Universe TMR

 Hi Everyone, my card today is for 

I really had to gather images for this subject, but in the end I'm quite pleased with the result. I found backgrounds that went together. I found a digi stamp and a relevant cut file with the letter C for my son's name. His birthday is in a few days, he won't see this as he doesn't view my blog, he loves Space games, so it had to be for him.  Well, I think it's OK for a 49 year old. 😉  I've been good and not added his age this year. I wonder if he’ll notice.    

I planned the design in Design Space in Silhouette, I added the sentiment with a font that I thought were "space" shape letters. Next I print and cut everything. 

I coloured the spaceman and planet with DI's, and added silver glitter pen to the tank, helmet, stripes, and belt. Then added 3D glaze to the visor of his helmet and the single planet. I also added it to parts of the rocket, stars, and the blast.

Then glued everything together.   

background papers - watercolour space DesignBundles

planets paper - Papercraft Inspirations mag freebie

spaceman - Digistamps4joy 2013

glitter pen - Uniball 

inks - Distress Inks, hickory smoke, tea dye, gathered twigs, tattered rose, candied apple, mustard seed, blueprint sketch, ripe persimon

C with rocket - Sarah Christie at Extraordinary Chaos

Font - Gravity

 

I hope you can join us in the Universe?

 

I'm joining the https://snarkystampers.blogspot.com/2025/08/soss-265-is-for-alien.html I hope my Universe, fits the challenge?

7 Year old birthday Girl

 Hi Everyone, my card today is for my Great, Great Niece, who was 7 years earlier this month. She is a real little lady, so I thought I would do a very pink card for her, after finding a lovely paper pad in my stash.

I used a celebration number, cut with my Silhouette, it's the same alphabet as this card. I think it looks so different cut in a colour. A back layer was cut for the 7 in silver mirror card. Her name, Dorothy, was also added inside the top of the 7. 

I then hand cut 2 layers of different card to back the number, the lower layer has stars on it, although they can't be readily seen, the stars match the star on the number. I punched the corners to round them for a softer feel, I thought. 

The next layer has some pretty bows. I thought I would add a bow to the 7 to tie it all together. I love the 3 layer design of the bow, with cut centres to the top layer.

Sparkle pen was added to the number, which shows up in real life, but the camera doesn't pick it up. She is always thrilled with her cards and on a visit in August, was delighted to see where I make my cards for her and her siblings. 

 paper pad - Craft Sensations Kids

 number - Extraordinary Chaos

bow - Silhouette Design Store #352883 

This is a different view, I was hoping to show the sparkle on the number, but you can see the details better. 

 I touched on her siblings, earlier, this is her 2 year old baby sister Iris, playing with my eldest brother, her 88 year old very active, Great Grandfather, in August. I think it's extraordinary she should know him, let alone be able to play with him. He had been running around, playing ball with her too. Although, I suppose, not as rare as in my days, mine had long gone before I was born. Anyhow, here they are.

Hubby's 80th Birthday

 Hi Everyone, it was my dear hubby's 80th birthday on the 20th, so this is a picture heavy post with a few piccies of our day out included.

 

I went all out and decided on making a many layer box card, after seeing it on the MSC blog. I changed the colour mix, to make it more masculine. 

 

After taking all the pieces into my Silhouette, I made them larger, making the card approx. 215mm x 155mm (8.5in x 6in) and cut from the red, white, black, gold, and gold holographic card. They were cut and then layered. 

Birthday slice card  - My Scrap Chick

card - The Range

Silhouette die cutting machine

 

side view

 

That wasn't enough, I decided to make another, so that I could have a lovely verse inside.

 

I die cut a car, coloured with markers and then embossed it all over with clear embossing powder. I printed off the sentiment and stencilled it, with a stencil I cut myself on the Silhouette Die cutting machine. After inking it, I layered it onto green card and adhered it to the main card, with the car placed centre. The layer looks off kilter, but it's probably because of my straightening of it in Photoshop. I didn't notice until I looked at it here. Silly me.

I printed out a sloppy verse inside, (he deserves one.) It's green, because he loves the "Racing Green" that used to be on the old cars. The light has given it different green areas, it's the same colour all over. 

 car - Sweet Dixie Die

markers - Spectrum Noir

embossing powder - Papermania

silver gel pen - Uniball

stencil - Tanya Beatrak ID #63771 Silhouette Design Store

ink - Distress Oxide, lost shadow

Silhouette

 

I then went into my Silhouette again and cut out his name and age, from the same alphabet I used here by Extraordinary Chaos. Before I went to bed, I stuck them to the window, so that when he opened the curtains he could see them. I coloured them with Distress Oxides, not as precisely as it could have been, but it was a last minute thought, so quick colouring. It's 12 x 12 inches

 

 

you can see them in reverse in the window.

here's how they looked from outside, shame about the reflection.

