Pandamonium

Good morning all.  A big thank you to Jen for stepping in yesterday when I forgot to photograph my card before sending it!!

Thanks to Staci I eventually got a picture of the card I made for Daniel's 24th on Sunday.

I found this flic.kr image on Pinterest and it uses the new Mama Elephant Pandamonium set.  The creator isn't acknowledged but I loved the layout they had used.

I bought the Pandamonium set a couple of weeks ago because Jen really liked it, and this is the first time I've used it.  I don't think mine is a bad interpretation of the original card.  What do you think?

I really must try harder with my cards as I either forget to make them until the last minute or forget to photograph them LOL.

TTFN Jude xx

Taking a ride

Jen's son, Daniel, is celebrating his 24th birthday on Sunday and this is the card I have made to send him from me.

He has recently taken up cycling, so this Lili of the Valley image is perfect for him.

I used the colours from the image and a sketch from Mojo Monday for the layout.

This small part of the card took the most doing and fiddling with!!  I love these word dies but they are a nightmare at times.  

I cut it first on card backed with double sided tape.  Unfortunately I couldn't get it out of the die :(  

I eventually cut it from plain card and used the tiniest amount of cosmic shimmer to adhere it.

Another quick card that was relatively simple to make.

TTFN Jude xx

Grad Boy

Today I have another of Daniel's Graduation cards to share (it makes a change from Christmas cards!)

This is Grad Boy, another Saturated Canary image, and one that will be retired from the shop at the end of November.  If you want him grab him now - https://saturated-canary.myshopify.com/products/grad-boy-2013

I used paper from Digi Stamp Boutique with card from the stash.  The sentiment is made up with Docrafts letters from the Madame Payraud range.

Hope you like it.

TTFN Jude xx

Graduation

Hurrah for Saturday!

As Jen told you, yesterday was her son Daniel's Graduation Ceremony at Sheffield Hallam University.  We are all very proud of him for the hard work he put in to earning his degree.

This is one of the cards I made for him.

The set is from Digi Stamp Boutique, including the backing paper.

All I had to do was decide on a layout.

I chose two of the images and fussy cut them before layering everything with black card.

I kept it very simple as Daniel isn't the fussy type.

Hope you like it.

TTFN Jude xx

Daniel and Edward

These are two more of the boys birthday cards from last weekend.

As with my previous post I doubled up this card.  I used a new embossing folder for the base and wrapped it with twine.

I then took two images from a Lili of the Valley Art Pad and layered them on coordinating card.

This one was for Edward.

And this one for Daniel.

Hope you like them.

TTFN Jude xx

Happy Birthday number cards

Happy Sunday readers.  Hope you've had a good weekend so far.

Today my eldest son is 24, so Happy Birthday Ted!

As I had so many cards to make for this weekend I decided to double up on the boys cards.

I used the same concept and layout for the cards but just changed one item.  In this case the ages.

I think these are simple but effective cards for any man, whatever his age.

This one was for Daniel's birthday yesterday.

Hope you like them.  TTFN Jude xx

Happy birthday D

Good morning, today is my son's birthday, he will be 23 years young. I have to say young, as he is now convinced that 23 is old and so wants to stay at 22!. I've told him that means there is no hope for the rest of us then ROFL. So happy birthday D xx

Anyway this is one of the cards I have made for him from his uncle.

I used some bottle caps that I had asked people to save for me, and stuck them on with silicone glue.

The beer bottles are stamps from the Camden Town collection by Crafters Companion.

I stamped them onto pale brown card and then coloured them with Spectrum Noirs. I stamped them twice each and cut them out with scissors and then decoupaged them with foam pads.

Then I added chip board letters to finish it off.

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

xxx

Daniel Craig

Oh dear, it's Wednesday, it's April, and you have me again - poor you lol!

My brother John has quite a few godchildren (7!) and today is the birthday of one of them.  Daniel Craig Whiteley is the eldest son of John's best friend, Craig, and he is 6 today.

John is always on the last hop when it comes to cards and presents and this year is no different.  This is a card I made John at the weekend, after I'd been to fetch Daniel's birthday presents for him!!

The little cowboy dude comes from a Lili of the Valley art pad again.  I love these images.

I layered papers on to a 6 x 6 blank and added the topper.

The sentiment is from another LOTV pad.

I'm hoping Daniel will like his card.

TTFN Jude xx