Sweater Card

 Hi Everyone, with things as they are, I had to make a card for my Great Nephew who was 6 a few weeks ago. It was an easy cut file that meant I chose the paper, embossed a cable design onto the pieces, added a 6 to cut with the sweater, put it together, nice and quick, with no thinking. The sentiment was added in Silhouette and cut for the insert. I also found a safety pin in my files to add the tag, which was also printed and cut in Silhouette.

sweater - SVG.Cuts 

cable embossing folder - Magazine freebie SC&P 

safety pin - image by Studio Linda Renee from Thankful kit 2013

Roof tops and a story

 Hi Everyone, a log post, I hope you have time to read it all.

My card today is from a teaching time when my SiL and Brother came to visit the other weekend. She has a die cutting machine too, but doesn't do as much with it as she could, that is not decrying what she does, she does beautiful work with it, it's just different to me. Wanting to learn how to put together cards like this, we sat down and had a great time playing, leaving the men to watch TV and chat.

I chose a multi layer card, so she could see how the cutting layers went together to make a folded box card.  I also showed her how I add glitter. We were both thrilled with the outcome, except! she was taking it home to show her friends what SHE made! hahaha. I know she will tell of our time together playing.

Rooftops Box Card - SVGCuts

glitter - Decor Glamour Dust

Silhouette Cameo 

card - Lidl

 

 

showing the build of the box

 

 

showing the glitter

When she came, she was one of 3 brothers, 2 SiL's, hubby and me. The date was originally set for a Chef to cook us a fine dining meal, which due to the fact they couldn't get a Chef locally for the date or time, we sadly had to cancel. (We can't be living in a posh area?) I thought it would be a great idea, instead of going out for a meal. I couldn't let them down so told them to still come, from Lincolnshire, Western Super Mare and a brother just 5 miles away. I decided to make a menu and make it special for us all. My elder family are all in their 80's and without being morbid, we don't know if they could make it next year, travelling for hours. 

 

Anyway, I went into Photoshop, set up the page size and added holly borders, by A.J. Roberts, then proceeded to write the Menu. I also did the place names and took them all into my digital die cutting machine, (Cameo) to print and cut. After they had all been done, I added glue with a glue pen and added Gilding Flakes by Cosmic Shimmer. These are the results. I headed it as "F&M's Private Dining Experience". We all enjoyed ourselves and my family enjoyed what I prepared for them. A Great day.

 

Here is another of Gill Reeds Poems, I just had to let you read.

I added the Bugaboo Reindeer, all coloured in Photoshop, I didn't have time to add lots of things this time.

 I hope you enjoy it.

 

 

I hope your Christmas's will be as enjoyable.

Tea Cup card and classes. Help please?

 Hi Everyone, the saga of my makes last and this week continue.  I have been persuaded to help out in a new craft club for mentally challenged people, with a view to opening to others. I had shown them one card which was well received.

 The trouble is I have never taught crafting and don't consider myself knowledgeable enough to teach it, however, I felt better when I showed them a punch from the stash that had been donated and they didn't know what it was or how it worked and were astonished, yep! that's the correct word, to see how it worked. 

Anyhow, I decided although we haven't got 10 people yet, I looked for an easy card, but different and yes! I went into the Silhouette again. I'm getting boring aren't I? but this file was so simple and looked quite difficult that I went for it, but after nearly 2 days of cutting (not continuous), I began to think I had chosen the wrong card! So many pieces!

Here it is, all 10 copies were done, bagged and even with ribbon that I measured so all were the same. I believe this is the way classes are prepared, OK! maybe not this way, but I thought I would try it. I've only been to one Zoom class where pieces were prepared for us, so got the idea from that. Otherwise I am winging it!

Both cards

card design - SVGCuts Tea Cup Box Card

floral paper - Craft Sensations

ribbon stash

sentiment and back cup piece was printed and cut

tag was stamped with a magazine freebie

These are the pieces for one card.

This is the card I made as an example for them to see what they could achieve.

I promise you, it really is VERY easy.

cup and envelope, 

sorry it's blurred, but I wanted to show the envelope pattern in the stripes.

a better photo of cup and envelope

this is the sentiment, it's written with a pen in the Silhouette program, 

not printed as above, in the pieces photo.

this is the tea cup card flat for postage, just fold and into the envelope.

EDIT - When I went to the class only 3 people were there and I didn't think, maybe selfish of me, that after all the work I put it in, it was worth doing it for 3 people, so I showed them something else and will wait for the class to grow, the organiser tells me she is going to start doing word of mouth to different classes and clubs who use the hall. So maybe it's won't be too long before these are used after all.

Now all I have to do is plan what to do each week, I need to teach them different things, but have to sort through all the donation stuff first, I have to design at home until then. Help and ideas would be appreciated from you clever ladies, even best size of classes maybe?

New baby first Christmas

Hi Everyone, I don't think I have shown you much of what I made over Christmas, so thought I would pop in with this. I made them for our new baby Owen, who thankfully, after a traumatic birth, Mother and baby are doing well.

