Girly 30th Birthday

This is a card I made my sister, it was a few weeks ago but I never got round to sharing...so here it is!

I layered up the two sheets of paper, glued, and then die cut a circle from them to frame the "30".  From the bottom of the green section I die cut the "birthday" and inlaid a die cut I'd made from white card.  The happy is again inlaid into the pink card.

Recently I've started thinking more about the inside of my cards.  I generally add a paper insert, but not always, especially if it's a white card or colour that can be written on.  For this card I decided to add a strip of the patterned paper to the inside of the card, as you can see on the bottom photograph.

Jacqui x

Supplies:

Paper - Dovecraft - Garden Party

Dies - Memory Box - Happy Script Die, Birthday Script Die, Large Typewriter Number Set

Enamel Dots - My Minds Eye

Card - Core 'dinations - Brights

Butterfly Thank You Notelets

Today I'm sharing with you these super quick notelets.  Even though they're quick I think they're quite sweet.  It's a design I've used previously for birthday cards but I've scaled it down here.

I added some pearls to the "body" of the central butterfly to add some interest and to make it feel a bit more special.

Sorry about the appalling light, I can definitely tell winter is on the way as it has been so dark here today!

Jacqui x


Supplies:
Card - Dovecraft 3 1/2" x 3 1/2" 240 gsm white cards and envelopes
           Core d'inations "darks"
Pearls - Vivi Gade 2mm white
Stamp - Craft Impressions "Thank you"
Ink - Momento "Tuxedo Black"

One For A Friend

This is a card I made for a friend's birthday.  She isn't an uber girly girl so I kept it simple without lots of embellishments.  The cut out butterflies are simply cut out and then raised on foam pads to add some dimension.

Thanks for visiting!

Jacqui x


Supplies:
1" Butterfly punch - Hobbycraft
Patterned Paper - Dovecraft "Garden Party" Stack
Card from my stash

Little Thank You's

I made these little thank-you cards a couple of weeks ago for my husband to give to family but I never got round to sharing them.  As a needed to make a few I wanted something really simple and fairly quick to make.  I had just bought some 3 1/2" x 3 1/2" Dovecraft card bases in a local craft shop which are a perfect size for thank-you notelets.

This is also the first outing for some brads that I bought, I remember using brads in school but had seen them on a few cards around blogland so thought I'd give them a whirl - I quite like them.  I think they make the cards seem a bit more masculine.

Jacqui x

Supplies:
Card base - Dovecraft - 240 gsm 3 1/2" x 3 1/2" white cards and envelopes
Coloured card - Core 'dinations cardstock "Darks"
Brads - Bringing Crafts-Too You - "Vintage brads"
Stamp - Crafty Impressions "Thank You"
Ink - Memento - Tuxedo Black

CAS(E) this Sketch #37

Hi All! I have been a busy bee this weekend.  It was my PhD graduation ceremony on Friday which I got to celebrate with my lovely family and friends, it was a gorgeous day all round!

I just got time to make an entry for this weeks CTS challenge.  I bought a hexagon die a few weeks ago and I absolutely love it.  The hexagons are smaller than the ones in the sketch so to balance out the card I had to change it slightly.

Here's the sketch:

And Here's my card:

Supplies:
Paper - Garden Party by Dovecraft
Hexagon Die - Clearly Besotted Stamps
Sentiment - Everyday Words Happy Birthday by Personal Impressions
Pearls - Vivi Gade Designs
Card Base - White 5 x 7 by Craft UK

That's all from me today!

Jacqui x

"Tying the Knot"

My friend asked me to make a wedding card for her to give at a wedding she went to.  The couple's wedding invite had "We're tying the knot" written on it with a knotted piece of twine, and I was told their wedding colour theme was champagne so I tried to incorporate all of these elements to make something personal.

All of this was from my stash except the yellow backing to the main piece of white card which is from Dovecrafts Garden Party (6 x 6).  The sentiments I printed from my computer as I didn't have any suitable stamps.  All in all another very simple card!! 

Thanks for visiting me again today.

Jacqui x