Pink petals

Hello again :)

This is my last week live blogging week for a while.  Next Sunday I am setting off on my once in a lifetime trip to New Zealand.  I cannot wait, even if it does take the best part of two days to get there!!

These lovely cards were made using one of my favourite techniques.  I repeat stamped a layer of the Altenew Beautiful Day set using Puffy Heart ink on to a pink card blank.

I used masking tape to get a clean edge, but then covered it with ribbon and a pearl slider.

The sentiments are from Big Birthday Wishes by Simon Says Stamp.  We got these in a card kit quite some time ago.

I used the same Altenew ink for these.

This is a good method for making multiple cards and is quite quick to do.

TTFN Jude xx

Betty

Hello again. Thanks for visiting.

I have another card using the differing shades of pink I used on my card on Tuesday.  This time I took a stamp from Acid Drops and What Nots to produce my image.  I like how amusing their stamps are.

I coloured Betty in shades of pink and used grey for her hat.  (I don't know why but it said grey felt to me lol)  This was then mounted on more of the Tina Higgins papers.

I started with an 8 x 8 card blank and added a piece of floral paper, then some pink Centura Pearl and used a Tonic punch on the bottom edge.  The waste was used to edge the bottom of the card.

 I wrapped the cardstock with dusky pink ribbon and set it slightly off centre on the card blank.  

 The sentiment is part of the same stamp set.  I stamped it on plain card stock coloured the edge and cut it out free hand.  It was then raised on some foam pads.

I made up the corsage using various paper die cut flowers and some different styles of ready made flowers.  The whole piece is wired together underneath then attached with silicone adhesive.

So what do you think?  Does Betty pass muster?  I really like this and hope you do too. 

 TTFN Jude xx

Vintage Friend

Morning folks and happy Sunday.  I can't believe I'm back to work tomorrow!!  It was such a busy week and I was looking forward to a nice quiet weekend, but we spent most of yesterday walking round a local shopping centre with my niece.

Today we are off to visit Joe as he is actually having a weekend at home for a change lol.  Apparently his TV has broken down so we are going to see if we can fix it.

I did manage to get a little crafty time last night though and made this card using the Docrafts Papermania Vintage Notes set.  I had some scraps left over from other projects and didn't want to throw them out, so I laid them as strips on a DL card blank.

The paper roses were bought on a recent scouting trip Jen and I did round the craft stores of Rotherham (jet setters or what?)  I really like the combination of the two pinks and cream with these vintage feel papers.

The sentiments were inked with my usual scattered straw distress ink and I added few pink pearls to finish.

A nice little card which can be put together quite quickly.  TTFN Jude xx

Good morning

Good morning everyone. Hope the sun is shining for you today. We are keeping our fingers crossed for some nice weather today as it's my granddaughters birthday party this afternoon and then mum and dad's party tonight. So it would really help if we don't spend the whole day running backwards and forwards in the rain!

 

Today's card is another one I made for Mum's birthday. I'm loving pink and green together at the minute.

 

 

It's a 6x6 Kraft card blank, with some papers and toppers that were free with a magazine.

 

I added the flowers from my stash,

 

and the pearl string.

 

 

I just think it's a really fresh summery looking card. What do you think?

 

Hope you like it too. Thanks for stopping by today.

 

See you soon

 

Jen

 

xxx

 

21st birthday gift.....

Good morning and happy Tuesday. Hope all of your weeks' have got off to a good start. As you know I started a new job yesterday. It was a long first day but I do think it will be interesting. But then again, ask me again at the end of the week. Lol.

Just a quick post today to share with you the canvas that I made for my niece for her birthday. It's just a larger version of the one I did at the dabble day a couple of weeks ago, but a bit more personalised.

 

I managed to combine, inky and painty with melt art and jewellery. How good is that???? lol.

 

Anyway I was pleased with how it turned out and I know Cat likes it so hope you do too.

 

Thanks for stopping by today, see you soon.

 

xxx

 

 

 

 

Pretty in pink...

