Dotty Birthday

I have another card today that I am going to enter into the CBS Challenge. 

The card panel is popped up on foam adhesive pads, as is the central circle.  

Here's the card I took inspiration from:

Jacqui x

Supplies:

Stamps - Clearly Besotted Stamps, Background Builder, Personal Impressions, Happy Birthday
Dies - Spellbinders Nestabilities, Circles
Punch - Hobbycraft, 1" Butterfly
Ink - Tsukineko Memento Dye, London Fog, Morocco

Diamond Wedding Anniversary

It is was my Grandparents 60th wedding anniversary a couple of weeks ago, such a big occasion couldn't go by with out a card! I think my card will be out shone a little by the one from the Queen...but I'm OK with that :)

I trawled the internet for ideas for a diamond wedding card but couldn't find anything I liked.  In the end I decided to adapt a wedding card that I had made earlier in the year.  Pretty much everything on the card are from things I've been given or saved from various things, I love it when you can find a good use for them!

Supplies:

Embossing folder - D'vine Swirls, Cuttlebug

Number Dies - Memory Box

Sentiment - "Congratulations" found via Google images and printed

Everything else from my stash

I'm hoping to make a start on my Christmas cards soon, so hopefully I'll have lots to share with you in the next few weeks.

Jacqui x

CAS(E) This Sketch #48

I haven't played along with CAS(E) this sketch for a while, but I needed to make a card for my husbands Grandma and was severely lacking ideas.  As soon as I saw the sketch I knew exactly what I wanted to do! - sign of a good sketch if you ask me =)

Here's what I came up with:

I have very limited ink colours to choose from so that pretty much dictated what colour the flowers were going to be, so I chose the rest of the colour theme based on the flowers.  I initially made the card without the ribbon and it looked really plain.

This is the sketch that I based my design on:

That's all from me today.  I'm hoping to find some more time for crafting soon so will be back on a more regular basis again.

Thanks!

Jacqui x

Supplies:
Stamps - Clearly Besotted Stamps "You Are", Personal Impressions - Everyday Words Happy Birthday.
Ink - Memento - Black, Lilac Posies, Versa Color - Orchid
Embossing folder - Cuttlebug "Simple Flowers"
Paper, ribbon and rhinestones from stash

Swirly Wedding

This is a card I made last week for a wedding we went to yesterday.  It really was a gorgeous day, perfect couple, fantastic venues and a truly enjoyable day.  As I've said before, I seem to have made lots of wedding cards recently so when I was trying to come up with an idea I trawlled Pinterest (love Pinterest!), and found a card that I wanted to CASE. 

The bridesmaid dresses at the wedding were a dusky pink colour so I dug in my stash and found some pearlescent pink card and pink rhinestones to go with the theme.  I didn't have a ribbon that would work so I used a strip of card instead.  For the sentiment I found the "Congratulations" on Google images and then added the other wording myself.

This is my card:

And this is the card I found on Pinterest, which is from this Blog:

I (think) that's our last wedding of the year, so there may be a lull in the wedding card making at least for a while!

Thanks for visiting!

Jacqui x














I bought the Cuttlebug "d'vine swirls" embossing folder specifically for this card, but I love it so I think I'll make good use of it. 

Graduation

One of my best friend's graduated this week as a doctor, much deserved after years of hard work and dedication, and she's having a party this evening to celebrate...so of course a card was required!

I searched the internet to try and get some inspiration for a doctor-themed graduation card but got absolutely nowhere.  I drew myself a sketch to include elements of "doctor" (stethoscope) and "graduation" (mortarboard), I also quite liked the idea of putting the year in there too.

I am not entirely happy with the card, I think its a bit boring...but it is what it is and I think she'll still like it.

The stethoscope and mortarboard I printed directly onto the card (my stamp collection doesn't stretch that far!).  I added enamel dots both the images to try add some detail, I also added glossy accents to the stethoscope to try and make it more interesting.

The 2013 I cut using numbers from Memory Box and the orange paper I embossed using Swiss Dots EF. I raised up the sentiment on foam pads to again try and make the card a bit more interesting which definitely helped.

