Pet Thank You Cards

Hi there,

I recently made some pet thank you cards to a few people from a shih tzu group I belong to.  Hopefully, they'll like them as much as I enjoyed making them :)

Pink Paw Card

Red Paw Card

Altogether

Thanks for stopping by.

Alex

Mother's Day

Using the same layout, just a different colour combo, this is the card I made for my Mum.

A Rose Is A Rose

Here they are together:

 

Have a good week.

Alex

Happy Mother's Day

It's Mothering Sunday today and we're celebrating our special Mums here in the UK.

Here's the card I made for Jeff's Mum:

A Rose Is A Rose

This card uses an old but favourite stamp set with a colour combo of Rich Razzleberry,  Wisteria Wonder along with Certainly Celery and Old Olive stamped on Very Vanilla.  

Have a great day.

Alex

Winter Bear Christmas Card Commission

Morning all,

Here's the third upload out of four from a recent commission for a lady's grandchildren.

I was inspired by a card I saw online, so tweaked it here and there and hey presto, below is the card I created:

Winter Bear Christmas Card


Stamps: Digi Stamp - Winter Bear by cc designs.
Cardstock: Brocade Blue (retired), Bashful Blue and Whisper White.
Accessories: Color Spritzer Tool, Stampin' Write Markers - Bashful Blue, 5/8" Satin Ribbon - Whisper White, 2-Way Glue Pen, Dazzling Diamonds, Bone Folder, Paper Snips, 3D Dimensionals, Nestabilities - Labels One and Cuttlebug Embossing Folder - Snowflakes.
Sentiment: Computer generated - Brocade Blue RGB: 135, 176, 219.
Card Size: A5.

Thanks for stopping by. Hope you like the card and enjoy your day.

Alex

Wild About You

Happy Birthday Alfie

Today is my Godson's 2nd birthday and to celebrate, made a card to mark his special day. Decided to use the retired stamp set "Wild About You" as it makes for a fun children's card. For the top part of the card, have used the Schoolbook Serif Numbers stamp set to create a fun numbered background stamped in Versamark using my Stamp-A-Ma-Jig.

Wild About You


Stamps: Wild About You (retired), Schoolbook Serif Numbers and Family Phrases.
Cardstock: Ballet Blue, Certainly Celery and Whisper White. Designer Series Paper - Junior Varsity (retired).
Inkpad: Pumpkin Pie, Close To Cocoa, Green Galore. Versamark Stamp Pad.
Accessories: Striped Grosgrain Ribbon - Pumpkin Pie, Stampin' Write Marker - Chocolate Chip, Embossing Buddy, White Embossing Powder, Paper Snips, Bone Folder, Stamp-A-Ma-Jig and Dimensionals. Circle Nestabilities.
Card Size: A5.

Hope you like the card. Thanks for stopping by.

Until next time.

Bye for now,

Alex

Boo Bear - Happy 7th Birthday

Happy Thursday!

Today is a special girl's birthday who turns 7 :) Her favourite colours are pink and purple, so I've created a birthday card that I *hope* she'll like.

Boo Bear Birthday Card


Stamps: Family Accessories and Typeset Numbers.
Cardstock: Pretty In Pink, Almost Amethyst and Whisper White.
Inkpad: Almost Amethyst and Pretty In Pink.
Accessories: Stampin' Pastels - Close To Cocoa, Scallop Circle Punch, 1-3/8" Circle Punch, 1-1/4" Circle Punch, Stamp-A-Ma-Jig, SU Bone Folder and 3D dimensionals.
Card Size: A6.

Enjoy your day.

Bye for now,

Alex

Christmas Cards Revealed.

Hi all,

Hope you're having a good day so far and the food and drinks are merrily flowing...

Here are the sneak peeks I've been teasing you with, they were made for a friend's nephew and two nieces:

Card One


Stamps: C.C. Designs - Swiss Pixies - Santa Birgitta Digi.
Cardstock: Old Olive, Real Red and Whisper White. Patterns Designers Series Paper - Old Olive.
Accessories: Eyelet Border Punch, 5/8" Grosgrain Ribbon - Old Olive, Bone Folder, Copic Markers, Corner Rounder Punch, Linen Thread from stash and Red Button from Mum's Button Tin.
Sentiment: Computer generated.
Card Size: A5.


