christmas Crafts All Year Round - include something starting with C and/or D 

The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge - Anything Goes
Cute Card Thursday - CAS
Krafty Chicks - Christmas

Thank you for visiting my blog today.

Janice x

Diamond Wedding Anniversary

Today I am sharing a Diamond anniversary card made recently for some friends.
As always, I had difficulty taking a photo without me showing in the reflection
of the silver mirror card!

The products I have used are:-
Presscut - Happy Anniversary
Crafter's Companion Gemini 'Create a Card' Die - Only Love

Challenges entered:-

613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes/Optional - Wedding/Anniversary

Pile it On - Lots of Layers/Use your Scraps

The Corrosive Challenge - Anything Goes

Joy of Sets Tic Tac Toe Challenge - Wedding/Glitter/Die Cut

Creative Fingers - Anything Goes

Kitty Bee Designs - So Shiny

Thank you for visiting today.

Janice x

Julie Hickey Workshop

Last month, I was lucky enough to attend a Julie Hickey workshop,
 which was held in a local church hall in Essex.

We made three lovely cards and a decorated wooden 'Love' plaque, 

all using her new stamps.

Today I am sharing the first of the cards I made, where we

used Ranger Distress Oxide inks to make the backing papers before stamping,
and fussy cut the flowers, leaves and circles.

The stamp set we used for the first card was designed by Julie, 

called Friendship Blooms and can be purchased from 

Crafts U Love 

Julie very kindly signed her books which I cheekily took along with me.
I bought them in 2004/5, when I first started making cards, and watching Julie

 demonstrate at the Ally Pally shows in London.

It was a lovely, relaxing day spent with other crafting ladies where I learnt

a few new inking and stamping techniques, along with lots of hints and tips from Julie.
She is such a warm friendly person, and makes crafting fun.

Hopefully she'll return to Essex again later in the year
for another workshop.

Challenges entered:-
Crafty Sentiments Designs - Only for the Girls
TTCRD - Anything Goes
Always Fun Challenges - Flowers
Use Your Stuff- Flora and Fauna
Creative with Stamps - Birthday
Daisy Chain Challenges - Make it Feminine
Fabrika Fantasy - Flowers
Pearly Sparkles Challenge - Flowers or Showers

Thank you for visiting today.

Janice x

Anniversary Card

Today's card is one I was asked to make by a friend to give to her husband.

The dies I used are unbranded and the sentiment was generated on the computer.

I used my Hougie board to score the frame lines.

Challenges entered:-

Cute Card Thursday - Anything Goes

Southern Girls - Frame It

Crafts Galore Encore - Anything Goes
Creatalicious Challenge - Anything Goes/Option - Anything but a Card

Not Just Cards - Anything Goes
Pearly Sparkles Challenge - Flowers or Showers
Scrap from your Heart - Use Dies

Thank you for visiting today.

Janice x

Wedding Anniversary Card

Today, I am sharing an anniversary card made recently for my friend 

and her husband.

The products I have used are:-

Creative Expressions Paper Cuts Die - Champagne Celebration Edger

 Hougie Board

Challenges entered:-
Aud Sentiments - Any Sentiment Except "Happy Birthday"
Crafty Creations - Anything Goes
Scrapy Land - Anything Goes
Watercooler Wednesday - All About Occasions
Crafty Sentiment Designs - Anything Goes
TTCRD - Anything Goes

Thank you for visiting today.

Janice x

My Time To Craft Challenge #393 - 'Mother's Day/Female Card'

A new challenge has started over at My Time to Craft

where the theme this fortnight is 'Mother's Day/Female Card'

All the details can be found HERE

Here is my design team card which my friend asked me to make
for her, to give to her Mum later this month.

