The Finished Card....Ta Da....!!

 Here's the finished product of the WOYWW showing!  As I said it's for my Aunt's 80th birthday.  There's no fear she'll see it on here as she doesn't use the 'interweb thingy'...!!  The image came from Di (as usual it seems - believe it or not I do have a few of my own stamps too!).

I made the little Happy Birthday sentiment by putting a rub on down on to a pearlised snippet I had in my stash, then put it through the paper crimper (bargain in the kiddies toy section!).  Added a small brad (which I'd coloured with nail varnish to suit the card better!) and used foam pads to give it some height.  This card is being hand delivered, so not postage costs to worry about!

The inside of the card shows the numbers in BIG letters, and as she wont' see this, she won't mind me showing you all.  I used my Distress Ink (this one is getting a lot of use, I'm nearly on my way to getting another colour too, so watch out for that one when I get it!).  I used my Nesties to cut the poem out and then distressed it, not perfectly, but with my hands, it's never going to be perfect!

More flowers from the bargain bin and some butterflies (again from Di) which I've added Frosted Lace stickles too.  It's nice and delicate for this type of card.  Took ages to dry though, I had them all along the window sill in different stages of drying!

Enjoy!

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I've been working on this card for a while, it's the same as the other 'book styleeee' cards I've done, but this one has a special verse and an amazing number in it too.  My Aunt is 80 in a couple of weeks and I wanted to make something really special for her.

She loves my cards and each one I've given her she keeps on her mantlepiece for ages and keeps them afterwards which is nice.  It's lovely for someone to do that and appreciate your hard work and kind thoughts.

I've also used the last of my metal brads - I put some coral nail varnish on them as it will suit some more cards I've been working on behind the scenes which will be showing up here later on!

Enjoy WOYWW!

Special Card for a Special Person!

 Here's the results of all the pink paper and card from WOYWW last week as promised.  I've had to keep it under wraps as it's for Di's birthday and I didn't want to blog it before it had arrived.  The lovely stamp was sent to me by Di, so I had to use it on this card as it was so cute!

 I've now figured out how to make stronger boxes with the Trimmer I have - who needs a proper board huh when you can make them like this.  I added a little pearl brad, backed with a spotty pink flower and then at the last minute added some BIG diamond gems to the front of the drawer.

 I've made easel cards before many many times, so decided to do something different with this one and made it on a slant.  I added some pretty little flowers I got in the Garden Centre at the weekend, sadly they came with no way of fixing them on the back, so I hope they stay stuck!  You can just see inside some of the little presents I put in there for the birthday girl...!

 There are several craft items which you can't see too well from this shot - I put some plain gold tissue paper through the Cuttlebug machine and it worked really well - ideal for presents as you can then personalise them however you want for the recipient.  I also added in some Ferrero Rocher, I somehow think they might be eaten whilst crafting - just don't blame me if you get chocolate on them!

 I used some of my bargain paper pad I got the other week on the front and sides of the box, I wish I'd got more than just one now, but hey ho, too late.

Here you can see a close up of the front cover of the card - I used my Promarkers to colour the "Just The Edge" pieces of card, I used two different colours and it changed it dramatically before my very eyes!  As it was being posted and is quite large (I had to do a made to measure version due to the chocolates!) I put some more gems on it, well it is pink and girly isn't it...!

You should've seen me in the shop lifting up all the chocolates to see how deep they were and if I thought they'd fit in the drawer - quite a sight I can tell you and I got some strange looks when I asked if the depth of the sweet could be guessed for me!  You never know what I'm going to do next.....

So watch this space......

Enjoy!

Penny Black - a little kitty!

Well as you know I'm a Penny Black fan and got this set when my lovely friend Di, gave me some amazing gift vouchers!  Talk about kid in a sweet shop!

I made this card for a friend of mine who happens to run a Cat Charity, so it's ideal for her!  Strangely enough lots of my friends like cats too.  No comments please - I think I've heard them all!