Hubby isn't one for fuss, although he deserves it, and all he wanted was to go out for a run in the car. He decided on West Wales, so off we toddle and first visit was St Davids Cathedral, a beautiful place to visit, we have been there several times, so our Pilgrimage has been completed over and over. AND, it was a glorious day, even though the wind was chilly. We drove through gorgeous countryside, seeing lots of Ewes with their lambs, cows, and horses in the fields. Everything is so very neat, with everyone having freshly painted outside their white or coloured houses. Also gardens so well looked after. A very beautiful part of Wales.

On our way, one of my favourite views from the car approaching Newgale beach

 

  

St David's the approach from the car park.

 

 

This is part of a sign inside the Cathedral about the Pilgrimage.

 Strumble Head Lighthouse,

 it doesn't look like it, but it's on its own island. A new place for us.

  

 

 

 

 In Fishguard we saw Cockle Pickers. 

Don't know what cockles are? here's a link, that may interest you.

 sorry this is out of focus, but they were a long way out in the bay.

 

 

I hope this wasn't too long a visit for you, but you enjoyed a little of our day.

90th Birthday

 HI Everyone, a post from me that isn't scheduled, at last. This card was for my Brother in law, who has dementia, Bless him, he asked who was 90! It was the first card he opened. Anyhow, quite a simple card, I used a wonderful "cut" and free alphabet and numbers. I printed the sentiment out onto card, then die cut it. I attached it to a die cut holographic gold card. I cut the numbers out with my Silhouette and placed them onto the printed sentiment layer. Using the off cuts, I added them to the sentiment. The card is 8x8. I was pleased with the outcome. He was too. 

numbers - Extraordinary Chaos

dies - Sue Wilson Noble square dies.

New Year stars CHC

 Hi Everyone, I'm over the moon to have been asked to join the DT of

 Crafting Happiness Challenges

  

I wanted to get involved asap, so I made a New Year card, it also had to be a quick one as it had to be posted in the Challenge which this month is "Celebrations".

 

What could be a Celebration this time of year? I chose a Happy New Year, hoping it will be better than last year. Fortunately for me, I had a file come through in a Newsletter, on the same morning I was asked to join the Challenge, which I decided was just right for me and this challenge. It was a colouring image, but I decided to make it into a cut file. Using my Cameo, I cut it with glitter gold vinyl, then placed that onto silver mirror card. They were both placed and matched up, behind the black card, I had also used to cut the image out of. It's difficult to get the shininess of the card in the photo, there was no sun, and it was wet and miserable when the photo was taken, but it is so shiny.

It's still in the first week of the New Year, so I think this is still OK to post and 

wish you all a Happy New Year.

 

colouring file image - Extraordinary Chaos

vinyl - gold glitter KPMF

silver mirror card and black card - stash

It would be lovely to see you at the challenge, it's Anything Goes and lasts all month.

 

Allsorts Challange wk710 the colouring page is New, so is the Year! :)

Framed gift!

 Happy Happy Christmas. 

 Wishing you all a Wonderful time with family friends and good food.

 It's the time of gluttony, isn't it? Although, I must be careful with the sweeties / candy.

 Hi Everyone, this will be my last post until Boxing Day, as I have said previously I make gifts for the family, we don't give expensive, just something with some cash. This is a gift for the last "child" to be 18, an age I stop giving. I had 16 nieces Great Nieces and Nephews at one time and decided that as they were the "next, next generation" it was when I would stop giving. Call me mean? But another generation is coming along now, and when does it stop. Although, of course, they still get their cards and have been very understanding about my decision.

Anyhow, our Great Nephew Alfie is 14, so will be having for a few years yet! He is determined to be a Palaeontologist. I saw this dinosaur alphabet and thought it a great idea to make it for his room. I hope it's not too young for him? Out with my old Cameo 2 - of course, so easy to make things like this, I thought! I cut the A out and put it together, I bought a box frame for it to sit in. 

However, I had sized the A to be 8x8 and it didn't sit well in the box. grrr, do I cut another, no, lets get a bigger frame. I couldn't get a 10x10, so had to have a 12x12. Which meant the A was lost in it. No problem, thought I, I've got some leaves in my cut files, I'll cut a few of those for a background. I put it all together inside the box frame, added the A dinosaur and, it was completely lost in the jungle!

In the end I HAD to cut a few more layers to add to the A dinosaur, so it could stand out from the background, with different colours. I just hope he likes it!

The only way I could get a photo without reflection was to lay it down. 

Dinosaur Mandala - Sarah Christie Extraordinary Chaos

leaves - Jungle Party Silhouette Design Store #424581 / #424587

leaf frame - Fox Sister Silhouette Design Store Fall leaves #332522

card - Tonic and Lidl

frame - The Range

Silhouette Cameo 2