50th birthday card and present

 Hi Everyone, Sorry I have not been commenting or being in touch, as much as I normally do. I'll try and get back on track, but I have been so busy with birthdays, wedding card, the Club cards and of course Christmas cards and presents. Without other things too. I really don't know where time is going. I'll be blogging my makes so it will prove I have been busy hahaha.

Anyhow, here is something I have made recently, it was my God Daughter's 50th birthday, so I decided on a vase for a present.  I have been so up against it as I have said. I wanted to do something she could keep and I could do quite quickly. Yes! you guessed it out with my Cameo and some etching on a what I thought a pretty shape vase. I added a roll of black card to enable you to see the etching. I used Etchall etching cream after cutting out the vinyl pattern.

This is both front and back 

front of vase including 50 (her age)

this is the back

This is the card I made for her, it's from a file, I have used before but, when I looked at the date 2008, it was before I blogged, so it hasn't been on my blog before! 

all images from Hugware I don't know the artist, 

it has CLH copyright on the images though.

The dress and the 50 are 3D'd, I also added Nuvo clear glaze to the spots on the card and the 50, it looks quite effective in real life ;D

Gnomes TMR

 Hi Everyone, my DT card today is for 

The Male Room Challenge

Gnomes are just adorable aren't they? Well most of them. I hope you think mine are today. I wasn't sure how I was going to do this card, but I had seen a colour combination, I thought I would try out. This is the result. I think it will go to one of my Nephews.

The frame is a 3D card file I have had a number of years and I thought it would be different for my Gnomes.  I cut it out on my digital die cutting machine and added the stamped images. The Gnomes and their lights and present are die cut and the sign and house are fussy cut.  They were all coloured in DI's. The sentiment was stamped and die cut, then added to the 3D frame.

Gnomes and other stamps - Apple Blossom stamps and Gnome dies Magazine freebies.

3D frame box card - Paper Garden Projects

star - embossed with WOW Clear Sparkle embossing powder

sentiment die - Julie Hickey

background paper - Shirley's Cards

inks - Distress inks, Chipped Sapphire, Mowed Lawn, Wilted Violet, Tattered Rose

Silhouette Cameo

showing in more detail the 3D cutting.

Lamb or Mutton?

     Hi Everyone, I have 2 DT cards today, this is for -

our new named blog
 

Critter Crazy

although the rules are slightly different, we still have the same challenge

Anything Goes but they MUST feature a critter as the main focus

Whether Furry, Feathered, Fantasy, Fairytale, 

Scaly, or Insect, there must be a critter...

This card was made with one of those wild moments of memory of something different? Well I used them in this card and today's. I wanted something very simple for my card class, some of whom have mental health problems and thought it would tie in with my DT post today.

Anyhow, I cut the free file, I have had it from 2011, with my die cutting machine. It consists of a scallop shape for the body,  a head and pants/legs. I decided to use makeup remover pads, to make a "wooly" sheep. 

The parts were cut from white and black card and the ear inserts from pink card. I got my class to put it all together, starting with splitting the pad in half and attaching it to the scalloped white base, for the body. Then putting everything else together, with wobbly eyes added last. I'm happy to say they loved it.

I also computer generated the sentiment and had them add it to a black base. It took a while to cut them for 12, I never know how many are going to attend, so always prepare 12, this card was eventually made by 6. I'm sure the other 6 will come in handy in a few weeks for other newbies to the class?

cut file - MyTimetoCraft.com (sadly I can't find her anymore)

makeup pad - stash!

eyes - stash

sentiment - computer generated

On the same day, I also got them to do this, and as it's an animal, I thought I may add it here. Again all pieces cut out on my Cameo, to let everyone be able to just put it together, another easy make for them also.

pattern - Cindy G @ MyScrapChick

Snowman Hello

 Hi Everyone here I am with one of my 2 DT card for today, it's for the challenge at QKR. Our challenge is on the 1st and 15th of every month, so you have 2 chances every month to enter the challenge.

http://qkrstampede.blogspot.com/

We will select two winners each of the weeks 

1 using QKR Stampede  or Eureka Stamps image

 and 1 using any image!

