Birthday Wishes

Happy Birthday Treak

I was dilly dallying yesterday on SCS, and sorting photos getting them ready for this blog etc and I started to get things ready for this post......and then I looked at the time and realised that in my hand was the card I am going to show you today....and the post was going to be collected from the post box in about 45 mins....and if I didn't get it in that box there was no chance that Treak would get it in time for her birthday! The air turned blue, I turned into a sprint runner (not a pretty sight!)....and made it just in time


There is a thread on SCS about people who are like me and collect lots of dp and don't urm use it...so I decided I would make a special effort in honour of Treak and use some dp I had never used before.....this is so spangly and new it was still in it's wrapper...and I used 3 different dps from the collection...

The layout is this weeks sketch challenge on SCS SC234, I stamped and coloured the image, adding a bit of extra glitter on the sea to catch the light.



I used my American Craft Glitter Marker but I found that it rubbed the card, I would say almost to the point of going through the card, has anyone got these markers and had the same problem?


I used some of the dp from the front on the inside to carry the theme through.





So what do you think?


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Recipe:-
Stamps: Inkadinkado - Chelsea Sentiments, Only a Kid Once
Ink: Momento
Cardstock: DCWV
Patterned Paper: DCWV - Grade School
Accessories: Prismacolor pencils, gamasol, copics, American Craft glitter marker- pure glitter, stickles

Pink Explosion!

It was my god-daughters birthday earlier in the month, Ellie is a girlie girlie, pink loving, sparkly wearing 6 year old! and what kind of godmother would I be if I didn't make her a card to help her celebrate her pinkness! I might add that along with the card I bought her some positively pink outfits and sparkly hair accessories to go with them! oh and she is a budding crafter so she got loads of stickers and glitter and oh a whole host of fun stuff!

I got my Copics out for this image along with a bit of glitter provided by my American Crafts Glitter Marker Pure Glitter, there are actually 3 different stamps used on this card, the girl, the pig and the fence, so I had to do some masking.

The is a bit pink, well the whole card is a bit ott on the pinkness but you are only 6 once

I dusted off some of my flowers..... and stuck a button and threaded some DMC thread through it, added some more ribbon, a tag embellishment and some flower gems.

Very pink very girlie and the young lady loved it! It was completely over the top sugary sweet but I think it worked!

Thanks for looking.

Shop 'til you drop!

It was one of my friends birthdays recently....and she does like to shop........rather she likes to go shopping but she doesn't seem to buy all that much......I am strange, I can't be bothered with all the tooing and froing....if I want it, can afford, I have it.....going around town looking at the same top just slightly different in 50 shops and going back to the first shop you saw it in 5 hours earlier is just plain HELL!



Close up to see how I used Diamond Glaze on my skinnie minnie to add a bit of weight to her



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Recipe:-
Stamps: Clearly Stamps with Character
Ink: Memento
Cardstock: Making Memories
Patterned Paper:
Accessories:Prisma blooms, glitter, cuttlebug, nestabilites and Prismacolor pencils

Beer and a Pretty Girl what more could a man want...

..........the easiest way to a mans heart!

A close up of girlie....!

(The puckering is not that bad on the actual card, it was because I used silicone glue as it was the only thing that would stick with all the glitter on the card stocks that I used)

Inside of the card....

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Recipe:-
Stamps: Clearly Stamps with Character
Ink: Memento
Cardstock: DCWV
Patterned Paper: Various
Accessories:Copics, even more glitter

Hey! Look who has a new job!

My card today is for one of my girls, Teresa is a superstar who looks after her family, is doing some Open University courses and has just started a new job!

The stamp is from one of the collections over at Clear Dollar Stamps, they are beautiful to work with, the card is a one I CASED by Kendra Giles, check out her blog Inkin' It Up! she is amazing .

A close up so that you can see the blending of the copics, I am pleased with how it turned out!

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Recipe:-
Stamps: Clear Dollar Stamps
Ink: Brilliance Graphite Black
Cardstock: Craftwork Cards, Kanban
Accessories: Prima blooms, Glitter Glue, Copics, Black Signo pen
Design - Kendra Giles

Bling!Bling! 60's Car

Yep! It's another teenage boy birthday.....I have 3 teenage nephews birthdays this month, I really need to speak to my siblings.....do they not know the male cards are a nightmare let alone teenage male cards!

I was going to keep this one pretty simple as the image on the glitter looked really effective but why I put on the black base card I just felt it needed a bit extra so I added the silver dots around the card, it still wasn't enough so I thought about some gems, but gems on a male card would they work, so I had a play and yes it is an unusually glitzy card for a male teenager but the gems pick up the bling from the glitter paper and it kinda works.....and he will like it as I AM his favourite Auntie (aren't I, if you are reading this)

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Recipe:-
Stamps: Papermania
Ink: Versamark
Cardstock: Kanban
Patterned Paper: Glitter Paper
Accessories: Embossing Powder; Stampendous Detail Black, Cuttlebug, Nestabilities, Silver Marker Pen, Gems

.........rain, rain and more rain

OK who stole Summer.......all it has done this week is rain or attempt to rain or look like its going to rain......Mother Nature its JULY......humph...I hate stinky weather

I think I am feeling it as we are back from Madeira two weeks and I miss the sunshine...

I have two cards to share with you today, I made 1 complete yesterday and finished off the other one today but as I was busy as a bee yesterday I wasn't able to photograph them until today.

