Sweet Sixteen Card

Hi all,

Hope you've all had a lovely weekend. It's gone way too fast as usual and I can't believe it's fast approaching Monday morning.

Over the weekend I've been busy doing various things and I managed to make a girlie 16th birthday card for a friend to give to her daughter as she'll be turning sweet sixteen. She loved the original Boo Bear card that I did back in January and so I tried to replicate this card with a few tweeks here and there and came up with the below card in A5 size. Hope you like:

16th Birthday Boo Bear Card


Thanks for stopping by, hope you like the card.

Alex

Baby's 1st Birthday!

Hi all,

Hope your day's been okay and you're looking forward to the weekend now :) I can't believe it's come around so quickly already!

Found a spare moment and thought I'd start to upload a few baby cards that I've been commissioned for recently using Stampin' Up! stamp sets, buttons and various Designer Series Paper. Check out Stampin' Up! May Offer as you still have until 31 May to buy three packs of Designer Series Paper and choose a fourth pack for free! There's no limit to what you can do with the DSP - I have used these patterned papers for my cardmaking, but you can use it for any scrapbooking layouts, mini albums, 3D projects - whatever takes your fancy :)

Hope you like the below baby cards, enjoy!

Baby Girl's 1st Birthday


This card is a favourite of mine and was featured last month when this card was one of three cards made in my workshop. I have recreated this card using "Wild About You" stamp set and "Schoolbook Serif Alphabet" for the title.

Boy's 1st Birthday Cards
Here's a few boy cards below, making each one slightly different using the giraffe stamp from "Wild About You" stamp set:


Another Boy Birthday Card:

Last Boy Card using an Imaginisce stamp set of a cute baby giraffe:


Hope you've liked these cards, some have been inspired from the gallery over at SCS.

Thanks for looking, please feel free to leave a comment :)

Have a good weekend and be back later.

Alex

Friday already!

Hi all,

Where has the week gone to?!? Sorry for the lack of posts lately, but I've been busy doing all sorts and time has just flown by! Hopefully I'll be able to upload some new pictures soon.

Have a good day everyone,

Bye for now,

Alex

Commissions

Hi all,

Have been a busy bee lately and have been making various commissions for people. I won't upload pictures of the full cards and boxes in their full glory till I know it's "safe" to do so, so until then, I'll upload some sneak peeks.

Granddaughter Commission
Two ladies - Mother and Daughter commissioned me to make me six invitations, six boxes and one granddaughter card recently on a cupcake theme because their little one just loves to bake in the kitchen.

Here are some sneak peeks of the finished commission, hope you like.





Mazel Tov Commissions
A lady commissioned me to make a number of gift card wallets for lots of upcoming Weddings and Bar Mitzvahs that her and her husband will be attending over the upcoming months. These gift card wallets can be used by slipping off the decorative band, lifting up the flap and inserting a cheque, gift card or anything else that fits in the pocket inside.

Here are some sneak peeks:





That's it for now, hope you've enjoyed the sneak peeks.

Bye for now,

Alex

Blog Award

Hi all,

Okay, so how happy am I? After all my crafting over the weekend I find out that Aimes has nominated me for another Blog Award because she thinks I deserve it! :)

So, below is the award to add to my collection :) I think I need to pass it onto five more people. This as always is a tough one because I have so many blogs in my favourite folder that are truly inspirational. With this in mind, please can I cheat and give everyone who visits my blog the opportunity to award themselves with the below award from me.


Have a good evening.

Bye for now,

Alex

Confirmation Cards.

Hi all,

Well I'm pleased to say with the kindness of Kate who lent me her Papertrey Ink clear stamps - "Everyday Blessings", I've managed to finish three Confirmation Cards that I've recently been commissioned for :) I'll sneak peek the cards below as these will not be given to the recipients till the end of this month so I'd rather not spoil their surprise.




Please come back on 1st June to see the three cards in their full glory :)

Bye for now,

Alex

Designer Series Paper Offer For May 2009

Hi all,

Hope you're all enjoying a lovely long Bank Holiday weekend :) It's been a busy few days here, making numerous cards for both myself and for a few commissions.

May has a great offer what with their Scrapbooking Campaign, so as promised, here are a few cards I've made using various Designer Series Paper.

Patterns Designer Series Paper - Bashful Blue


Patterns Designer Series Paper - Rose Red


Patterns Designer Series Paper - Chocolate Chip


Be back later for more card uploads.