Anything Goes every 1st & 15th of the month

My card today uses 2 fab images from QKR. I did my usual taking the images into my digital die cutting machine to cut the layers. After cutting them, I coloured them with DI's, I did the background with DO's, I embossed the background and the hills and added another layer of the trees and a touch of white pen to add highlights to his hat. You may notice the hills are not all white? it's like that here, rarely really white, so I went with it. I had to add lots of glitter too, it's practically everywhere. 😀

Happy Holly Days - QKR

Christmas Snowman - QKR

inks - Distress Inks & Oxide

hill background - Kristen Magee ID #68745 Silhouette Store

embossing folder - Crafters Companion Snow Texture

Christmas Iris Folding

 Hi Everyone, I am struggling to come up with ideas for my craft club and after looking online I saw iris folding, last week my cards were a little too easy, so I looked for easy, taking a little time? It's placing paper onto lines I thought, that could be OK, so I cut all the papers needed and more, then printed out a free pattern I got online. I cut the tree shape out of card, all using my digital die cutting machine, when cutting lots, it's a real boon for me. 

I took papers, peel offs and templates to class and had them follow the lines etc. It did take longer, as I wanted, and apart from a few papers laid down on the open paper side, it went well and the results were really good. I was so pleased, thankfully so were they. There were a few papers over, so waste not want not, I made a few more for myself, a few more added to my Christmas cards

 

papers - Crafts Beautiful magazine freebies 2015

tree template - The Spruce Crafts

sentiment peel offs, star and mirror card - The Range

Kraft Thanks

 Hi Everyone, Well! what weather we are having, rain rain and more rain. I'm afraid this weather makes me not want to do anything, however I did a card while the sun the was shining a few days ago.

I saw a stamp on someone's blog and now can't remember where I saw it, sorry! I had to buy it, as it reminded me of a clover and a card I did a long while ago. I had bought some Kraft ready made cards for Christmas cards, (at least an idea, that doesn't seem to be working out) but, I stamped this around the card and then stamped the sentiment, I decided to colour the flowers and the leaves with DI's, not that it shows up well, but enough I thought.

As for the sentiment, I found a kraft digital paper in my files, so used it for the sentiment, computer generated then printed it and cut it with a die. Added it to the centre and voila! Although the heat distorted the card a bit, so after I took the photo, I had it under my Grand Calibur and plates, remember that, Yep! I still have mine!

 stamp - Penny Black Delicate Florals

ink - White Brilliance ink

ep - Papermania White embossing powder

Kraft card - Dovecraft

die - Julie Hickey

Stamping & lots of piccies!

 Hi Everyone, I'm stamping again. I blended the background, and then stamped with blue, however I had to stamp twice and just moved the card, I hate waste! so I used some water and blended the most obvious parts, I think it's worked? You will be my judge! 

I also splashed some water over the whole card and added clear glaze in spots, all added to a navy card base and ribbon added. For all the faffing around I did on the card, I think it's OK. Maybe?

floral stamp - Woodware

sentiment stamp - Magazine freebie

inks - Distress Oxides

ribbon - stash

card - Jellybean Crafts

As this is a short post I thought I would show you the up to date, well a few weeks ago, piccies of our new fence and garden, you know I like boring you with the garden piccies. 😉 Look out for a "few". OR just scroll to the bottom. 

Sorry but none of these have been Photoshopped, so colours are not as bright as they should be. This shows the original grass line of the border, it's being reshaped and re grassed, to make the border about 2 feet wide, just 4 plants remain of the original shrubs, they were in the way of the fencers or the narrowing of the border, so had to be dug up. I have to say that my hubby is a hero for all the digging he has had to do at 78 years old.

this is the top corner which has been planted with a hydrangea and an Astilbe for the time being, more to come.

this is along the top border

towards the left top corner, the beans are gone now!

further along

the left top corner, still a mess, but one hebe planted and a saxifrage

still needing to be dug though 

this is the back of the garden, hubby has a new path and more digging to do, poor man.

I thought I would show you some pretty borders along the left side of the garden.

The dahlias are new this year and have put on a wonderful show.

a shame that some of this has to come up, being annuals. We

 have had a wonderful show this Summer.

That's all for now, I hope the lovely weekend weather that we have had in the UK, or at least in our part, got you ready for the rain that's due? 

Enjoy your week.