Football Treat

Good morning all, I hope you are having a good week. I'm giving you a little break from the Christmas cards today, as it's my youngest Grandson's 9th birthday tomorrow, and this is one of the cards I made for him.

I saw something very similar on Pinterest a few weeks ago, so had a go at creating something on the same lines but using the stamps and dies that we have.

I started by cutting a pile of circles with a hexagon design, using a Simon Says Stamp (SSS), button die. Then I coloured panels on these with a black gel pen.

For the cupcake case, I used a SSS cupcake die and coloured the card blue, then added a yellow background to it. I used these colours for the card as they are the colours of the team kit, that he plays for.

The ball and shoe image is from an old Crafters Companion stamp set called Camden Town, Male 2. I coloured them with Copic Markers and then cut them out by hand.

I used Lawn Fawn Stitched Square Dies, to sit the cupcake on, and a simple sentiment from a Clearly Besotted Happy Birthday stamp set.

Then I cut a simple number 9 for the football, and used a red enamel dot with a piece of coloured card to put the cherry on top.

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

xxx

Birthday Circle

 Good Morning all, hope you have had a good weekend. Jude and I have been getting things ready for our holiday and trying to get some blog posts scheduled for while we are away. 

Luckily I had quite a few cards made that I haven't yet posted so I was able to use some of these. This card is one I made a few weeks ago for a friend at work. I won this Simon Says Stamp Birthday Circle die in an Instagram giveaway. 

It is a lovely die and also comes with the cupcake die too. I cut the happy birthday circle from black card and then used it as a frame on a piece of white card with a circle aperture cut in to it.

I used a 7 x 7 card blank and a piece of bright paper for the base, then put the white layer on top. I then cut the cupcake die from black card and from a stripey paper and layer them together to make the cupcake. Then I added some glossy accents and a few micro beads to make the sprinkles on top. 

I used the Finlays ABC's dies from Lawn Fawn for the letters, then finished the card with a few sequins. 

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

xxx

Me to You card

Good morning all. Today's card was a very simple one to put together. 

I used a ready made Me to You topper and stuck it on to a die cut Lacey Circle. 

The paper is from the stash and all matted with Coredinations card stock. 

I used a 7x5 card blank and then created a sentiment banner on the computer. I stuck this across the middle of the card at an angle. 

Then I added a stick on 6 at the top and I finished it off with a few cupcake stickers piled up in the bottom corner. 

Like I said really simple today but hope you still like it. 

Take care and I'll see you soon. 

xxx

Make a wish

Morning all.  Hope our UK visitors enjoyed their day off yesterday -  even if it was the last bank holiday before Christmas!! 

My card this morning is a simple one made to add to the pile taken by Mum to sell at a charity event last night.  Her friend's daughter has been battling breast cancer for a few years and recently was told that there were no further signs of the cancer.  Obviously this is brilliant news and the event was a way of raising some funds as a thank you to Weston Park Cancer Hospital, here in Sheffield. 

 

I started with papers taken from the Molly Bloom set I purchased a few weeks ago.  Two of the co-ordinating sheets were cut to fit a 15cm square card.  The corners were rounded, edges inked with Scattered Straw distress ink and finished with faux stitching in a peachy Promarker (can't remember the name!)

The image was stamped on to plain white card, coloured with Promarkers and cut out.  I slit the cupcake so that the candle could be inserted and added the make a wish tag.  The edges of this were also darkened with the scattered straw and then layered on a third paper from the set.

An easy make for a Monday - what do you think? 

TTFN Jude xx