Happy Birthday

Thought I'd share this today as I got a call from my friend Sarah when she opened it as she was so pleased (and surprised) with it.

I stole the pics of her cute doggie from Facebook.  One picture is from when the pup was new to them, the second before she had a haircut last week!

I imported them into DOCrafts Digital Designer and made a pyramage of each pic.
Base card is from the stash and a gold lined one which is rather nice, I've used this for layers too.
Some paw print card added and an SU sentiment embossed in gold.

Bubble Blooms birthdays

Still here!
Very busy behind the scenes at the moment and today I have 2 cards to share for the next set of special birthdays.

I have used the Woodware stamp 'Bubble Bloom - Teresa' for both of these but in different colour ways.

This one was stamped in black for the base image.  I then stamped it again on silver and paper pieced the leaves.

The stem and swirls have been sparkled up with a copic spica pen.

The circles on the bloom have been filled with a selection of card candi, gems, liquid pearls and stickles.

Computer generated sentiment and layered to match.

The lovely purple card is a 7x7" from Anna Marie.

The second card has been mounted on the same size but kraft card this time.

The leaves were stamped on gold pearl paper and a similar assortment of embellishments were added to the bloom but in different colours to match the card.

The stems and swirls had a touch of gold spica on this one.

I had meant to sponge the edge of the top layer of card but got carried away with the sticking down so thought I had better run with it!!

Wedding favours (and a sneak peek!)

A picture from my mobile today so apols if quality isn't 100%.

These are a couple of favour samples I've made for the Wedding I have been doing the stationery for.

I've made a few samples before but the finished product depended on what sweet treat was going to be used.  The bride and groom have now ordered some mini love heart packs with their name & date on.

These little holders are made from a strip of card, scored at several points and each end has been punched with a different forthcoming Stampin' Up punch - I think they are fab!!

A now discontinued set 'confetti' provided the stamps for the hearts and a couple of different punches and stamp sets were used for the 'just for you' sentiments.

The finished item will be a combo of these two so no doubt they will pop up again.

ps. get saving for those tag punches :-)
Jill

You are invited

Well, the crafting year started in a very similar fashion to the end of last year with some more Wedding Evening Invitations!

After the previous delivery there was a small dispute over amount of people so here are another 30 Evening Invites to keep everyone happy!!

Moved on to playing with ideas for favours now so watch this space.

Hope everyone is keeping dry - some of the roads round here keep getting blocked and there doesn't seem to be any let up at the moment.

Happy New Year

Happy New Year to anyone popping by!

I can't believe all that effort and chaos is over and I'm now back to work!
Had a lovely Christmas though and a well earned rest - a little too restful sometimes but not to worry.

After catching up with all the family on Christmas day we went on a lovely walk on Boxing Day on the ranges at Lulworth in Dorset from the deserted village of Tyneham.  It's a lovely spot and the day was gorgeous (more than can be said for the past couple!!).

We walked 7.5 miles (apparently) and this was later in the walk and a beautiful spot - although the walk then did entail us walking up the hill opposite which took a bit of doing although worth it for the view.

Now to crack back on with some crafting as there is much to be done!!

Jill

Merry Christmas

Or Merry Christ-moose to be more precise!!

Regular viewers may recall the electrician moose of a few weeks ago - this is the stamp in its full Christmas form!!

It's a Woodware stamp and I think it's fab.

I've coloured his jumper with copics and the scarf I've stamped a second time, cut out and stuck on the image for a bit of dimension.

Shoes coloured in copics and covered with glossy accents.

Nose is a red card candi.

I've then added a couple of goggly eyes (he looks  a little stary in this picture!) and his fur, antlers and jumper trim are different colours of fun flock.

A bit of layering with matching card and some snowflake paper and a sentiment from the stamp set too.

Hope everyone has a lovely Christmas - see you on the other side!!

Jill

Bah Humbug!

An amazing thing is unfolding - I will actually have no wrapping or card making to do on Christmas Eve - that hasn't happened for years!!

Today's card was an idea I found whilst browsing punch art recently - here is the link which shows the punches used to make the grinch.

I saw it and had to make it for someone at work!
The card has a little scored piece inside so it stands on a desk rather than just being a card.

All the punches are Stampin' up in some form or another, apart from the eyebrows which I cut freehand.  (Thanks to Karen for the pennant punch!).

I have added a little fun flock to the hat trim and bobble.

Stamp from the Very Merry Tags set and cut out with co-ordinating punch (of course!).

Have just left a much more festive 'Chris Moose' drying so maybe I will preview him tomorrow!
Jill