Final one!

This is the last of the 21st cards and is for another instructor at the gym, can't believe they were all born same month, same year. Anyway this is another young girl who loves dancing and not wanting to do another Betty Boots I chose this lovely LOTV stamp and coloured with copics as usual. I cut card and backing paper from stash and cut a large scalloped shape using spellbinder die. I already had the paper pieced large 21using the paper left over from one of the others that I made. So took the colours from that. I cut two smaller scallops in corresponding colours for the topper and 21 then fixed to the card. Next, using the same colours I cut the happy birthdays using All Occassion Dies and attached at the top and bottom.

Jeepers, Creepers

This is for my best friend Jackie's grandson who will be 19 next week and I thought this stamp by  Stampendous Sneakers is just perfect. As usual I stamped and bossed the image twice, coloured with copics then cut them out. I got paper and red card from my stash and mounted onto a card. Using the complimentary stamp by Stampendous Sneaker Background I stamped, embossed and coloured the panel to go down the side of the card. The banner is from a greetings set by Woodware which is stamped and cut out, I have then cut out his name using All Occassion Dies and stuck onto the banner. I'm really pleased with the effect and think this is such an ideal stamp set for a male friend/relative young and old alike.

Black hair, black eye beauty

The black hair, black eye beauty in question is my gorgeous gt.granddaughter whose birthday is next Tuesday. I have been so busy lately, crafters will know what it's like, birthday are like buses there aren't any for a while then they all come at once. Plus it's half term, it's my sons turn to have his daughters and they have spent nearly every day here. I have also painted the down pipes on the outside of the house. Then I suddenly remembered Francesca's birthday, thank goodness once again for LOTV toppers. I do stamp and colour myself - honest! Anyway she loves the family cat so I thought this one was ideal. The background papers are also LOTV which I have mounted onto dark blue card, the topper is mounted in the same way. I have attached these to a ready decorated card by Woodware. The sentiment is also LOTV. The 4 Today are All Occassion Dies. A few faux pearls to finish. All ready to dash to the post office with it only to discover she flew to Portugal today along with Mum and Dad to spend her birthday there, last year it was Brazil! Oh well! There's always next year!

Wedding Day

My son asked me to make a wedding card for his friend who is getting married in June and this is what I came up with. I embossed some white card with a rose folder by Embossalicious and distressed the edges. This was mounted onto an eight by eight card. The very fancy die is Anjas Vintage Decoration by Marianne. I cut two of these and positioned them in the centre of the card leaving a gap in the middle which is where I placed the other two die cuts. This set is by spellbinders and again I distressed the edges. I have used All Occassions Dies for the names. The swirls are by Cheery Lynn and all the flowers are from my stash. The sentiment on the ribbon bow is by LOTV.

Card for teenage girl

It is my friends youngest granddaughters birthday next week and as you can tell from the card she will be a teenager. The stamp is by Sarah Kay which I have coloured with Marvy La Plume pens used as watercolours. Cut image and mount with spellbinder dies. The background paper is LOTV distressed with faded jeans and brushed courdroy distress inks. The swirls are dies by Cheery Lynn and the flowers and leaves are from my stash. Her name and the 13 are from All Occasion Dies.
My blogs are like buses, wait ages for one then several come at once!

Thank goodness for toppers

What a saviour LOTV toppers have been while my home has been all upside down. They came to the rescue once more on this card for my youngest gt.granddaughter who, as you can see, will be one on Wednesday. I have used a spellbinder nestie to cut it out and sponged it with distress ink Spun Sugar while still in the die. This I have then mounted onto pink card cut out using a decorative die again by Spellbinder. I have used a ready decorated card by Woodware to mount the panels on. Added the sentiment and her name also the number one onto the balloon to which I then added Glossy Accents. These were all cut using All Occasion dies. A couple of pink faux pearls top and bottom to finish

Back in business

At the end of January it was my eldest gt.grandson's birthday and thank goodness for LOTV toppers! I grabbed some bits and pieces and assembled this on the coffee table while squatting on the floor in my living room with the builders coming and going. The background papers are also LOTV and the sentiment is Woodware.

The number 9 and his name are All Occasion dies 

A few faux pearls to finish.

Finger on the button

This is for my granddaughter's birthday which is the end of this month when she will become a teenager. Lovely!

As the young people of today are forever texting or whatever on their phones I thought this LOTV stamp fit the bill perfectly. I stamped and embossed the image then coloured with copics and cut out using a spellbinders die.

I took a selection of LOTV papers which I cut to various sizes and mounted each one onto brown card. I used the same card and a larger die to cut the mount for the image. Using my Robert Addams alphabet and numeric dies I cut the words and the thirteen in the same brown card. A brown faux pearl in three corners just adds a bit of decoration. A grown up card for a grown up girl.

Spotlight Card

It is my big brother's 75th birthday on New Years  eve so I always send his birthday with his Christmas card and then I know he has it in time for his birthday.  As he is ship mad, especially tall ships I thought this Stampendous Navigateur stamp fit the bill. I stamped and embossed the     Image twice. One of them I distressed with a variety of colours, yellow, blue, green and beige by just using squares of 'cut'n'dry and just randomly dabbed onto card. The second card was left uncoloured and I selected an area to punch out. This was edged in blue ink and matched precisely to cover the corresponding area on the coloured card. Thus this then becomes a 'spotlight' card, and, of course, you have the scrap from the punched one that you could make another card from - nothing wasted. The background was from a decoupage sheet of a map of the world which I cut selected pieces out, and lightly distressed edges with stormy sky distress ink. The embellishments are wooden shapes that I have coloured with Versafine and embossed. The 75th and Happy Birthday are All Occasion dies by Robert Addams.