It was made using snippets of card and a Nestie along with some gems, came together nice and easy in the end.

Enjoy!

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Another WOYWW with Julia.  Sorry it's a bit late and sorry it's not much!  A lot of apologies there, sorry - oops I did it again - that reminds me of a song.....now it will be in my head all evening - well there's not a lot else in there to be honest is there...LOL!!!

Anyway I've still got this awful pulled muscle in my back, finally realised it's not just a pain in the side, but a pulled muscle - now I know I don't have that many muscles, and I can put up with bone being taken out of my leg whilst I'm awake, but wow, this pulled muscle makes me feel like I'm on my last legs!  (Those of you that know me, no laughing please...it hurts too much!!!).

Suffice to say, I've not been doing much crafting, however I have been working on something really special which I'll be able to show you soon and I hope you like it.

I've also been doing more digi images whilst I can't craft much - do you want to see some more????  Let me know!

Enjoy!

Another Special Card....

Here's another really Special Card!  It's using one of my favourite ever images by Mo Manning, a little girl with her cat - and of course, I had to make him white in memory of my much loved, much missed, little man Bertie.

 Here's the inside, this time I used gentle light green butterflies and added more gems and Stickles to them (of course!).  I found these corner dies in a Craft Shop and was really pleased, until I got home and used them and didn't realise they didn't cut them out completely, only cutting the corner of the paper and leaving it still attached!  After much mumbling and turning the air a bit blue, I came up with the idea of cutting round them and loads of cramp later, had the final die cut that I needed.  I've used them many times since doing this, and this time left these ones plain white, it suited it.  I added another ticket sentiment which is on pearlised card, makes it look more special. 

 I did a different box for this one - a plain white box and used some acetate to cover the top of the card stuck down on one side.  The box looked a little plain, so I added some ribbon around the edge with DST.  It certainly improved it!

Here's another view of the inside of the card, I used some patterned vellum (a few sheets I found in a Bargain Section!) and used my first ever Distress Ink Pad on the edges of the punched card inside and also on the edges of the book like sides.  Have got a new idea to try with the ink pad, so will let you all know how it goes!
Enjoy!

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My oh my - lookee what we have here - Dafydd and a little girlie!!!!  Her name is Delilah Alice, isn't that sweet.  She loves pink, she has black patent shoes on and little pink bows in her ears.  She loves anything pink, so a real girlie, but she's also a bit of a tomboy and had a secret crush on Dafydd before they were adopted.  He also loved her, but was too shy to say anything.

How lovely that they've ended up being adopted together!  Holding hands and having a cuddle - lovely!

Now on to WOYWW again so soon!  I've not done much lately to be honest as I've pulled a muscle and can hardly move!  If you need to know where I am follow the 'argghhhs' and you'll find me. 

As you can tell, wedding cards are still on the workdesk.  I'm not sure about the colourway at the moment and I keep changing my mind on the design too.  I don't know the colour scheme of the wedding so it'll just be what I like at the time!  I coloured the LOTV wedding image in and blinged it up a bit.

What do you all think of the Golden Wedding card below?  A bit different to my normal ones, but I wanted something unusual as the lady who commissioned it is a bit different herself so I thought I'd match the card to her if I could.  Please vote in the poll and let me know what you think in the comment box.  I'd love to hear your thoughts.

Anyway got to go now, have "Ralgexed" myself up as we're off to meet a friend at the seaside and it's been planned a while so I can't call it off.  Who knows maybe I'll find a craft shop there and get more inspiration for this wedding card!

Enjoy WOYWW!!

Golden Wedding - What Do You Think???

I got this commission on Sunday morning and by Sunday evening it was done - a real quick card for me.  What do you think?  Is it OK for a Golden Wedding Anniversary Card?  I wanted something unusual and different from the 'normal' wedding cards - do you think I've succeeded or should I go back to the normal styleeee????