This first card is for this weeks sketch over on CPS ,if you haven't checked CPS out before or this week have a wonder over there as there are some fantastic examples on show. I got these stamps quite recently and I have only had a little play with them so I dragged them out and had some fun. Although my card is completely different I did gain my colouring inspiration from this card by Itsapassion over on Splitcoastampers.

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Recipe
Stamps:-Penny Black - Fresh New Day, Stampendous - Posie Greetings
Paper:- Making Memories - Emery
Glitter Glue
Brilliance Graphite Black
Pental Pens - White, Red and Black
Copics
CPS Sketch


My second card is using a sketch from 2 Sketches 4 You, again if you have not checked them out then I would highly recommend it! It started out as quite a muted card but when I was putting it all together earlier I felt it was crying out for bling... I am have gone OTT

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Recipe:-
Stamps- HOTP
Paper - Earth Tones - HOTP
Ink - Brilliance Mediterranean Blue
Blooms - Prima
Bling gems - Papermania
Sketch - 2 Sketches 4 You

Baby Boy Blue

With all that has been going on in my life recently I have got a little behind in sending some very important cards out. One of those cards is for a good friend of mine whose beautiful wife gave birth last month to a handsome young chap called Finley James 'Danger' Brooks.....'Danger' is a little joke that was started during pregnancy. I like it ! and I think it would be a great nickname for him to grow up with!
Following the sketch from Taylored Expressions, I started with a base card 7in by 5ins, and from there layered up different coordinating dp to follow the sketch. Stamped the image onto white card stock, coloured using my copics, added a bit of glitter to tie it in with the dp, and mounted using 3d Zots. Using my Nestabilities and Cuttlebug I made the circular dies and stamped the sentiment. I added the ribbon and the button to anchor it down on the card.




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Recipe
Stamps - Baby - Kiddies Baby set by Nellie's Choice, Sentiment - C-Dees
Ink - Brilliance Ink in Graphite Black
Copic Markers
Glitter glue by craftworld
Paper - DCWV Nanna's Nursery Baby Boy
Button - unknown
Ribbon - American Crafts
3d Zots
Design - Taylored Expressions Cupcake Challenge #24

Male Birthday Card

This is a card I made for my brother in law, he loves cars, motorbikes etc. He is a bit of a mans man, you know doesn't do emotion etc but he was rather chuffed (English expression for pleased) when he got this card and it went straight onto the mantelpiece.

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Recipe

Stamps - Papermainia

Ink- Graphite Black Brilliance ink

Red Glitter cardstock

Black and white Kanban cardstock

Black and red Signo pens

Nestabilities

Birthday Bella

It is one of my niece's birthdays next week, and I love this image from Stamping Bella, and I think its great for teenage girls and funky women....and my niece is now a funky woman! 20.....and she is not the oldest niece or nephew

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Recipe
Stamp - Bella
Graphite Black Brilliance
Colours - Copic Markers Papermania- Papermania
Glitter - Craft Planet

Bling bling bling bling BLING!

I absolutely love this fabulous glitter paper that I recently picked up, its from Crafttime and I found 6 packs and each have two different tonal colours…I am sure there are more but the one I am sharing with you today is actually the one that caught my eye and made me have a rummage around on the bottom of my LCS.

• The final card size is A4 (14.8cm by 21 cm) folded in half. (This is my favourite card size for special cards! You know birthdays etc rather then Hi how you doing cards!)
• The craft sheet was 14cm by 21.8 cm when I bought it so I just had to trim the length to get it to fit my base card; it was then mounted onto black card.
• I cut out some black card (9.1cm by 17.1 cm) and mounted it onto some pale blue cardstock – leaving a small border around the edge showing.
• The image is from Ibrakeforstamps.com and it’s on a sheet with several other risqué but fun ladies on bikes. The image was stamped onto some white smooth cardstock with Brilliance Graphite Black. Where necessary I touched up the image with my black Prismacolor marker.
• Once the image was dry I mounted it onto some black and then blue cardstock.
• The sentiment is from Creative Expressions and was stamped again using Brilliance Graphite Black and again mounted onto some black and then blue cardstock.
• Using copious amounts of foam pads (I believe they are called foam pop ups in US and Canada) I layered the card together, it is easily 1cm at its thickest.
• And as there wasn’t enough bling with the glitter background J I added 3 gems from Kanban on the left hand side.

Recipe
Ink - Brilliance Graphite Black
Stamps - Ibrakeforstamps.com, Creative Expressions
Cardstock – Kanban, black and pale blue
Everything else – Kanban Bling gems, Crafttime Glitter sheets, Prismacolor Marker, Foam pads

Solo Colour - DCM Strictly Monochrome Challange

I choose the colour Blue, I could of done any but I saw my Prima Got Flowers Duex in blue and I got inspired!

I used a pale blue square card, mounted some vibrant blue glitter card onto which I placed a heavily embossed picture frame in pale blue from Craftwork Cards, I then filled the aperture with flowers from Prima Got Flowers Duex in blue and added blue glitter to each of the centres of the flowers.

I found this challenge quite hard as it was tempting to add bits - but they weren't blue!

The challenge can be found at http://www.daringcardmakers.blogspot.com/

Amelia P - You were a little Princess

This is a very simple card but it hopefully cheered a little girl up - this is a pink rub on (Princess) with Got Flowers dotted around it, with glitter glue centres, and pink heart crystals dotted around the card as well.

Amelia unfortunately died not long after recieving this card she only just turned four in January, she died of Neuroblastoma (cancer). If you have a few spare cards (and I know we all do) can have a look at this site http://www.postpals.co.uk/ these are all children that are suffering major illnesses at the moment and could do with cheering up a little bit.