Bike ride

Good morning all, I hope you are all having a good week. Today's card came from seeing a  card that Vicky Papaioannou made for a recent blog hop, and knowing that I had a bicycle die, I thought I could make something similar.

I've had the bicycle die for a few years, I think it's an MFT Stamps die, but not 100% sure.

I cut the bike from a rose gold card from Tonic Studios, then cut a stitched rectangle panel using an MFT Stamps Blueprints die for the background, from the same card stock.

The shaped die cut is from an old Spellbinders set, which I think is Labels 28. I cut this from white shimmer card and then punched a couple of small hearts from the same card.

The little sentiment stamps are from the Mini Messages set by Mama Elephant, I stamped them on to the heart, then tied them to the bike with white twine, then I added a couple of orange gems to finish it off. 

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

xxx

La Bicyclette

On Sunday Jen and I visited the Ross Paper Craft Show in Sheffield.  We had a really good few hours wandering around and spending far too much lol.  I was lucky enough to win £20 of vouchers to spend at the show in the prize draw and spent it at the Lili of the Valley stand.

This is what I bought.

I'm looking forward to some lovely makes with these.

My card was made before we went shopping so I didn't use any of the new purchases.

This one is for a colleague who is a keen cyclist.

I made the sentiment in Word and printed it on white card.

The bicycles are a die Jen bought a little while ago from Die-namics at My Favourite Things.

It's a simple make but I'm sure Phil will appreciate it.

That's all for today.  TTFN Jude xx

La bicyclette...

....ou un velo!

Bonjour!  Aujourd'hui, j'ai un mâle carte d'anniversaire à partager avec vous.

 

And that is the extent of my French skills!  I was actually a nanny for four French girls many years ago and picked up a smattering of the language but I forgot it as soon as I moved back home :)

Anyway as I said I have a male card to share today.  I've spent time making female birthday cards this week (it being Jen's birthday tomorrow) so I thought I'd do something different.

This is a topper from another Hunkydory set called Coming Home.  I don't know why but the image shouted male and French to me!  I think I need to get my hearing checked lol. 

 The papers are from a Bo Bunny Oriental collection, that I can't remember the name of.  Must be my age ;)

Anyway I hope you like it. TTFN Jude xx

 

Hunkydory issue 14

Monday morning again.  Time certainly flies, doesn't it?

On Saturday I got some happy post - the latest issue of Hunkydory magazine.  This issue had a free Furry-Tails paper craft kit enclosed.  I luuurrrrvvvvveeee freebies ;)

Having skimmed through the magazine this card caught my eye so I decided to give it a go.  We start with a 5x7 card white blank and cover it with gold mirror card.  I then cut a piece of card which co-ordinates with the topper.

I really liked this little rabbit.  He looks like he's pedalling eagerly to the birthday party :)

I sliced into the base card and slid the topper under the trees for a little extra dimension.

After adding the matching sentiment I finished the corners off with 3 little flat backed diamantes.  A very quick and easy birthday card completed in about 15 minutes.

There are lots of other ideas in the magazine and loads more in the freebie so you'll probably see more of this range in the near future.

TTFN Jude xx