I also made an insert for the box, top and bottom,

 so that the ball wouldn't move about in the post.

box - blossom box - SVGcuts.

dragon - bought, but Owen  name, added in Heat Transfer Vinyl cut with Cameo 2

Card -  cut file Lori Whitlock 

polar bear - Creativefabrica

bauble bought - filled with false snow and Dragon Flag printed and cut out 

with "Nadolig Llawen" added - meaning Happy Christmas in Welsh",

 it hangs so moves within the bauble.

snowflakes - various files,

 cut with Cameo 2 in white vinyl and added over the bauble.

Name and year - cut with Cameo 2 and added to bauble.

Carrying on showing you Owen, here he is at 1 week old, a digital scrapbook page I did, very quickly and simply. His Mum likes simple things.

Scrapbook page template - Marisa Lerin at Pixelscrapper

Cheers!

Hi Everyone, my card today is for the Outlawz Sketch Challenge, and today I am more than grateful for this sketch, as it was just perfect with a slight alteration for the card I wanted to make for our Godson.

He and his parents are going on a cruise for his 50th birthday, so I wanted to make something that was relevant and I think this is. I slipped up on the placement of the port hole, it should have been slightly higher, but I think the male of the species won't notice? I hope LOL. I also added acetate to the centre of it and added gold glitter pen to the "screws".

image - Kenny Kay

coloured in PS, cut with border

background and insert paper - Lettering Delights

port hole is 3D'd, anchor & chain - SVG cuts

anchor paper - melo vrijhof Pixelscrapper

cheers and 50 - Tingler script font

All cut with Silhouette Cameo

right sentiment - Create with TLC

the bottle is cut from the image and made larger for the left side., 

with a verse I saw on the web years ago.
All made to fit an C5 card.

insert

this is the sketch I followed

Riding

Hi Everyone, today's card is for my Niece, who's world is her horse and riding her. Every year I add a horse to her card or at least something horsey!

This year, I was looking for ideas online and came across THIS card which I thought absolutely perfect, so I cased her card, (which I added in a comment on her card that I would do.) 

The Riding outfit is a Silhouette Store purchase, 

the horses, which I made into the shapes on the Cameo are from SVG cuts.

I just added a little glitter with a Uniball gold glitter pen.

The birthday greeting die is by Tonic, I think it looks like a winners garland.

A BIG box!

Hi Everyone, I thought I would share a BIG box I made with the Cameo, I originally made it as a holder for a present I am giving, more about that in another post, I had bought the file a long while ago, but it wasn't tall enough, so just elongated to 11 inches, at it's tallest, in the design area and cut away.

It made up beautifully and I was thrilled with the end result, then tried to add the present and it wouldn't go in!!!!!

The unusual shape was right, but I was trying to get the wide shape into the narrower top? Something I never even thought of, how stupid of me, so I had to do another, which you will see again. Anyhow here it is, now all I have to do is buy something for someone that will fit it. LOL

gift box - six sided apothecary jar -  SVG Cuts

bow die from a lovely blogger friend - Lil'inker designs

paper pad - The Range

I would also like to share a T shirt I did last month, I used Transfer paper to print it out and ironed it onto the T shirt, something which is great to do on a cheapie T shirt that will be usually be worn around the house. I've had a couple of compliments when being worn. :) The image was a freebie from Fontbundles AND copyright free, so IF I decided to sell these it would be fine.  Sorry about the T shirt being wrinkly, I wore it first then thought of the photo, I'm surprised there isn't dabs on it LOL.

Thinking of you

Hi Everyone, due to Blogger problems, (I can't get into the design area for some reason, it's completely random, but this time I've not been able to get in for days, it just hangs and does nothing.) Just as well I had a few cards scheduled.

Anyhow, this card was for the Outlawz sketch challenge which finished yesterday! I struggled with the sketch a little, then went through my files and found this sentiment and it went from there.

sentiment - Create with TLC  - colour overlay in PS

lace frame - SVG Cuts - cut on the Cameo

rose - Tattered Lace die coloured with Spectrum Noir pens

butterfly - Tonic die - cut from green and silver mirror card.

ribbon from stash

all laid onto green card - Lidl

Happy Christmas for you!

navy card with gold embedded in it. 

snowflake paper by Docrafts,

mirror card from The Range

pom poms and ribbon from stash

gift bag extended to size from SVG cuts

cut on the Cameo

Wine bottle tag, Sweet jar and a box

Hi Everyone, I have decided to show you a few gifts made with my Cameo, water decal paper and a couple of dies. Yep! I've been busy, well maybe not as busy as some of you LOL

 I've added all the projects because they are of the same projects.

 Wine glasses 

I used inkjet water decal paper to transfer the fabulous sentiments

 from Paulette at  Create with TLC onto two of the glasses,

 I added a bunch of grapes to the one glass in PS.

Box

 then boxed them in a box from SVG cuts I added a 

Spellbinders die shape around the top and bottom of each box.

added a free tag die and a bow die a fabby blog friend sent me.

I made 4 boxes, all different, 

Wine bottle Tag

Cut circles of different card to make a bottle tag

free cut a Christmas tree which is placed over a 

Tattered Lace pin hole oval die and added 

an X Cut Happy Christmas die

added the same bow die

Sweet jar

 inkjet water decal paper to transfer the sentiment I saw on the web, 

onto a couple of coffee jars I have been saving.

I hope you like them. the sweet jar goes into a box too.

I tried this sentiment on an angle, not sure if I prefer the angle or the straight one above.