It's all about 'Attitude' 70th B'day Card

A lady who lives within my mum's complex turns 70 on Sat. She is a huge character and certainly has attitude .. She has my mum in stitches with her antics. I have made this card for her .. Maybe not your usual 70th B'day type card but this lady is not your usual 70yr. old. The Sugar Nellie Goth RS I felt ticked the boxes as to what I was wanting to achieve. Goes quite nicely with the sentiment It's all about 'Attitude' Age is just a number.

List of Supplies
A5 Base Card - White Leather
Red and Green Bazzill Basics Card
Silver Mirror Card
Printed Dark Red Card
White Smooth Card
Sugar Nellies Goth Girl RS
Small Doilie
Herringbone Embossing folder
Oval Nesties
Circle/Scallop Nesties
Nellies mini tag
Marianne Designs Flourish Die
Cuttlebug Numbers Die
SU Scallop Edging Punch
 Tiny Brads
Card Candy
Satin Ribbon
Computer Generatred Sentiment
ProMarkers

CHNC 19 - Photo Inspiration

This weeks challenge over at Crafty Hazelnut's Challenge Blog is to draw inspiration from this  Photo

I'd like you to use this photo as the inspiration to make your Christmas card. You can interpret your response in any way you wish - it might be one or more of the colours or patterns, or stockings, Santa, teddy, snowman, presents ... whatever the photo inspires you to make

Here is my take on this fab. challenge
I have used the tag elements from within a 12x12 English Paper Co. I layered these onto the red kraft card.
I used 'red brick' distress inks to 'distress' the edges of the papers, tags and nesties as well as colouring the sheer ribbon, of which was originally white.

List of Supplies

6x6 Base Card
Brown Stardust Card
Red Kraft Card
Red Mirror Card
English Paper Company 'Stockings'
English Paper Company 'Tags'
Bigz Sizzix Tag Die Cut
Distress Ink Pad
Nestie Scalloped Circles
Marianne Designs Flourish Die Cut
Gems
Sheer Ribbon

Claire's Birthday

Oh My .. it is Claire's birthday on Weds. (tomorrow) as usual she is pretty excited. Believe it or not .. I am organized. Card is made. Gifts are made. I am just waiting on Jodi Picoult's new book to arrive Sing You Home  - Last yr. for her b'day Claire met Jodi Picoult in person, she attended a book tour in Ely. Fingers crossed the book arrives tomorrow - if not I will have to do an IOU
Just need to wrap her gifts and make a gift certificate - it was meant to be coming in the post but last minute hitches with  her b'day gift of a 1 days basket making course at the Museum of East Anglian Life in Stowmarket has gone pear shaped - a bit of a long story but in short the course, which was meant to be happening May 7th, has had to be postponed until July.
The gifts I have had a hand in creating are a Creativ Wooden key Cabinet

and a pair of Angel earrings Angel Earrings

 

A Tag using a fab. freebie Digital Image at

A Passion For Cards The tag is to accompany the Jodi Picoult Book. The added book is 'Free ClipArt' Once printed/cut out I coloured with Promarkers.

This is the likkle box I made for the Angel Earrings.

The beautiful sentiment is from Create With TLC The gorgeous 'Window Seat' Digital Image is by Maurie J Manning. I have also made a 8x8 box for the card. (Not shown)

List of Supplies

Creativ Wooden Key Cabinet

Acrylic Paint

I think the paper is K&Co

Blloms

Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist

Flock Alphabet Letters

Made with Love Charm & ribbons

Lampwork Pink Hearts

Bicone Beads

Small Round Bead

Bead Cap

Angel Wings

Earring findings

Papermania Screen Print Paper

Bazzill Basics Card

Marianne Designs Flowers Dies

Papermania Button

Handmade with Love Charm

Nesties Labels 

Freebie Digital Image 

ProMarkers 

Free Clip Art 

Marianne Designs Flower Dies 

Sheer Ribbon 

Papermania Button  

8x8 Craftworks Card

Papermania Screen Print Paper

Bazzill Basics Card

Mo Digital Image

Digital Sentiment 'Create with tlc'

Marianne Designs Flower /Swirl Dies 

Gem

Grograin Ribbon

Lampwork Heart Beads

2" findings

Bicome Beads

Cone Bead

Angel Wings

Made with Love Charm

Nestie Labels

Molly Blooms 'Bunting' RS

ProMarkers

Birthdays and Thinking of You

I have a had a few cards to make but not had a chance to blog them. The birthdays were towards the end of February and then a couple at the beginning of March. My likkle sister's birthday is on March 17th,  St Patricks Day - Inspiration hasn't yet hit for this card so that is on the back burner for the moment. I decided on making quite similar cards - I was quite pleased with how the 1st one turned out so decided I would just tweek a little with the remaining 2 cards.