That's all from me today. Hope you all have a lovely weekend.

Jacqui x

Fairy Jasmine

A few months ago I was lucky enough to win some Clearly Besotted Stamps via their facebook page.  I hadn't used them yet so thought it was about time to ink them up! They were all of very cute characters like the one I've used (Fairy Jasmine), sadly they are now discontinued.  I am going to enter this into the CBS challenge as entries are still open for a few more hours. 

I inked the image using momento ink in tuxedo black and then coloured in the image (admittedly I think I need more practice!).  The "3" I cut using  "Large Typewriter Number Set" from memory box on my Cuttlebug and finished using some Glossy Accents.  The paper is from the 6 x 6 Boofle stack, the stars are glittery but it's hard to tell from the photo.  I assembled it all using some foam pads.  The ribbon was from my stash (I think it was from a box of chocolates I got for my birthday!).

Hope you've all had a lovely weekend.  Mine was lovely but very busy, I'll definitely sleep well tonight!

Jacqui x

Father's Day #2

The second card I made was in a different style.  I used papers from my stash, trying to pick my most "masculine" colours.  I added some interest to the blue paper by using the Swiss Dots embossing folder from Cuttlebug.  All of the cutting was done by hand except for the circle which I used a 2" punch to cut around a sentiment I had printed on my printer (lack of suitable stamps!).  I lifted the sentiment using foam pads to make it more of a focal point.

Hope you are enjoying celebrating Father's Day...unfortunately I won't see my Dad again for a few weeks but we can celebrate together then!  Thanks for visiting today. 

Jacqui x

Fathers Day #1

It's Father's Day today...so I have two cards to share with you as hopefully my Dad and my Father-in-law have both received their cards by now! I struggle with masculine cards, which is a common problem I think. 

For the first card I cut out the word "Dad" from card, and overlaid it over some stripes of different blue paper I has embossed using Cuttlebug's Swiss Dots folder.  I raised this on foam squares and left it at that, keeping it simple as usual!

Jacqui x 

CTS #31

I thought I'd have another go at entering the CAS(E) this sketch...I was too late getting my first attempt uploaded! Never mind!  This weeks sketch was this:

                                      

I don't have anything that could resemble a feather, so I took inspiration from all the other elements and the need for something with a bit of height.  I came up with this...

I used paper from my stash to make all the elements of the card (mainly scraps kindly given to me by my Mum!).  As I've just got my Cuttlebug I couldn't resist using it to create a texture on the red block section, I used the "Swiss Dots" embossing folder.  The balloons I drew freehand and then covered in glossy accents, another new addition to my crafting collection...I think I need more practice as its a bit bubbly which I didn't realise until it had dried.  I like the added gloss effect on the balloons though, brings them to life a bit.  As for the sentiment I wanted to stick with the sketch so used my 2" punch to cut a circle and then stamped using some stamps from the "Everyday Words Happy Birthday" set from Personal Impressions in Tuxedo black from Memento.

I really enjoyed coming up with an idea, makes me be more imaginative than I usually am! Can't wait to see what next week's sketch will be.

Thanks for dropping by.

Jacqui x

My first ever CAS(E) this sketch entry

Today I have a card to share with you that I was inspired to make for the challenge over at CAS(E) this Sketch, I've never played along before but I really enjoyed doing it so will be joining in again soon!

Here is the sketch for this week:

                                          

I kept close to the sketch and came up with this:

I'm quite pleased with the result and it isn't something I'd have come up with on my own.  I bought a Cuttlebug at the weekend which was waiting for me when I got home from work tonight....I couldn't wait to use it and hence the background to the card is embossed using the "simple flowers" embossing folder that came with the Cuttlebug (I'm still deciding which embossing folders to buy - there's so much choice!).  The pink paper is just from my stash and I printed the sentiment directly onto a piece of white card, again from my stash.  All of the patterned paper is from the Tea House 12 x 12 paper pack by Dovecraft.

Hopefully I'll have another card to share with you tomorrow.  I have the evenings to myself this week so making the most of it with lots of crafting!

Jacqui x