More Wedding Cards for the Happy Couple, with Tatty Ted and MCS.

Hi Guys,

Bit rainy today, so what better excuse. Mind you, don't really need one, I could play all day in my craft room, how about you? Got loads of family cards to make for September ( does something happen in December? ) so thought I'd post these last three wedding cards before I get cracking.

This first one is a picture window card. This design has been quite popular with my customers, and at the craft fairs. They can be adapted and personalised for any occasion. It's a My Craft Studio design from the 'Crystal Sparkles' collection, I just change the colours to suit and the image is from the 'Enchanted Romance' collection.

The inside was personalised with the details of the wedding and ribbon added to emulate the brides veil. I love the 3d effect of this card, the way the windows open to reveal the bride and groom.

To finish, I added a pearl heart embellishment from my stash, and a wordart sentiment and of course, I had to do a box to match :) 

This second one is a 'Tatty Ted' easel card from my Docrafts 'Especially for You' cd. I love this image, it's different and sweet. It's not too difficult to cut out and decoupage either, there are no small fiddly bits.

It's a large image, so I used an 8x8 card blank. The easel shape and floral flourishes were cut from silver satin mirri board using spellbinders labels one and floral flourishes. The backing paper is from Clipartfairy, which I also used to make  the spellbinders spiral blossom flowers. A spellbinders grommet tag sentiment, some white ribbon and a silver coloured cross and the card is finished.

Finally, this last card was chosen by the brides Mum. If you'd like details you can find it here. The only modification she stipulated was that she wanted teal pearls, to match the brides colours, and a see through panel in the box. I also added the bride and grooms names and the date of the wedding, instead of the wedding day tag on the original.

I put killer verses in all the cards, spent a long time choosing just the right ones. My sister said they had the desired effect, not a dry eye to be seen.

Hope you liked them all and hope that they may inspire you in some way, especially if you're lucky enough to be allowed creative licence on such a special occasion, as I was.



I am entering these cards into the following challenges :-

Simon Says Stamp Challenge - Anything goes.

Allsorts Challenge Blog - It's a Gift.

Forever Friends Fortnightly Challenge - Anything goes.

A Gem of a Challenge - Animals or Teddies.

Crafters Companion Monthly Challenge - Best friends.

Gems, Reddy, Teddy, Go - Anything goes.

Thank you for visiting my blog. Hope you have as much pleasure looking as I do writing it.


Hugs,

Jools.  xxx

Thank you Teacher, with Bobby Sues pretty flowers and Cupcake Ted.

Good afternoon everyone,

Just when I thought it was safe to go in the craftroom and do something other than a Thank you card, my daughter asked if I could make two for my Grandsons, to give to their teachers. Needless to say, I made them and here they are.

The only brief I had was to make them pretty. I can do pretty, no problem.

I did them both the same shape to save arguments  ( we all know what siblings can be like ) just varying the toppers.

The first one is a clipartfairy digi stamp from the 'Bobby Sues Pretty Flowers' range, coloured with promarkers. She was matted onto cream and lilac mats using spellbinders Grand labels eleven. The backing paper is Docrafts, from the woodland folk and friends cd. I printed it onto 220gsm supersmooth card to add strength and used the same die to cut the shape, but in a bigger size. I turned this mat sideways. The final layer, or card base, is cut using the largest of the dies in the same cream card as the topper mat and again turned on its side. To finish I added two papermania flowers, some card candy and a cardart sentiment tag.

I added a verse to the back of the card with the individual names of the teachers. My eldest Grandson was leaving primary this time, so I tried to use a verse that was apt. I think it did the trick, my daughter said Mrs Mitchell loved it. As did Mrs Cunnington.

The topper on this card is a Pink Gem design called 'Cupcake Ted'. The backing paper was again from Docrafts woodland friends cd and the rest is the same as the one above. Hope you like them.

I am entering these cards into the following challenges :-

Panpastells Uk Challenge - School's out / buttons and bows. ( schools out )

Fab n funky Challenge - No stamped images.

Inky Impressions Challenges - Use dies or punches.

Polka Doodles Challenge Blog - Summer.

Joanna Sheen Challenge - Animal crackers.

Ladybug Crafts Ink TLT Challenge - Summer fun.

ABC Challenges - T for Two ( two flowers )

Forever friends Monthly Challenge - Summer holidays.

 

Thanks for dropping by and do come again.



Jools.  xxx

Tilda Hula-hoop Birthday Rocker.

Good crafternoon crafters,

Who does that sound like? Anyway, hello to you all and a special hello to my new followers. Welcome to my blog, hope you enjoy visiting and thankyou.

Today's card is a tilda rocker. I felt like doing a bit of colouring, (one day I may grow up) so I stamped Tilda out several times and used different colourways to colour her in. I never know what colour card I'm going to make until the urge takes me, so to speak. The one I chose in the end is pink and lilac.