I've now got to colour another 'image' good job Di sent me two!  I don't do wedding cards often and now I've had about three in a month to make!

Enter the Poll so I can see what you all think!  Do you like/dislike the Golden Wedding Card?


Don't worry - the little bit on the left hand side has been stuck down now!!!

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Welcome WOYWW'ers!!!  If you don't know what I mean, then go to Julia's and join in the fun!

Been a bit busy with hospital appointments and no internet access/email for a while, but now hopefully technological problems have been solved!  Yahooo!!!!!!!!!

Anyway here's what I've been working on lately - I had some odd sized pieces of card and decided to make a square card this time - luckily I have a spare envelope for it!  Most of the cards I make for cancer charities/hospices are not square, so this makes a nice change for me. 

I'm also trying to get some ideas in my head for a special wedding card, I love this stamped image that Di sent to me so have 'blinged' it up a bit and used my trusty PM's on it.  I keep changing my mind as to the style of card for the special couple, but no doubt you will see it in different stages in future WOYWW!

Poor Dafydd, he was soooooooooooooooo tired after making the tutorial for the pink and girlie style book card (not sure of the proper name for it sorry!), that he went to bed and snoozed for hours....zzzzz....zzzzzz

Enjoy WOYWW!

Making the Pink and Girlie Book Style Card - a Tutorial

Here's the basic card - sizes below for the actual book pages

I've tried making these cards with "quality cardstock" and they turned out too big for the cover.  Here I've used the cheapest cardstock from the Pound Shop and it works brilliantly - folds easily and takes the ink well too.  You need the following CS:

• 2 pieces of 24cm x 12.5cm
• 2 pieces of 24cm x 14.5cm

I found it easier to punch one side (I only have two punches, this one is "Daisy" by EK Success I believe) first.  This CS is easy to punch too which helps my poor old carpal tunnel riddled hands!


All the pieces folded here

 Dafydd helped with the folding here.  You need to score the CS every 2 cms. Nice and easy!


Bit difficult to fold with paws - but I did it - says Dafydd!

 You can see how it all folds together before it is glued.  I just use a white glue - similar to school glue we used to have!  Did anyone else love to put it on their palms and then wait for it to dry and pick it off on the way home?!?!?!?  Oops perhaps it was just me!


You can see the folding better here - it fits together well

Once folded at 2cm intervals, interleave them to make the book - quite easy once you get the first one together.  

All four sides stuck together - watch out for the glue if you have paws!

See, says Dafydd, it all folds together nicely. Had to have a caffeine free soda to help calm me down when glue stuck on my paws!  Eeeeeowwww!  After this you need to use ink to distress the sides and front of the box. I need to find something to do this properly as I only have one distress ink to try and didn't think how I was going to put it on!!


Here's my favourite "Cheeky Monkey" tin which holds my crafting tools

So who else spotted this little tin of mine?  It has a matching mug in it which I use when crafting.  It's great for holding my crafting equipment.  Here you need DST to put on the outside edges of the book card, ready for adding ribbon, makes it look smarter - you can also use self adhesive ribbon of course if you have that.


Here's the outside I was working on shown on a previous WOYWW

 I'd already made the outside cover, so here are the dimensions for you:

• 15cm deep x 13.7cm (front cover), 2cm spine, 13.7cm back cover

When I have a printer again I'll scan in the image to make it clearer for you if needed (please let me know).  You can then either punch the edges, or add some 'half the page' already made edging.  I then colour them and add some Stickles.  Just love the bling!



My first distressing isn't that brilliant - I was more distressed I think!

 All you need to do then is add a backing paper to the box and stick it to the inside of the cover.  Voila - now you can embellish it with whatever you want. 


This glitter goes everywhere in the bed - I wake up with it in my eyebrows.....ahem...!

I've not quite finished mine, but here's the main image - a lovely Penny Black one from Di.  It's so pretty and looks brilliant with the glitter - just watch where it goes if you craft on your bed like me - glittery eyebrows is not a good look!