Bow ties!

Good afternoon
While I have not done any card making this weekend I have not been idle! I have, at long, long last finished decorating my passageway. I started over a year ago, yes I know! My passage is long and narrow and has eight doors, which believe me take some painting. Anyway about half way through I developed RSI in my shoulder. I couldn't even lift my arm enough to wash my hair properly, put a t-shirt on or do things that meant putting my hand behind my back, so, after many months physio then
Pilates I've eventually got nearly the full use back. Hence when I started to continue with the  decorating I have had to do it gradually.
Now, I have twenty two bow ties to make for a wedding in September. They are not for men to wear, but to adorn the long neck of favour bottles for the men. The ladies bottles have something else one. The bottles are going to be filled with rum punch.                        

So I have been busy making these this afternoon.
They look blue in the photo but they are in fact black! I have

another five to do then I have to put the bands around the
middle of them. I don't mind saying I shall be glad to see the back of them!                                            

Clematis

What an afternoon, one minute lovely sunshine, next pouring down with rain, just the afternoon for card making! So that's just what I did!
The background for this card was made during Kim's lesson at Davina's last Saturday. I have sponged the card with distress inks then using an embossing folder created the pattern which I then, very gently, wiped over with black soot distress ink.
The sketch was two ovals, one smaller than the other and mounted above each other, in either order. I chose to put a Woodware sentiment at the top. The bottom stamp is Stampendous Clematis  which I have coloured with copics.
To finish I added a little dragonfly.
I think I will enter this into the Woodware sketch challenge

Coming of Age

Good evening, twice in one evening, my goodness aren't I getting good!
This lovely stamp is 18th BIRTHDAY and Kim very kindly lent it to me for this card. It is for my friends grandson who 'comes of age' next week. I have paper pieced the numbers onto the 18 which has been embossed onto white card and distressed with broken china. Mounted onto dark blue card. This young man has said he would like to go for a pizza meal for his birthday and to buy a drink in a pub! Bless him! So I embossed the pale blue background card with imaged of pieces of pizza and a beer bottle and tankard. Then added Congratulations at the top. I am going to include a cheque for him to buy his first drink on me!

I hope he has a fantastic time

Easel For An Artist

I make novelty cards for people as well as conventional cards and I have just finished this one for a friends sister, who will be 70. She is an amateur artist and has had a couple of exhibitions. I've made it in the shape of an easel propped up by two thin paintbrushes. I drew the large 70 which I then zentangled, going boss-eyed in the process lol. This I cut out and mounted onto 'canvas' together with two banners reading 'best wishes'.

                 

The base I have stamped with an art stamp and distressed using a variety of colours, added a shrink plastic artist's palette and paint tube. On the latter I have attached a small ring so that it can be used as a keepsake, on a key ring for example.

                                                                      

First Birthday

I kept myself occupied during the thunderstorm this afternoon by making this card for the gt.granddaughter of my friend in Cornwall. I have used a trusted LOTV topper from the toddlers range, added glossy accents to the balloon and Sakura clear star pen to the cake stand and little girl's shoes. I cut the card using one of my new Spellbinder edging dies then embossed it with a beautiful folder of babies feet. Distressed with Spun Sugar distress ink, mounted onto pink card then added faux pearls around the edge. Added a number 1 to the balloon and a LOTV greeting.

Remember

A good friend of mine who lives in Cornwall is vice-chairman of the British Legion women's welfare section, her husband is their treasure and they along with many others, work hard raising funds. So when I saw these stamps I just knew I had to have them. They are Commemorative by Hobby Art and these are the cards I made for them.

 

On the two cards above I masked the troop of soldiers so I could over stamp with more. I sponged background with distress inks. On the lower one I used the barbed wire stamp to make a frame.

I think the little poppy stamp makes a lovely frame surrounding the cenotaph  with the Queen's flight taking a salute. A shrink plastic poppy each side of the 'Remember' finishes nicely



On the card above I again made a mask of the horse and soldier, masked and overstamped several times to made it look like a troop. The background card I have stamped and embossed the medal and poppy stamps.



