70th Birthday Card

 Today I am sharing the birthday card I made for my sister for her 70th birthday.

I recently made a Christmas card using a set of the Rubber Stamp Tapestry stamps

which you can see HERE, so I decided to make a similar card using the Ginger Hearts set.

I found that by stamping on a faintly drawn pencil circle, it made it easier for me 

to create the wreath. I die-cut the numbers in both card and foam, glued them 

together to give some dimension.

The products I have used are:-

Rubber Stamp Tapestry Stamps - Ginger Hearts

Cuttlebug Alphabet - Olivia

Pierced square dies - Brand unknown

Challenges entered:

Watercooler Wednesday  - All About Occasions

Addicted to Stamps and More - Any Occasion

Crafty Gals Corner - Easter/Spring

Little Red Wagon - Smell the Roses

Sisterhood of Crafters - How does your garden grow?

Paper Funday - Anything Goes - Optional Spring has Sprung

Ike’s World - Springtime/Anything Goes

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

A Female ‘Eclipse’ Style Birthday Card

Today, I am sharing the birthday card I made recently for my sister, 

which I really enjoyed making. I love the effect of the partially stamped letters

set against the de-bossed background.

 I found the design on Pinterest.

I started by drawing round the letter dies on a snippet of white card, and then 

stamping each letter randomly with the peg dies (which I have had for many 

years, which I bought individually at an Ally Pally craft fair), and the flower 

stamp from the Stampin’ Up set, using three different coloured inks.

Next I die-cut the letters and mounted each one on foam. I then de-bossed the 

card base and stamped the sentiment. After carefully positioning the letters 

and adhering them to the card, I then added the ribbon and diamanté gems.

The products I have used are:-
Rubber Stamp Tapestry Wooden Peg stamps
Stampin’ Up - Itty Bitty Buds
Ranger Ink Letter It - Birthday
Crafts-Too Embossing Folder - Snowdrops
Alphabet dies - Brand unknown

Challenges entered:-

Arty Divas - Anything Goes

Pixie's Snippets Playground #373 - Anything Goes

Crafty Sentiment Designs - Spring is Coming

Shopping Our Stash - Happy Birthday

TTCRD - Anything Goes

Unicorn Challenge - Flower Power

Always Fun Challenges - Flowers

Use Your Stuff - Spring

AAA Birthday - Flowers

Thank you for visiting my blog today.

Janice x