The rocker and all the layers are made with spellbinders grand large scallop, I offset each layer this time to make it a bit different. I stamped with memento ink and used promarkers to colour the image in. I just love these pens, even more since I bought some fine tips. They make it so easy to get light and shade. Some stitching detail was added around the smallest layer and Tilda was mounted with foam to give dimension.  The backing paper is from the tulip and friends range and the sentiment from cardart. The edges of all the other layers were distressed with Tim Holtz milled lavender and I added a bit of glitter, flowers and ribbon from my stash.

I had to do a variation on the design of the this rocker, my daughter said that the one I sent her wouldn't stand up. I told her not to stand it on a shiny surface, but she said it still kept laying down.

So I cut a piece of the same white card I'd used for the main rocker base and attached it inside the card to the front and back. It worked a treat. No more Bambi on ice.

Put a crease in the middle and fold it in on itself and the card lies flat for posting. Now the only thing I have to do is decide what to do with all the other Tilda's. I suppose I could make four more different coloured rocker's. :)

Aren't they cute.


I'm entering this card into the following challenges :-

Glitter Geeks Blog Challenge - Stitches.

Simon Says Stamp Challenge - Anything goes.

Passion For Promarkers - Cut it out.

Ladybug Crafts Ink TLT Challenge - Birthday.

Thanks for visiting, hope you like them. If you'd like to leave a comment I'll know you've been and then I can visit your blog. See you soon.

Jools. xxx

Birthday card with panpastel tints

Good evening everyone,

Hope you've all had a nice day. Can we hope that the weather has now turned the corner and we can start enjoying some spring weather. Here's hoping.

Today's card continues with the panpastel theme and  because I'm having so much messy fun, I thought I'd  make a nice frilly, girly card. These are just so pleasing to make aren't they, a few bows and flowers and hey presto. I've got three boy cards to make in the next couple of weeks and we all know how easy boy cards are to make, don't we.

The three colours I used are from the panpastel tints range. I think they're lovely, so fresh and feminine. They'd be lovely on a baby card too.  The background of the card, label topper and butterfly were all stamped with  a little daisy and versamark ink for a resist effect. I'm not sure if the tints would be striking enough without the resist, as you can see, the daisies are much darker. My daisy is a Woodware stamp from the daisy tag set. After applying, I fixed the panpastels with cheap hairspray, valuable tip Eileen, thanks.

The butterfly, flower and flourishes are all spellbinders. Again, they were all coloured using  panpastels, sealed and then spattered with some glitter ( of course ) A few self adhesive pearls for the butterfly and some lace threaded through a punched hole and the tag is finished.

The tag is quite big so I used an 8x8" scalloped card. Some more lace to tie a bow along the spine of the card, a bit of card candy and a cardart sentiment to finish. I added a 'Hand Made' card charm to this one, I think it just gives that finishing touch.

Hope you like it and thanks for visiting. 


I will be entering this card in the following challenges :-

PanPastel UK Challenge blog - Add a flower.

Ladybugs Craft Ink TLT Challenge - Birthday.

The ABC Challenge -  N for Neutral
SimonSays Stamp Challenge - Anything goes.
Fab'n'Funky - No DT.
Joanna Sheen Challenge Blog - Someone special.

Have a nice evening,

Jools. xx

Baby's first birthday wordbook and picture window.

Hi all,

Just finished a first birthday wordbook for one of the girls at work and thought I'd share it with you. Been a few day's since last posting, you can tell I'm back at work. Anyway, it's digitally crafted using Craft Artist Pro. I used CA because my customer wanted loads of pictures to record her baby's first year and I just love the selection of intelligent frames on the digikits available.  Here's the book closed, it's quite large, the last page is 5" x 12".

The pages and letters of the wordbook are from the Funky Daze cd, by Funky Hand. I love her work, it's so grungy yet still pretty. I imported the letters into my CA and played around with the colours to make it more suitable for a baby. The embellishments were from various CA digikits, I wanted to add a bit of dimension so it wasn't just a flat word book. The 'I am 1' balloon was glazed with glossy accents just to make it stand out more. Then the fun began. My friend sent me so many pickies I didn't have a clue which to use.

I managed to fit eight photo's in the book, all with different intelligent frames and captions. Hope she likes my choices.  It was printed on 220gsm supersmooth card and finished with my Bind-it-all. Didn't have blue so had to use silver. Added loads of ribbon in various colours and a few pompoms and there you have it.

This next one is also a card with a difference, It's a picture window card by My Craft Studio. There are several cd's to choose from, this one is an adaptation of  a Crystal Sparkles picture window, with all the illustrations and embellishments from the Young at Heart, 3rd Anniversary cd's.

This style card has proved to be very popular amongst my customers, it's very 3D and also has a kinetic movement.  I've made quite a few now,  birthday, wedding, anniversary, new baby, etc. There really is no limit, they can be adapted to suit any occasion. Again, I printed onto supersmooth card and added a sentiment from cardart. A bit of glitter round the edges of the animal heads adds that finishing touch. A chocolate box style ribbon on the side and it's done.


Hope you like them, thanks for popping by, gonna go and play with my panpastels, I'll post my efforts another day.

bye....

Jools. x