Andy's Birthday Card

This is soooo not a Christmas card, all I seem to have made lately are Christmas cards.  It is my darling son's birthday card and his birthday is today. 'Happy Birthday Andy'.

The card base consists of three layers using Grand Labels One.  Pale brown pearlescent card, gold mirri card and brown card with gold embossing from, I think, Hunkydory.  The same layers, only using the normal size of Labels One, hold the focal point.  I just love this choccy sentiment, it's also Hunkydory,  and was matted and layered using gold mirri card.  The Happy Birthday which is mounted on a tag from Fancy Tags Three is from Hunkydory and came on the same sheet as the choccy sayings.  I hope he likes it.

I am going to enter this in the Craftycardmakers challenge for boys and also Come and get it challenge - Lets hear it for the boys

Have a good evening, I'm off to make the dinner before my hubby gets in from work.  Hugz, Janice.

A Snowman Get Together

First, I'll apologise for the photography, we couldn't get the true soft colours of the card to come true, no matter what we tried.  I bought this stamp a couple of years ago and haven't used it much but with the Copics it's a delight to colour.

The base for this card is from Craftwork Cards and is 8X8 inches, this is a big stamp.  I've matted and layered using a pink background and the decorative card is from Nitwits - Joyful Hearts - Swirls Blue, I've had this for ages and haven't found anything worth using it for.  The stamp is from Stamps Happen, Inc. and is called Snowman Collection, the stamp itself is about 5 inches square and such a lot to colour but easy to do.  I've stamped on to a Grand Scalloped Square in white and layered with another in turquoise blue satin mirri card from Kanban, I've also used the satin mirri card to cut out two Memory Box Frosty Borders.  The sentiment is a silver peel off mounted onto Standard Circles, large and small, and then onto an Ironworks Motif.  The embellishment on the top is another Ironworks Motif with a jewel for some bling and to balance up the card design.  I cut out a Die-namics Fancy Flourish and cut it to pieces and used them to stick behind the motif rather than just leaving it plain, again to balance out the design of the Frosty Borders.

And now for the Copics list E15,31,35,37,40,41,43,50,51,53,79.  YR00,04,07.  Y21,23,26.  W0,1,2.  C0,1,2,3,5,7.  G00,20,21,24,27,29.  B91,93,95,97.  R20,22,24,27,29,37,39.  YG93,95,97.

I hope you like this one, I love it.  It's sitting on the shelf in my craftroom, so I can look at it and get inspiration to do more of them, maybe in a different colourway, although I do like the beautiful soft colours of this one, I'm sorry it didn't photograph well.  Maybe I'll try again in the daylight this weekend and see if I can get it more true to life.

Have a great and crafty weekend.  We are bringing the caravan out of storage on Saturday for it's spring clean, so I guess I'll be too busy to get much crafting done and my daughter and my grandson are coming to visit on Sunday.  If it's dry down the Ayrshire coast that's where we'll be, possibly a picnic lunch, probably in the car and then a walk on the beach and an ice cream somewhere in our day.  Hugz, Janice

Christmas Dance

Hello again!   I'm amazed at the amount of views that the craft room post racked up, as a group we are all curious about everyone elses craft room/space.  Here in blogland it racked up over 700 views over two days and on Splitcoast Stampers the photos were viewed by about 1200 people.  Amazing!!!!

On to todays post, this is a VERY pretty Christmas card done in non traditional colours.  When I'd finished this one I thought it was the cutiest card I'd ever made, What do you think?

Is this cute or what?  She is a Lili of the Valley stamp called Christmas Dance and I couldn't resist her.  The base for the card was cut out using the Grand Calibre and Grand Big Scalloped Circles and Grand Circles, these dies have been a godsend for making fanastic card bases.  The decorative paper, I think, came from Papermania, one of their Christmas packs from maybe six or seven years ago.  If you recognise it, maybe you can confirm whose it is and does it have a name, let me know.  The image has been matted and layered using Spellbinders Classic Circles Large and Big Scalloped Circles Large. 

Not a big Copic list this time.  Clothes V13,15,17.  C0,1,2,3.  Skin E00,000,11.  R20.  Hair C1,3,5,7.  The fur trim has been glued and then I used Glamour Dust to give it some texture and sparkle, although it doesn't show up in the photo.

The sentiment is a silver peel off mounted on a Fancy Tags Three tag, chalked before it came out of the die.  The lovely swirly bits are Die-namics Fancy Flourish and Memory Box Frosty Border, since the large snowflake part would have been below the tag, I cut it off and used it to embellie the top of the card.  I've added some Papermania jewels to give a bit of bling.

