Tri-fold/Accordian card

Good morning friends. Today I would like to share with you a very special little card I made for a very special little girl.

 

As you know, Jude's granddaughter, Keira, was 2 yesterday, and so I tried to make her a card that was a little different.

 

 

I had seen the accordion cards in magazines so decided to give this a go. I started with 3 plain flower shapes that we happened to have in the stash. I taped them together with small pieces of card just at the edges to form the basis for the card.

 

 

Next I cut some paper circles using the Spellbinders Grand Stately Circles die. This is the smallest of the three. I used these to cover each front and back of the card blanks.

 

 

I added doilies and some co-ordinating papers cut in flower shapes and inked all of the edges with Tattered Rose Distress Ink.

 

 

The images are a Saturated Canary image and a Sherry Baldi 'My Besties' image. I do love both of these designers, I think the faces of the digi stamps are great.

 

 

I coloured them with Promarkers and Spectrum Noir pens and cut them out by hand.

 

 

I added the images to the front and back fold and then decorated the rest of the card with flowers, bunting and a bow. I used a little heart to stamp a sentiment on and stamped it in Seedless Preserve Distress Ink.

 

 

I have since added a verse to the back of the card but didn't photograph that!.

 

Anyway I shall leave you there. Thanks for stopping by again.

 

See you soon, take care

 

xxx

A little bit oriental

Good morning all, and happy Sunday. Hope you are all having a good weekend. We are having a family get-together today, and Jude's youngest Joe is coming to visit for a couple of hours :o)). Haven't seen him for a couple of weeks so it will be lovely to see him again. Not that he is missing us at all lol, he is loving his new home and all the attention he gets. But that was the whole idea of the move so that makes us all happy :o)).

 

Anyway today's card is one I have made using another of our Sherri Baldy digi stamps. This one is called Cherry Blossom Geisha. I think she is so cute and when I came across these fabric covered papers in The Works, I knew they would go with her perfectly.  

 

 

I started with the image and coloured her using Spectrum Noir pens and then cut her out by hand.

 

 

I used the fabric papers to cover the front of the 6x6 card blank and then added a border strip which was cut using one of the Sizzix (Tim Holtz) On The Edge dies.

 

 

I decided on a gold accent colour to try and match with her dress, so I cut the Whimsical Tree Die D-Lite out of gold mirror card.

 

 

I finished the card with some gold card off cuts to the corners, a simple stamped sentiment and just a sprinkling of gold Mica Flakes.

 

 

Hope you like it.

 

See you soon.

 

xxx

 

Birthday wishes

Good morning and happy Saturday. Hope you are all having a good weekend. We are having a final push this weekend to get rid of all the rubbish from the move in to a skip and all of the other stuff taken to the charity shop. Then hopefully we can get back to some sort of "normality" ha, like that's ever going to happen in our house lol. 

Today's card is one I made for my daughter in law from her boys :-)). 

 

 

I started with the image which is a Besties digi stamp called mom and her boys. I coloured it with flexmarkers and then mounted it on to pink Core-dinations card. 

 

 

I really like the backing papers. These were free in a magazine and the whole booklet is lovely. The pinks and blues just went lovely with the image. 

 

 

I matted them with more Core-dinations card and then added them to a 6x6 scalloped edge card blank.

 

 

I finished the card by making up the flower from different bits of stash and then making up a simple sentiment with peel offs. 

 

 

Hope you like it. Thanks for stopping by today. See you soon. 

xxx

Happy Birthday Mum

Good morning all, yes today is Mum's birthday and she has reached the grand YOUNG age of 65!!! She isn't just the best mum in the world! she is also the best wife, grandma, great grandma, supporter, confidant, baby sitter, dog sitter, friend and everything else that she does for everyone of us. So she deserves the very best birthday too.

 

We aren't doing a lot today as everyone is at work etc. but we are getting together this evening to give pressies and have some cake. But then the special event is on Saturday when we are having a party in a local hall for mum and dad (he had his 65th a couple of weeks ago). All of her friends have been invited so hopefully she will have a lovely time. So happy birthday mum, we love you very very much Mwahhh. :o))

 

These are a couple of the cards that I have made for mum from different people, hope you like them.

 

 

This is a Besties digi image coloured with Promarkers.

 

I covered the bath with 3d clear gloss to give it a bit of a shine.

