And they're off.....

I can't quite believe that after almost 2 years in the planning, a lot of hard work and an awful lot of saving. My son and daughter in law are heading off around the world today, they are going to be away for about a year ! 

We all got together last night and celebrated with a lovely meal at a local pub/restaurant, and just spent some time together which was lovely.

They will be blogging about their adventures at a new website that Dan has set up, and it enables me to picture exactly where they are going and what countries are coming up next. I think they are going to approximately 16 different countries, starting in Hong Kong for the New Year. If you would like to have a look at what they are up to, you can follow them here at: passportandpants. They will be adding more countries as they go along.

Saying goodbye this morning hasn't been easy, and I must admit I am going to miss them both soooooo much. But I know they will have the experience of a lifetime, and we will talk and text, and skype whenever possible, so that I can keep up to date with their antics lol. 

Hope you are all having a good week. take care and I'll see you soon.

xxx

A rescued cushion cover

Good morning, hope you are all having a good week. 

Today's project was a bit of a 'give it a try, nothing to lose' sort of thing. 

I ordered a cushion cover for D and Staci for when they got married, but when it came, the name was missing. Needless to say I was more than a little disappointed, but I thought that somehow I would be able to rescue it.

 I thought about using die cut letters but thought they wouldn't stay on very well, and I'm not great with a sewing machine, so I decided to stamp the name using a solvent ink. 

But when I looked through all of the crafty stash, we didn't have an alphabet stamp set that was big enough for what I wanted. Then I saw something on line about making your own stamps with fun foam and a die.

So I dug out our Xcut alphabet die set, which has letters approx 1 inch tall. Then I cut them out of some coloured fun foam. 

When I had the letters I needed, I stuck them to my stamp press and inked them up and tried them on scrap card first. 

I had to fiddle about with them a bit until I was happy with the line up but I got there eventually lol. Then I went for it and stamped on to the cushion front, using a craft sheet inside, so that the ink didn't go through. Then I heat set it with my heat gun. 

I think it turned out OK, and at least they can use it now. Hope you like it, take care and I'll see you soon. 

xxx

Just married

Good morning folks, it's the weekend at last lol. This week has seemed to go on forever, and I'm really hoping for some crafty time this weekend. 

This is the last of the wedding cards I made for my son and daughter in law. 

The car was stamped from a free stamp set that Jude got recently on a craft magazine. I stamped it twice, then cut it out and coloured them both with Copic markers. When I put the card together I put one car over the other raised on foam tape.

I covered the windows with Glossy Accents to give them a bit of shine. 

The papers are from a Lili of the Valley paper pad called Winter Wishes.

I wrote the sentiments on the computer and then printed them on card stock and cut them out with tag dies. 

I used antique lace, blue ribbon, a blue tassel that's been in the craft stash forever! and a little heart brad to attach it. 

Then I cut up some pearl trim and used the single pearls on the ribbon and on the car. Then I added a couple of little resin flowers to the bottom corner. 

Then all it needed was a double bow, some silver twine tied in a bow and a little Love charm.

Hope you like it. Take care and I'll see you soon.

xxx

Two hearts

Good morning all, hope you are having a good week. Today's card is the one I made for my brother to send to D and Staci for their wedding last week. 

This time I used a 7 x 7 card blank and a grey and white colour scheme. I cut two hearts from grey and white card and then embossed the white one with a rose embossing folder. 

I cut another white heart and then cut a V out of the grey heart and stuck them together to make it look like a shirt and jacket. Then I added some little pearls to make a tie and buttons. 

I used some mini number stamps to stamp the date, and then combined a couple of stamps to make up the sentiment.

I embossed another piece of white card with the Sue Wilson Entwined Hearts embossing folder and then matted this with the grey card. 

Then I added a few more pearls to the corners to finish it off. 

Hope you like it, take care and I'll see you soon.

xxx

Wedding Day

Good morning all, well the big day is here and my son and his fiance will walk down the aisle this afternoon :o))

It means I can finally show you the cards I have been making as they will be far too busy to bother looking at the old blog today lol. 

Here is the card I made for Mum to send to them. It has special meaning as yellow was Dad's favourite colour, and it will be 1 year on Friday since we lost him. 

Staci is having yellow roses in her bridal bouquet too, so I thought this card would be perfect from Mum. 

I used the Sue Wilson Entwined Hearts embossing folder for the background, with navy blue card behind, on a 7 x 7 card blank. 

I then used a wide dark navy blue ribbon and some white lace flower ribbon across the top and then alternated yellow and blue roses. 

I used an X-Cut alphabet die to cut the initials and then a couple of stamps for the sentiment tag. 

Hope they like it ;o)

Take care and I'll see you soon.

xxx

Will you marry me?

Good morning all, hope you are all well on this Monday morning. 

Today's card is the one I made for Alan and I to send to D and Staci for their engagement. 

I used a Lili of the Valley pre-coloured image and cut it out with a circle die. 

I wrote the sentiment on the PC and then cut it down to size. 

The paper is from the Curiosity Corner 8 x 8 pad and really didn't need a lot of extra embellishments. 

So all I used was the love die from Paper Smooches cut with dark red Coredinations card. 

I then used the red card and some cream and brown to mat and layer the image and paper.

Hope you like it, take care and I'll see you Wednesday.

xxx

Engagement Cards

Good morning all and welcome to the weekend.

Today's cards are two that I have made for my son and his girlfriend who recently got engaged. 

For this first one I used an Anita's background stamp and stamped it with Danube Blue Memento Ink. 

I cut the panel out and rounded the corners and then backed it with blue Coredinations card. 

Then I used alphabet stamps to stamp their initials. 

I wrote a sentiment for the inside on the PC and then printed this in a matching blue ink. 

I used some paper from the stash and then some lace from the Vintage Notes collection. 

I finished the card with some pearl trim that Staci bought me at Christmas. Then I cut a couple of the single pearls off to put inside the O's on the stamped panel. 

This next one is very similar to one I have made before, but this time for an engagement. 

I used a matching heart embossing folder and stamp set on to a Kraft 6 x 6 card blank. 

I stamped the heart and sentiment using Cocoa Brown Memento ink. I then stamped this again on a piece of paper for inside the card, but this time I didn't ink the With Love sentiment so it was a plain box in the middle. 

I tried a few different stamps in the centre but couldn't find one I liked, so I ended up using some dry rub on lettering on to some Kraft card and then sticking this in the centre. 

Hope you like them, take care and I'll see you soon.

xxx