The products I have used are:-
Spellbinders Edgeabilities - Classic Scallop
Spellbinders Nestabilities - Lacey Ovals
Digistamp Boutique - Blooming Lovely Set
Sentiment - Computer Generated
Promarkers
Hougie Board

Challenges entered:-

Crafting by Designs - Blooming Flowers
Ellibelle's Corner - Think Spring or Add Some Green (or both)
Scrapy Land - Anything Goes
The Sisterhood of Crafters - Ladies/Girls
Digi Choosday - Anything Goes
Ike's World - C is for CAS - Anything Goes
Passion for Promarkers - Springtime

Try it on a Tuesday - Say it with Flowers

Thank you for visiting today.
Janice x

Female Birthday Cards

Today, I am sharing two birthday cards which I made recently. 

I used different colours and slightly different designs.

I found the idea for the design on Jennifer McGuire's blog.

The products I have used are:-

Floral Border die - Brand unknown

Presscut - Happy Birthday

Hougie Board

Challenges entered:-

Pile it On - Pretty in Pink
The Crafter's Café - Fairy Tale OR Something beginning with F - Floral Border

Creations in Pink - Anything Goes
HLS - Anything Goes with Dies
Love to Craft - Anything Goes
Papercraft Challenge - Anything Goes/Optional - Love/Valentines

The Flower Challenge - Use your latest Stamps or Dies

Thank you for visiting today.

Janice x

Poinsettia Christmas Card

I have reached the end of my Christmas card-making for this year,

and thought I would share one with you today, made with just two dies and

a scoring board. I found the idea on Pinterest.

Creative Expressions - Paper Cuts Poinsettia Edger

Yvonne Creations - Merry Christmas

Hougie Board

Challenges entered:-

Dream Valley Challenge - Christmas

Make My Monday - CAS Christmas

Use Your Stuff - Christmas/Holidays

Card Mania - Christmas

Christmas Crafts All Year Round - Anything Goes

Country View Challenge - Christmas

Crafters Café - Use Glitter and/or Christmas

Creatalicious Challenge - Anything Goes/Option of Christmas with Snowflakes

Die Cut Divas - Winter or Winter Holidays

Crafty Cardmakers - Christmas

Thank you for visiting today.
Janice x

A Mini Treat Box

Today I am sharing a little treat box I made recently.

I have been following Sam on her Pootles blog for about six months now, and she
makes some fabulous gift bags, boxes along with other projects and cards.

This is my take on her box, details found HERE
It's made from a sheet of card measuring 
8.1/4" x 5″ (21 x 12.5cm)

The products I have used are:-

Spellbinders Nestabilities - Circles and Scalloped Circles
Woodware Daisy Punch
Hougie Board

I found it really easy to make and think it would be lovely filled 

with a Ferrero Rocher chocolate or maybe a truffle!
Could be decorated for all occasions too.

Thank you for visiting today.

Janice x

Male Birthday Card

Today's card I made for my friend to give to her husband.

I matt and layered the image and the sentiment, onto green, black and

gold mirror card, and then added the card candi.

The products I have used are:-

Hunkydory - The Second Little Book of Decoupage

Hougie Board

Sentiment is computer generated

Home made card candi

Challenges entered:-

The Crafty Addicts - Anything Goes/All about Boys and Men
Try it on a Tuesday - Take a Ride

Crafty Sentiments Designs - Anything Goes
Crafting with Dragonflies - Guy Card
Crazy 4 Challenges - Masculine Card

Thank you for visiting today.

Janice x

60th Birthday Card

Today's card is one I was asked to make by some friends to give to one of

their friend's for his 60th birthday.
He is an Aston Martin owner and I found this free image on the web.

The products I have used are:-
Cuttlebug Alphabet/Number dies - Olivia
Marianne Die - Cogs CR1324
Sentiment - Computer generated

Challenges entered:-

Crafty Catz - Anything Goes/Optional - Clean and Simple

Aud Sentiments Challenge - Anything Goes
Craftaholics R Us - Anything Goes
Creative Moments - Anything Goes
The Paper Shelter Challenge - A Birthday Card
The Crafty Addicts - Anything Goes

Cardz 4 Guyz - Travel or Transport
Watercooler Wednesday - Masculine Anything Goes

Thank you for visiting today.
Janice x