Birthday Boy !

Here is the card I made recently for my DH's birthday. I printed off a page of Autumn Leaves backing paper from the House Mouse Inserts CD (from Joanna Sheen).  I then printed the letters for Happy Birthday and the Relax sentiment onto this sheet. The banner was cut by hand which was a little fiddly but not too bad.

Image - LOTV A4 Die Cut Design sheet - Take It Easy

DP  (also used on banner and sentiment)  printed from House Mouse Inserts CD

Banner lettering and Sentiment - computer generated

White, Pearlescent & Orange card from stash

Flowers - E-Line

Ribbon & Brad from stash

Tools used - X-cut small corner rounder

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

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Playing with my new goodies

I finally managed to get motivated and had a little play with some new goodies - hope you like the finished result. This card is for a family member celebrating their 70th birthday at the weekend. We are invited to the party!  I used Bazzill Bling purple card to mount the birds/cage on and had to use the reverse as it was the only dark purple that I had.

The heart shapes are from the smaller birdcage die in the Bird Sanctuary Shapeabilities set.

Purple card - Bazzill Bling

Silver Mirri card, ribbon & gems from stash

DPs - Dovecraft back to Basics II

Sentiment - LOTV Circular Sentiments stamped in Black Memento

Tools used:

Nestabilities Plain & Scalloped Circles

Nellie Snellen Die - MFD 020

Cuttlebug Olivia Alphabet

Spellbinders Shapeabilities - Bird Flourishes S4-326

                                                 Bird Sanctuary   S5-033

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Simon Says Stamp - Dies To Die For
Creatalicious Challenges - 26 Anything Goes
The Corrosive Challenge #133 Punches and/or Dies
Raise the Bar - Things with Wings
Ooh-La-La Challenge 89 - Punches/Dies


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Two Birthdays

Hello - long time no posts!!  Not only did the card-making mojo go walkabout but major decorating work meant I couldn't get at my stash anyway. So, after a long break I finally got back into the swing with two birthday cards both using Lili of the Valley Die-Cut Squares:

Here's the first one which is actually green although it looks gold

Image -  Lili of the Valley - Fairies A4 Die Cut
Sentiment  - Lili of the Valley - Set 7 For You Circular Sentiments
Green card, Gems & Butterfly from Stash
DP - Dovecraft Back to Basics II
Papermania Scalloped card blank
Tools used:
Nestabilities Scalloped Circles
Nellie Snellen Die - MFD 020


and the second

Image - Lili of the Valley - Girlie Afternoons A4 Die Cut
Sentiment  - Lili of the Valley - Set 7 For You Circular Sentiments
DP - Henbury Lane by Papermania
Gems from Stash
Purple Glitter border - PaperCellar
Scalloped card blank - Hobbycraft (I think)
Tools used:
Marianne Doily Die
Hobbycraft Butterfly Punches


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Wedding

Well after a little bit of time-out I'm back with a wedding card - the second one going out to Australia -using an image from my favourite Lili of the Valley. This is one of the Big Squares which come in at 5 inches square so just right for a 'big' 8 inch square card.  As you can see this is a very pink card! Lots of punches used on this one too.

                               

Image & Setiment - LOTV

DPs - Love Letters - First Edition

         My Mind's Eye - punched flowers

Pink Card - Bazzill Basics - pink shimmer

White card, beige card & Gems - Stash

Tools used -

Martha Stewart Lace Heart edge punch

Nestabilities Plain & Scalloped Circles

Nellie Snellen Multi-Frame Die Set Flower 1 - MFD020 (sentiment circle)

Nellie Snellen medium flower punch

Marianne Designs - Creatables - Swirl Leaf die

Martha Stewart medium branch punch

Thanks for looking.

                 

LOTV Birthday

I decided to make this card using the Papertake Weekly sketch but think I'm out of time now to enter this challenge (just checked and yes, I am). It was a great sketch to follow and one that will definitely be used again. Not sure if the photo shows that the wings, skirt and seeds are all glittered. I also added wee pink gems to her floral headdress and the flowers.

Image - LOTV - Dandelion Clock -S216 - stamped with Memento and coloured with Promarkers

Sentiment - Papermania

DPs - Flowery - My Mind's Eye (magazine freebie)

        - Striped  - Pink Petticoat Vintage Rose (magazine freebie)

Pink Card & Gems - Stash

Flowers - Papermania Elements

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Gift Wallet

Short and sweet from me today. This is a little gift tag/wallet made to present some cash in. I made a little box on the reverse for the shaped tag to slide into. I used my Martha Stewart punches for the front and started with a piece of DP that was 6.75 ins x 5 ins.

DP - Papermania Capsule in Heather
Lilac card/Ribbon and Mirri Card from Stash
Tools Used:
Martha Stewart PATP - Eyelet Lace
Small & Medium Butterfly Punches (Hobbycraft I think)
Cuttlebug Olivia Alphabet
Nestabilities Labels 14 for the tag

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Have a Tweet Day !

Today's card has been made for the latest challenge over on the MSE board. So back to my favourite lilac again and this time with a hint of pink. I wanted to try out something I've seen on one or two blogs in the past, most notably Mandy's - A Sprinkling of Glitter - so used my Martha Stewart PATP set to make a pretty shaped card front and then decorated away! I also got to use one of my new Spellbinders dies from the recent C&C Multibuy Six Set offer. Can you believe I've had them about 10 days and only just cracked the first set open.

and a sideways view:

Coredinations Textured Cardstock
Image & Sentiment  - Pink Petticoat - magazine freebie
DPs - Pink Spotted - Pink Petticoat Vintage Rose
        - Lilac Glittered - Papermania Henbury Lane Collection
Ribbon & Pearls from Stash
Flower - K&Company (I think)

Tools Used:
Martha Stewart PATP - Scroll Lace
Spellbinders Shapeabilities - Floral Flourishes S4-327
Card Candy - CraftworkCards

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

MSE Challenge - this time hosted by OA
One Stitch at a Time challenge 67 - Things with Wings
Top Tip Tuesday challenge 38 - Open Challenge

Thanks for looking.