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

60th Birthday

Today I am sharing a 60th birthday card that I made for a friend
 in the Summer.

I used one of the Hunkydory decoupage images, matted it onto blue card
and glued it directly onto the base card. 

I then added the sentiment, numbers and a couple of

diamante gems to finish.

The products I have used are:

Hunkydory - The Second Little Book of Decoupage

Presscut - Happy Birthday

Marianne Designs - Mini Numbers

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Janice x

A Crocheted Throw/Blanket for my Niece

 Today I am sharing a crocheted throw I made recently for one of my nieces.

I knew she would like one made in a light grey yarn, so when I saw
Blossom Crochet had used this King Cole Beaches yarn
on one of her projects HERE, I knew it would be perfect for my niece's throw.

I especially love the pattern of the variegated shades of grey and white
when it's crocheted.

I used the lovely textured Cluster Kisses stitch which I found HERE on
the 'Blossom Crochet' YouTube channel.

Rebekah’s tutorials are really easy to follow and she has lots of different

crochet stitches, tips and techniques to share, so I would really recommend you
visit her channel for lots of inspiration.

You can also follow her on Instagram HERE

I started by deciding how wide I wanted the throw to be and using a

4mm crochet hook I chained 142 stitches.

I then crocheted the two row repeat pattern until I reached the desired length.

I finished by crocheting a border of one row of double crochet, five rows of 
half trebles, and one row of crab stitch.

I purchased the yarn from Little Wool Shop
using 8 x 100g balls of King Cole Beaches DK in 'Shell Beach'

Thank you for visiting my blog today.

Janice x

Eclipse Birthday Card for my Great Niece

Today I am sharing the birthday card I made for one of my great nieces
who loves gymnastics.

I found this free image on the internet, printed it onto card and using the alphabet dies,
I die-cut her name. I then matted the image onto blue card.

Next I embossed the card base and glued the image directly onto it.
I then die-cut the letters using 3D foam, glued them to the card letters,
and then glued them directly into place on the picture.

Lastly, I added the birthday sentiment and the number.

The products I have used are:

Crafter's Companion 'Textures' Embossing Folder - Distress

Marianne Designs - Mini Numbers
Presscut - Happy Birthday
Alphabet dies - Brand unknown

Thank you for visiting my blog today.
Janice x

 

Birthday Card for my Great Niece

Today, I am sharing the card I made for one of my great nieces
for her 15th birthday.

As she loves singing, I thought this free silhouette image I found
on the internet would be perfect for her.

After embossing the card base with the musical notes folder, I added two 

embossed lines using my Scor-Buddy. 

I then mat and layered the die-cut image with pink and black card.
I used 3D foam pads to attach it to the card.

Lastly, I added the die-cut computer generated sentiment and the 
punched pink circles.

The products I have used:

Crafts-Too Embossing Folder - Musical Notes
The Works - Pierced Squares
Pennant die - Brand unknown
EK Success Punch - Small Circle
Sentiment - Computer generated

Thank you for visiting my blog today.
Janice x

A Crocheted Throw/Blanket for my Nephew

 

Today, I am sharing a crocheted throw/blanket I made earlier in the year
for one of my nephews who is a life long West Ham football supporter!

I used the lovely textured Textured Trebles stitch which I found HERE on

the 'Blossom Crochet' YouTube channel.

Rebekah’s tutorials are really easy to follow and she has lots of different

crochet stitches to share.

I started by deciding how wide I wanted the throw to be and using a

 6mm crochet hook I chained 120 stitches.

I then crocheted the two row repeat pattern until I reached the desired length.

I finished by crocheting a border of one row of double crochet, four rows of 
half trebles, one row of slip stitch and one row of half trebles.

I purchased the yarn from Hobbycraft

using 9 x 100g balls of Women's Institute Premium Acrylic
 5 in ‘Plum’ and 4 in 'Turquoise'

Thank you for visiting my blog today.

Janice x