A friend sadly lost her Mother recently, her funeral is today. I wanted to send her a card letting her know I was thinking of her. I made this card





Just love this clear RS from Penny Black.




So love the assortment of the clear cupcake RS from papermania



List of Supplies

Deckled Edged Cards

Papers by English Paper Co. &

DCWV Latte

Pink/purple Bazzills Basics Card

Nellies Nesties

Marianne Designs Frame die cut

Nesties Oval 

Karen Foster Pinky Dinky cupcake die 

Promarkers

Papermania Cupcake Clear RS

Penny Black Jar of Flowers/Sentiment clear RS

Satin Ribbon

Sheer Ribbon

Martha Stewart Leaves Punch

Paper flower

Pearl headed pin

Gems

Fluid Chalk

Gift Card - Filled with Yummy Choc.

I have made another Gift Card  I have been trying to make a few over the past few weeks but it just hasn't happened - so I knuckled down last night and am pleased to report I have now finished it. Maybe it will now spur me on to make a few others I am wanting to create.
I am taking part in a 'Chocolate and Card Swap'  - This Gift Card is destined for Austrailia -

My swap partner says she likes all chocolate .. so it was quite easy to fill the gift box with a varied selection of Chocs. in both Milk and Plain.




Front of Gift Box Card




The 'inner' Various Chocs and Gift Tag



List of Supplies

Bazzill Basics Card
I will add company details of other card used later - have forgotten details.
Elsybells Clear RS - Choc. Themed
Fancy Pants Flourish Clear RS
Adirondack Ink Pad - Lettue
Stazon - Cherry Pink
Sizzix Primitive Hearts
Sizzix Bigz Clear Tag
Marianne Creatables Swirl Frame
SU Tab Punch
Soft Metal Sheet
CB Folder - D'Vine Swirls
Circle Nestie
Scor-Pal
Bakers Twine
Doilie
'Made with Love' Charm
Silver Chain
Various findings
Tim Holtz Fastner
ProMarkers
Sheer Ribbon
Eyelet
Crop-o- dile
Various Chocs. - Red Nose Day Malteser Bunny, Ruffles Bar, Green and Blacks Mini Bars and Elizabeth Shaw Mints.


*I heard today, 7th March, that my package has arrived safely with its recipient in Australia .. she sounds very pleased, but states she hasn't yet delved into the chocs. I do hope she will like the selection of chocs.

CHNC Challenge 5 : Santa

Thank you to you Hazel for texting me the lowdown  for this weeks fab. theme 'Santa
Much Appreciated.
I have been without the internet, at last all seems to have been resolved.
I love using my Rubberstampede 'Santa Collage RS so it has been an enjoyable piece of crafting. Here is my offering . I have had to 'lighten' the photo a little so you can see a little of  the 'Snowflake embossing'

List of Supplies

6x6 base linen card
Silver stardream card
blue heavyweight card
linen and hammer card
Rubberstampede Santa Collage RS
Rollagraph swirl and stars
& Bashful Blue Ink
Impress Cerulean Blue ink pad
Cuttlebug corner snowflakes embossing folder
Karen Foster PinkyDinky Snowflake Die
Marianne Creatables Flourish Die
Miniture brads
Blue Sheer Ribbon
Corner Rounder
Nesties

Box Card

I was inspired to have a go with making a box card while browsing through the latest issue of 'Craft Stamper Mag.
Craft Stamper Feb. 2011 Issue


The article states, the designer, Debbie Dolphin,  was inspired by the 'tealight holder' Box Cards featured in 'blogland' I came across this beautiful blog recently featuring the tealight holder box card - I said then I would be making one and I now have .. just not added Tealights .. that is for next time round.
TeaLight Holder Box Card

The tutorial can be found here
TeaLight Box Card Tutorial

The box card featured in the Craft Stamper mag. is labeled as "A gift for him" I was needing to make something more feminine - The gift to go inside the box as featured in the Mag. article is Ferrero Rocher of which I had .. so I got cracking .. I am not really at all good at following instructions, even basic ones can flummux me at times! To say I found the tutorial hard to follow was indeed very true - I had thought I got everything right, the most important being the measurements for the box/scoring lines etc. I cannot have done so as I cannot get the Ferreo Rocher to fit in the box ..... the box is too small or the chocs too big - ever which way you look at it So I have had to rethink of which Chocs. to put in. I put in some of the chocs I used for choc. boxes. I placed the chocs in a cellophane bag and placed in the box that way. No matter that the Ferreo Rocher didn't fit the box .. I so, so enjoyed making this box card, Has taken me a couple of nights to complete. I am most definately going to be making some more - fingers crossed I can learn from my mistakes 1st time round and get the Ferrero Rocher to fit the box

This is my finished box card.