Good morning, hope your weeks have all gone well. As Jude mentioned yesterday we spent the day at the Childrens Hospital with Joe, her youngest, while he underwent another operation. This time on both wrists, we were trying to work out how many that is now and think we are at about number 32! Far too many general anaesthaetics for one young man :-(. But I'm very happy to report that Joe came through it all swimmingly, as he normally does, and wonders what all the fuss is about lol.

 

But, anyway, on to today's card. This is a digi image that I printed a while ago but never got around to colouring, so I sat the other evening and coloured a couple. I decided to do her in pinks and purples as I haven't used them in a while.

 

 

 

I think she is really sweet and purfect for a little girls birthday. I started with the image and coloured her with Promarkers and Flexmarkers.

 

I used a couple of sheets of patterned paper from the Red Hot collection by Docrafts. I have had the paper pad for ages but never used it, and the papers are really pretty.

 

I matted these with a bright pink card from a Core-dinations pad and layered them on to a 6x6 plain white card blank.

 

I added the topper, a doilie and flowers to make it really girly.

Then finished it off with a little bit of lace, some feather ribbon and some hearts from my stash.

 

What do you think? Hope you like it too.

 

Many thanks for stopping by today, see you soon.

 

xxx

 

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

 

http://stamp-n-doodle.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/stamp-n-doodle-challenge-17th-april.html

 

 

 http://ilovepromarkers.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/challenge-164-pastel-colours.html

 

http://sweetstampinchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/pastels.html

 

http://promarkerchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/week-194theme.html

 

 

Thank you card...

Good morning, hope all is well with you today. I have been a little busy the last few days so not had much time for crafting :-( but I have managed to fit in a little time to make a thank you card.

 

 

My poor Mum had a fall last week, while she was taking my Granddaughter to her Karate Class. She slipped on a grate outside and fell badly on her right elbow. She is OK, thankfully, but after 5 x-rays and several doctors they have decided that it isn't broken but is very badly bruised. Her arm is some very interesting shades of blue and very painful. So she is spending the next couple of weeks with her arm strapped up and in a sling and then has to go back to fracture clinic for them to have another look.

 

Anyway my point of this post - lol -  is that the very lovely people at Karate Club and other parents, came out to help Mum and got her inside and taken care of :o)). They made sure she was OK and administered first aid. They also looked after my Granddaughter who at only 4 was quite upset. So this card is our way of saying thank you, thank you, thank you.....

 

So now that I've done rambling!! The card is a very simple one from the Party Paws collection by Crafters Companion. This decoupage is from a printable sheet, as is the backing paper. I just printed them on to a light weight card and then cut them out and assembled the decoupaged pieces with silicone glue.

 

I mounted it all on to a cream A5 card blank and added the ready made thank you sentiment and some green flowers from my stash. I finished the card with a pink sparkly gem for the centre of the flower.

 

A very simple make but still very pretty. Hope you like it too.

 

Thanks for stopping by today. See you soon.

 

xxx

 

 

Good luck gifts...

Good morning, hope you have all had good weekends. I've been trying to be crafty, but this horrid niggly cold and sore throat that I have been trying to ignore for the last couple of weeks, finally hit me like a brick on Saturday :-(( so unfortunately the list of jobs I wanted to complete didn't get half finished. But, I did manage to make my daughter a little something as she starts a new job today :o))

 

 

K has wanted to work with young people with special needs since she was little, growing up with a cousin with multiple and complex needs, had quite an affect on her, probably with her being the eldest cousin, and more able to understand when Joe was poorly. But anyway, this year her dream is finally coming true, she has managed to get a job, as a teaching assistant, at the best specialist school in Sheffield. We know this because it's where Joe goes to school, lol. So today is her first day and we know she will be brilliant at it.

 

So these are just a couple of small gifts that I made for her to wish her luck.

 

 

A simple bracelet and earrings in her favourite pink tones, with a couple of matching hair grips.

 

Then a plain bag decorated with some felt flowers.

 

I do love those tattered florals, and I think the more layers you put together the better they look.

 

What do you think? hope you like them too.

 

Thanks for stopping by, see you soon.

 

 

xxx