 

I love this little flower. Don't know where the silver ones came from but I just have a card with a few on. So i layered it with a paper flower, a button and a gem. Then a added a swirly bit of bling.

 

I finished the card with a simple ready made sentiment.

 

This next one is very simple.

 

Just a decoupage topper made up with silicone glue, and then matted on to card.

 

I inked the embossed background with Distress Inks and added a piece of co-ordinating paper.

 

I finished this card with some sheer white ribbon, a stamped sentiment and a few pieces of bling.

 

Anyway that's all from me today, thanks for stopping by.

 

See you soon

 

xxx

 

 

Little Mermaid....

Good morning, and happy bank holiday Monday. Jen back again today, not bad is it? only 2nd week back at work and we have a holiday already! I could do with more like this lol. Nice long weekends should be made compulsory I think ha ha - if only....

 

Anyway on to today's card, and this one is definitely a cutie. I know it's another of the Bestie images, but I did warn you! once I like something there's no stopping lol.

 

 

I started with the image and coloured her with my Spectrum Noir's and Promarkers. Then I cut the image out with the largest of the Spellbinders Labels 29.

 

I found this beautiful aqua blue flowered paper in a little Webster's Pages 6x6 pad and I thought the colour was lovely with this image. I teamed this with some Core-dinations Card in a darker turquoise blue and layered them on to an 8x8 fancy card base.

 

I used an adhesive lace to go around the edge of the card and then placed the topper to the left side. Then I went around the edge of the topper with some blue sequins. They look really lovely when they catch the light and remind me a bit of water. So I thought they would fit right in on this card.

 

I used a couple of chipboard shapes for the top right and bottom left corners, and then embellished the rest of the card with some sea themed bits and pieces from my stash.

 

Then all it needed was a flat back pearl to sit in the shell with miss mermaid, a few turquoise gems here and there and a ready made sentiment to finish it off.

 

Hope you like it.

 

Thanks for stopping by today, hope you can come back soon.

 

Take care

 

xxx

 

I am entering this in to the following challenges:

 

http://stamp-n-doodle.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/stamp-n-doodle-challenge-1st-may.html

 

http://fussyandfancychallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/challenge-88-anything-goes.html

 

 

 

 

Riding along....

Good morning all, well that's another week over with, they are really flashing past now. All gone well on the work front, so I think I'll go back again next week lol.

 

Right on with today's card. This is another of the Bestie digi images, as you can tell, once I like something, I do tend to use them a lot :o)) This one I decided to go with yellows and greens as I love the daisy paper, and I followed a sketch! I know, not like me at all lol.

 

 

I started with the image, and coloured her in with promarkers. I thought she needed a bit extra though, so gave her a bright pink bike! I cut the image out using

the largest of the Spellbinders Labels 28, but then I cut the sides off to make it more square.

 

I followed the sketch on the Papertake Weekly challenge this week. Just because I liked it and thought it would suit this image.

 

I chose the papers based on the daisy paper as I said before I really like it, I thinks it's very Spring like and makes me think of better weather.

 

I put the card together and used a couple of different ribbons, one in yellow and the thinner one for the bow is lime green.

 

I finished the card with a flower that I put together from bits from my stash and a die cut rolled flower. I thought it sort of looked liked a daffodil, which are more 'sunny' flowers lol.

 

Anyway that's all from me today, hope you all have a lovely long weekend.

 

Thanks for stopping by today. See you soon.

 

xxx

 

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

http://papertakeweekly.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/sketchie-free-for-all.html

http://simonsaysstampschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/simon-says-happy-mail.html

http://stamp-n-doodle.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/stamp-n-doodle-challenge-1st-may.html

http://cutiepiechallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/challenge-43-lots-of-layers.html

Swinging...

Good morning. Hope all is well with you. Well that's half way through my first week in the new job and so far so good :0)

It is interfering with craft time though lol. But I have managed to put a card together last night from some colouring I did earlier in the week.

 

I hope you like it. The image is another of the Besties range from Sherri Baldi.

 

I started by colouring the image with my promarkers and spectrum noir pens. I then cut it out and mounted it on to some co-ordinating papers.

 

I used an 8x8 Kraft card blank for the base and used a couple of papers from the Papermania linen set to mat and layer.

 

I added a doily and some matching ribbon and then placed the image on top. The flowers are some Basil Basics mixed with a few from my stash and the buttons are from the linen collection too.

 

Hope you like it. Thanks for stopping by today, see you soon.

xxx