The card on the left really speaks for itself I just added

shrink plastic poppy wreath and two shrink plastic crosses. This is a rather long post for which I apologise also, as you can see, I haven't yet got the hang of positioning the photos and script. More lessons please Kim!

Sorry, more mice!

Evening, I have spent a very pleasant afternoon at Davina's at Purley where our very talented Kim ran a class on embossing. On my return there were two very hungry grandchildren and after feeding them the youngest informs me she needs a card for her friend whose birthday was last week and her mum forgot to get her a card. So I gave her the bits and pieces and said 'get cracking'

As she is only eight I think she did a brilliant job, don't you? Well done Jessica!
Stampendous, Woodware

Brazil Bound

It's my gt.granddaughters third birthday at the beginning of  June but she is off to Brazil with her mum the week after next. No! Not to support England, her mums Brazilian! So tonight I finished her birthday card. For the base card I've used a Base it

These are brilliant, they come in packs of 10 cards with envelopes and saves you the trouble of selecting a background paper for your card, it's all done for you!

Using spellbinder dies and from LOTV paper I cut a scalloped circle to which I added pleated ribbon around the edge. The topper is another LOTV from the toddler range mounted onto green card. I then cut flowers from the same paper and added a matching number 3. LOTV greeting to finish.
My grandson and his brothers are following them to Brazil but not until a couple weeks later. And yes! they have got tickets for the World Cup but unfortunately NOT England!

Yet More Mice

Evening everyone, today I have been to the Sincerely Yours Craft Show at Biggin Hill. Spent too much money (don't we all when it come to craft) but lots of goodies to show for it.
Being on a roll with the 'Mouse' stamps I made this card for my granddaughters to give to their other Nan.


I have used two stamps here, the Cupcake Jump and I think it's Gifts to Tie.

I have stamped extra mice from the jumping for joy stamp to make it appear that several mice have jumped over the cupcake while the older mouse is busy wrapping the presents. I coloured with my favourite distress inks vintage photo and worn lipstick but have also used copics on the cupcake wrapper and presents. Then I sprinkled Frantage Aged Embossing Enamel  in pink on the cake and a few in the air and at the base of the cake. Sponged lightly with the vintage photo mounted onto papers from stock and added sentiments to finish

I would like to enter this in the Stampendous challenge Mice are Nice. 

Mice are Nice

Here is another card I have made using the lovely Stampendous mouse stamp. On craft card with versamark I have stamped lots of just the hat. These I have embossed using various colours of Frantage aged embossing enamels. The image I have stamped twice and embossed using Versafine and clear powder then coloured with distress inks vintage photo and milled lavender. I have cut out both mice and decoupaged onto the main image. I then mounted this onto purple pearlised card, then onto white card before attaching to my background.

I finished the card with a birthday greeting mounted the same way.

I would like to try and enter this in the Stampendous challenge Mice are Nice.

Keep Calm and Knit

      

This is my first card to blog (after the fiasco yesterday) I have stamped this lovely mouse stamp by Stampendous using Versafine and coloured with distress inks, vintage photo and worn lipstick. Cut it out using a nestie and sponged with the worn lipstick whilst still in the nestie, it gives that lovely white edge. I also stamped some extra hats by using a small ink pad and coloured them in a variety of shades then cut them out. The background pink pearlised paper I have run through a cuttlebug folder. Both this and the pattern paper come from my stock. I added some pink wool and the sentiment is by personnel impressions. 

New blog

Evening, after a very frustrating afternoon with poor Kim trying to sort out my blog on Kim's laptop, my ipad and my big computer - all to no avail. In fact it seemed to freeze us out. What I have done now is to set up a new blog which is not much different from the last one.
My title is grannylondon49 and my address is grannylondon01.blogspot.com
Hopefully fingers and everything crossed this will work.
Poor Kim, thank you so much and I apologise for taking up so much of your time.