 List of Supplies

Base - White Card
Basic Grey Scarlets Letter 12x12 card
Marbled card - Totally forgotten the company's name
Cosmic Shimmer scraps
Distress ink pads
Versafine Black Ink Pad
Versafine Clear
Copper Embossing powder
Fancy Pants Flourish Clear RS
'Definition' clear RS
rubbadubbadoo 'word' rubber stamps
Scor-Pal
Marianne Designs Frame Die
Acetate
*Index Press Studs - these were a charity shop purchase - they are some sort of office supply - not sure how they are used in todays offices ?* with these I pressed into your project design area - lightweight card etc. and then press  'prongs' flat the underside side - total bargain 100 for a mere 99p
Krylon Pen
Organza Ribbon
Artistic Stamper Chipboard Wings
Sizzix Sizzlits Dies - Hearts
Boss Kutz Die - Key
Sizzix and Big Shot Tag Dies - Tags
Mulberry flowers
Pins
Martha Stewart Leaf Punch
Pearl brad
*SU  Punch
* Brad
Silver Chain
'Findings' to attach chain to tag/to add other embellishments
'Made with Love' Charm
Lace
Altered Element Paper embossed wings
and finally ..

Chocolates

'My Book Of Spells' Gift Box

I saw this gift box on Helen's fab. Blog It's All Fiddle Fart

and knew I wanted to make one. I set about sourcing the hands, could not find any at my local poundland but luckily Tesco's had them. You get 1 pair of hands and 1 pair of feet, no idea what I am going to do with the feet!,no where as good value as the pound shop but at least I had a hand to get cracking on the gift box. I worked out some measurements - silly me has forgotten to jot them down! - and then set about assembling the book. To secure the hand I punched two tiny holes, corresponding to where there are 2 small type pegs under the hand, used loads of silicone glue to secure, under the hand and behind on the pegs then added a piece of card to hold all in place. I used basic grey mini magnets for the closure, couldn't lay my hands on the velcro I had put by for the project, it had disappeared into some black hole, so the magnets did the job just fine. I have used 'Charmed' font for the wording. I did so enjoy chalking onto the black card. I used a combination of purple, white, mustard and brown. Added a few gems, flourishes and I was done. The gift box was for Christmas, so that my youngest DD could put in some scary sweeties for her older sister Lil, strange gift I know for Christmas, but there was a running theme of all things scary for Lil, she so loves anything scary, so as you can imagine the book of spells was well received.

List of Supplies

Black Card

Gold Card

Krylon Pen

Gems

'Charmed' Font

Chalks

Mariane Designs Flourishes Die

Nail Heads

Basic Grey Magnet Closures



Lovely in Lilac

Here is the 1st of the 20 Christmas Cards I have been asked to make for a friend.




I just love this stamp from 'Whiff of Joy' Lizie With Muff
I do think she looks so pretty dressed in 'Lilac' Although I do think I should
of done her jacket in a coordinating colour rather then all Lilac



I recently purchased one of Tim Holtz's On The Edge Dies - 'Ornate' not quite got to grips yet as to how to really use.



I have used Polar White Flower Soft for Lizzies hand muff, neck warmer
and her cute ear muffs



In this instance I made it up as I went along! I embossed some bazzill basics white card with swiss dot CB folder and once I made the edge cut I snipped it off at each end then placed underneath the other swiss dots embossed layer. I 'swished' some Pretty Petunia 'VersaMagic' over the embossing, added

some glitter to the 'on the edge'diecut, obviously did all this before assembling each layer.

I am entering my card into this weeks penultimate challenge at Bah Humbug

I have so much enjoyed taking part every week in all of the challenges set. What an amazing journey it has been. I also very much appreciate all the hard work Ann, Irene and Max put into the challenges as well as all the other stuff they do towards running the blog.  The blog owners are truly wonderful, in every sense of the word. I will certainly be taking part in the Bah Humbug weekly challenges beginning 2011.

A stamp from the Paula Pascual Large Christmas set with CB snowflake
diecuts and Marianne Designs Flourish were used to make
the Christmas Seal/Sentiment

I am entering my card also for the 1st time to the lovely

Totally Gorguss Not So Tradional Challenge


List of Supplies

6x6 Base Card
Whiff of Joy 'Lizzie with Muff'
ProMarkers
Bazzill Basics Card
Patterened Paper - Papermania??
CB Swiss Dots Embossing Folder
Tim Holtz On The Edge Die
Quickutz Cookie Cutter Nesting Dies
CB Snowflake Diecuts
Marianne Designs Flourish Diecuts
Polar White Flowersoft
Lilac Sheer Ribbon
Brads
Glamour Dust
Ultra Fine Glitter
Pretty Petunia VersaMagic