Very simple male birthday card

Hello,

Hope you haven't had too much snow where you are, it's nearly all gone where I am, which is a shame, I do like that "snowed-in" feeling, but that doesn't happen very often where I live :o/  Whether you like snow or not, it's great weather for staying in and crafting ~ yay!

My share today is another, very simple, male birthday card.  I actually made this one a couple of weeks ago, but as I sent it out this week, I didn't want to blog it until I was sure that the recipient had received it.

I punched out a square using the smaller square punch in a "Not Quite Navy" card blank then did the same in a scrap of "Night of Navy" cardstock, then used the bigger square punch over the whole I had made in order to punch out a thin frame which I glued around the aperture.  I adhered some "Whisper White" cardstock inside the card, lined up the image so that it would peep through the hole perfectly, stamped with StazOn and coloured in with markers.  All that was left to do was stamp the sentiment on the front, all together a very simple card that can easily be adapted for female and childrens cards, you just have to change the colour and image.

Hope you like it .

take care ~ and remember to wrap up warm! ... xx




Project Ingredients

Stamp Sets : "Every Little Bit" & "Happiest Birthday Wishes"
Card stock : "Not Quite Navy", "Night of Navy" & "Whisper White"
Colour : StazOn Ink, "Not Quite Navy" & "Night of Navy" markers
Tools : "SNAIL" adhesive; 1 3/8" Square punch & 1 1/4" Square punch

Halloween Ideas - The good twin

Hello again,

Quickly wanted to share with you my "Good Brother" Halloween project.  You may remember my evil twin brother project from last week, ( see HERE ), well, this is the good twin.

He's a bit goofy lookin' you can see that this little chap wouldn't hurt a fly, or that little bat in the corner, but why is he the good brother do I hear you asking??

Well ... it's 'cos he gives presents...

Hopefully something more exciting that an Oyster card ~ lol!

Hope you like him...  :o)


 

Project Ingredients

Stamp Sets : "Delightful Dozen" & "Every Little Bit" Stamp Set.
Card stock : "Basic Black"; "River Rock" & "Pumpkin Pie" cardstock
Accessories :  Patterns designer series paper pack - Neutrals collection
Colour : "Soft Suede" Classic Ink pad & "Tangerine Tango" marker pen
Tools : Dimensional adhesive; VersaMarker pen; Versamark ink; Black &  white embossing powder and black & silver embossing powder mixed together..

Countdown to Christmas ~ Wk 10

A super simple, mass producible card for you this week, using a new stamp set called "Polar Party" and also the snowflake from "Every Little Bit" stamp set for the background. 

I thought I'd go for a different colour combination this week as I tend to stick to the traditional red/green combo.

Close up of the bear

I used "Rich Razzleberry" for the card blank and "Pretty in Pink" for the mat and also those colour classic ink pads, using the blender pen to apply the colour.  I also added a bit of glitter underneath him to ground him

Top Tip : Images need to be grounded, even if all you do is add the lightest wash of colour underneath it really makes a big difference

The trim around the image is the "Dotted Scallop Ribbon" punch

Inside the card

I also decorated the inside, stamping onto a piece of "Whisper White" cardstock.  I was able to stamp these quite quickly as I put the sentiment and the little penguin on the same large acrylic block, inked up with StazOn and stamped away, I stamped about 10 of these in around a minute!

Close up of the penguin

Obviously the colouring in takes a little while, but it's something I find very soothing, so I'm happy to do it whilst watching the telly of an evening so they don't seem to take any time at all.

Top Tip : when you have white as a colour on a card, such as the Polar Bear or the belly of the penguin, colour around the edges in blue, it makes the white stand out more.








Hope you like them, I had a lot of fun making them and these images are just adorable.

Back to Halloween projects tomorrow, until then, take care ...xxx


 

Project Ingredients

Stamp Sets : "Polar Party" & "Every Little Bit"
Card stock : "Rich Razzleberry", "Pretty in Pink" & "Whisper White"
Colour : "Rich Razzleberry", "Pretty in Pink" & ""Bashful Blue" classic ink pads
Tools : Dimensional adhesive; "SNAIL" adhesive; StazOn Ink; Blender pen; "Dotted Scallop Ribbon" punch.

Countdown to Christmas ~ Wk 6

Hi there,

Sorry for not blogging for a while, a combination of sickness and injury within my household through out my schedule, the good thing is that I've been working on a few projects that I will be sharing with you over the next few days and I've got the tutorial for the box I shared HERE

This week my countdown to Christmas share is a few little fun items and, after all, it's the little things that really help make Christmas special.

It's a little box made using the Petal Card punch and as you can see from the photo, it's just big enough for a Lindor chocolate - yum!  I've only made one but I will make more nearer the time and hang them on the tree.  Unfortunately, I used 'Jolly Holiday' Designer Series Paper, (DSP), which has now sold out  :o(
I'm really going to miss this paper but the new collection comes out on Saturday - yay!

The next little item I'm sharing today is another little treat holder, whilst it's still small it's defiantly bigger then the first item!

For this one I didn't use Christmas paper at all, but the 'Celebrations' DSP as I wanted to show that you don't have to have specific Christmas paper to make something Christmasy, you just have to add a few Christmasy touches.

Here I have stamped snow flakes and a 'Merry Christmas' sentiment onto a label and no one would notice it's not Christmas paper, I also used the Crimper, (which was a present from my son for my birthday),  on each end to give it a more finished look.

... and the little goodie that is hiding inside this little treat package ...

Mint chocolate - YUM!

Hope you like these little treat ideas, please pop back tomorrow when I will post my box tutorial.

Until then, ....  xx
 

Project Ingredients

Stamp Sets : "Every Little Bit" & "Contempo Christmas"
Card stock : "Very Vanilla" Cardstock.
Accessories : 3/8" Taffeta Ribbon in "Old Olive ( ** RETIRING **), 1/4" Grosgrain ribbon in "Real Red" & "Old Olive, "Jolly Holidays" DSP (** SOLD OUT **), "Celebrations DSP (** RETIRING **), "Dazzling Diamonds" glitter
Colour : "Real Red" & "Bashful Blue" Classic ink pads
Tools : SNAIL Adhesive; 2-way glue pen, Sticky Strip, "Petal Card" punch & Crimper