I'm off to have some breakfast and go get some food for the weekend, and then do some H*******K.  Sorry for the bad language, I do try to keep it under control but some times it just slips out.  I guess, I have to give in and do some H*******K sometime before the house looks like an absolute tip.

Have a good weekend.  Hugz, Janice

Birthday Wishes

Yet another shaped card.  Wonder when I'll get fed up with them?  This one is for my Grandson to give to his little girl friend on her birthday (they're six, so no pressure there).

Grand Nesties, as usual.  Grand Circles and Grand Big Scalloped Circles, with a little help from their normal sized namesakes, Standard Circles Large and Big Scalloped Circles Large.  The backing paper is from a pad called Love Tokens, the sentiment is a silver peel off on a Spellbinders tag from the Ribbon Tag Trio Two set, chalked with pink while still in the die, the ribbon is from my stash.  The Big Scalloped Circles have both been lightly chalked with pink around the edges, just to take away from the starkness of the bright white.

The lovely stamp is from Lili of the Valley and coloured with Copics.  She is soooo cute, she always makes a lovely card for little girls.  Clothes: V12,15,17.  RV21,23,25,29. E11,12,15.  Cake: E08,09,11,13,27,35.  C0,1,3.  R81,83,85,89. YR20,21,23.  Hair: E25,31,50.  Skin: E000,00,21.  R20.  The icing on the cake was finished off with Fruit Punch Stickles.  I forgot to say the stamp is called Rosie with Cake.

The flower is lovely, sorry I can't give you any details.  My crafty friend was making them at our craft club and they finished the card perfectly.   Thanks Lesley, you are a darling.  I finished them off in the centre with a Kaiser Crafts large pink pearl.

I hope the weather is as good for you as it is here in East Kilbride, the sky is blue and the sun is shining, and all's well with the world.  They reckon the temp will hit 18 today, which is amazing for Scotland at this time of the year, so I'm off out to the garden in the afternoon and get some tidying and weeding done.  Have a good day.  Hugz, Janice

Die Cut Delight

This is a total die cut card, the card is a 6x6 inch pearlised blank in cream.  Most of the dies are from Marianne Designs except the Spellbinders Grand Nesties Creative Book Pages in light brown and the cut out corners from Nellies Multi Frames MFD 027.

 This is the first time I've used these lovely corners and I'm well impressed with the result.  I've used chalks on the flower and the doily to give some depth.  I hope you like this one, it was an exceptionally quick card to make.  Hugz, Janice

Pretty Birthday

I've been busy with all my new dies, this card was inspired by Bev Rochester, she's such a wonderful talented lady.  The decorative paper for this card is K&Co , a Brenda Walton design called Small Wonders, the girl pad.  The colours are soooo lovely and soft and they're double sided so no problem for matching. 

The sentiment is Lili of the Valley circular sentiment - On Your Birthday.

And now for all the dies.  The base for the card is Grand Nesties Big Scalloped Circles and the matting and layering is Grand Circles.  I've also used Large Scalloped Cricles and Standard Circles Large, the sentiment is Tear Drop Circles.

 

And now for the foliage and flowers.  The flowers are Spellbinders Rose Creations and the twiddly bits are a Cheery Lyn die - Fanciful Flourish,  The pine branch is Spellbinders Foliage, the other spray of leaves is from Sissix and it's a borrowed die so I don't have a name for that one.

 

The card took me quite a wee while to do, what with all the cutting out and glueing but for the result you get with these dies, it's not long at all.

I hope you like the card, I am certainly loving this style of card.  I'll be back later in the week with 'YES' another Grand Nesties card.  Hugz, Janice

Flights of Fancy

I'm loving the big Grand Nesties and my Grand Calibre, so here is another card using both. 

 

 A nice Happy Birthday card using Grand Labels 1, Labels 8, fancy tags and the butterfly is also Spellbinders.   

The flowers are from Prima and held together with copper brads. The origins of the stamped swirl stamp set are lost in the mists of time, the only thing I remember is they came from Create and Craft.

 The foliage are Spellbinders Floral Flourishes and a Cheery Lynne pine leaf die.

I sure hope you like this card, 'cos I really enjoyed making it, these cards look good but are so quick and easy to make.

I'm going to Glasgow SECC show tomorrow with some crafting friends, I'm soooo looking forward to it.  I don't really need any crafty stuff  but I guess I'll be looking out for some nice dies, maybe some of the Memory Box ones, they look gorgeous.  Hugz, Janice