Until then,

Alex

Catching Up On Blog Awards...

Hi all,

Hope you've all had a lovely weekend soaking up the sunshine :) The weather has been really warm here in Essex. Fingers crossed for Bank Holiday weekend next week that the good weather continues!

I've been really fortunate to receive three Blog Awards recently, yes, three - can you believe it! I'm really appreciative and want to thank a few ladies for passing these onto me.

The first one was received by my upline, Carole - thank you so much for thinking of me. Please visit Carole's blog, as she has created some wonderful cards and more recently has lots of baby projects blogged as she's just become an Auntie to baby Alice.


Thank you to Aimes for the below Blog Award. Please visit her blog as she has produced lots of lovely cards that are inspiring and wonderful cute 3D projects. Lastly, I would like to thank Sara for giving me the same Blog Award below - it's really appreciated, and I'm glad to hear that my blog makes you smile :) Please visit her blog as she has just recently created three "A Rose Is A Rose" cards that are truly amazing. I might have to CASE you soon, as these are just wonderful! You've done this stamp set justice :)


Now is the tricky part... passing on the blog awards to five other people, well actually, I think it's 15 now isn't it? Can I cheat please? I can think of 15 other people to pass these awards onto, but believe me, it's really hard to limit my thanks to just 15 - there's so many wonderful blogs saved in my favourite folder it could take me awhile. With this in mind, please accept this Blog Award from me if you're reading this as you deserve to be passed on the award. However, I have made a list of 16 below of lovely blogs I regularly visit - I know I was only meant to have 15, but one for luck as they say :) Please check out the below blogs because they deserve a Blog Award too:

Carole
Aimes
Sara
Kate
Steph
Nikki
Sarah-Jane
Alison
Sarah H
Helen
Monica
Amber
Debby
Sarah B
Tricia
Karen

Have a good week people, I'll be back another time with more photo uploads.

Until then,

Alex

Sunday morning.

Hi all,

What a lovely morning I had yesterday. Thank you ladies for coming to my workshop, it was lovely to see you all and nice to have Val join us for the first time. I had a great time, and I think the ladies enjoyed themselves too.

We made three cards - I think the "Wild About You" card was a winner, especially as some of the ladies have grandchildren, so it was perfect. All the cards made were beautifully created and everyone's turned out slightly different as the ladies chose to colour in the card using "Fun and Fast Notes - Get Well Wishes" stamp differently - it was lovely to see all their individuality shine through with the Stampin' Write Markers. The last card, "Big Bold Birthday" used a new bow technique for them, that I even find difficult to consistently do! (See here for a "Perfect Bow" tutorial by Monica). The ladies did great and managed to do this perfectly! Well done to you all.

Have a good day everyone, enjoy the sunshine.

Alex

New Workshop - Saturday 25 April 09

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For any of you that live nearby, I have my next workshop scheduled for
Saturday 25th April at 10.30am.

Do you have a few hours to spare and would like to make three cards using different techniques, stamp sets, designer series paper, punches and ribbon?

Email me for more details if you'd like to join some lovely crafters for a few hours of
fun, chat and refreshments a week on Saturday.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Bye for now,

Alex

PLEASE NOTE:
This workshop is nearly full. Please contact me to guarantee your space.
*COMING SOON: A new post detailing next months workshop*

Mini Catalogue.

Hi all,

I'm loving the new Mini Catalogue that was released earlier this month and thought I'd play with a new stamp set I bought called "Greetings Eight". This set features 8 stamps of various themes, so with this in mind, I made a number of different 3x3 cards.

Thanks So Much


Congratulations



Happy Future


You're The Icing On The Cake


Happy Easter


Next I hope to make a little box to keep all the cards in.

Until then,

Bye for now,

Alex

Wednesday already.

WOW: What glorious weather we've been having for the past few days here. Apparently it's reached 20 degrees! The only trouble is, with cardmaking, as much as I want to be out in the garden topping up my Vitamin D levels, I can't because of the glare onto the whisper white cardstock, so unfortunately, I'm stuck inside crafting day in day out! I have a feeling I'm going to be lily white all year round unless I come up with an alternative plan! lol.

Anyway, here's another card I made with "In The Stars" using a slightly different layout than the other day.

In The Stars


Bye for now,

Alex