Card Two


Stamps: C.C. Designs - Swiss Pixies - Nora Digi.
Cardstock: Bashful Blue, Rose Red and Whisper White. Designer Series Paper - Cutie Pie (Retired).
Accessories: Eyelet Border Punch, Taffeta Ribbon - Bashful Blue, Bone Folder and Copic Markers.
Sentiment: Computer generated.
Card Size: A5.


Card Three


Stamps: C.C. Designs - Sugarplums - Ornament Trevor Digi.
Cardstock: Night of Navy, Ballet Blue, Real Red and Whisper White.
Accessories: 5/8" Grograin Ribbon - Brocade Blue, Bone Folder, Nestabilities - Labels Eight, Cuttlebug Embossing Folder - Swiss Dots and Copic Markers.
Sentiment: Computer generated.
Card Size: A5.

Thanks for stopping by, enjoy the rest of your day.

Bye for now,

Alex

Cute Magnolia Card

A little while ago I was asked to make a Granddaughter card for a soon to be four year old and so I used a cute Magnolia image along with a Cuttlebug Embossing Folder and SU Designer Series Papers to create the card below. Apologies for the slightly blurred image, unfortunately I no longer have the card to take another photo :(


Stamps: Non-SU: Magnolia.
Cardstock: Pretty In Pink and Whisper White. Designer Series Paper - Tea Party.
Ink Pad: Pretty In Pink. Non-SU: Memento Tuxedo Black.
Accessories: Sponge Daubler, Copics, Nestabilities, Cuttlebug Embossing Folder - Numbers. Sentiment Computer Generated.
Card Size: A5.

Thanks for stopping by.

Alex

New Baby Card

Recently made a new baby boy card to welcome Leon into the world.


SU cardstock and stamps have been used to create this card along with a variety of non-SU products:

Stamps: Schoolbook Serif Alphabet.
Cardstock: Bashful Blue and Whisper White.
Ink Pad: Night of Navy and Bashful Blue.
Accessories: SU Write Markers - Blush Blossom and Night of Navy. Aqua Painter to watercolour the image. Sponge Dauber to edge the Nestabilities. Nestabilities - Labels One and Long Classic Scallop Rectangles, Woodware Baby stamp set and Cuttlebug Embossing Folder - Swiss Dots.
Card Size: 5" x 5".

Thanks for stopping by.

Alex

Box In A Bag

Well what a beautiful day it is outside, too bad I'm crafting inside and not getting a sun tan ;)

Anyway, I've been admiring the Box In A Bag 3D item on various blogs and galleries for ages now and just been dying to make one of these.

Using all Stampin' Up! products, here's my first attempt at a Box In A Bag:


Stamps: "Crazy For Cupcakes" and "Totally Tabs".
Cardstock: So Saffron, Whisper White. Designer Series Paper - Junior Varsity.
Ink Pad: Olive Olive, So Saffron.
Accessories: Round Tab Punch, Scallop Edge Border Punch, Grosgrain Ribbon - Old Olive, Striped Grosgrain Ribbon - So Saffron.
Non-SU: Nestabilities - Ovals.

Thanks for stopping by.

Alex

Happy Anniversary.

Okay, so I sneak peeked a card the other day, and now I can officially upload it without worrying the recipients haven't seen it yet.

Below I used my Level 1 Hostess Stamp Set "A Little Bit of Happiness" to create an anniversary card using a number of Stampin' Up! products.

A Little Bit of Happiness


Stamps: "A Little Bit of Happiness" and "Cheers & Wishes".
Cardstock: Regal Rose and Whisper White.
Ink Pad: Chocolate Chip and Versamark Stamp Pad.
Accessories: Stampin' Write Marker Pens - Regal Rose, Dazzling Diamonds, Heat & Stick Powder, May Arts Ribbon, Nestabilities and Cuttlebug Embossing Folder - Swiss Dots.

Thanks for stopping by.

Bye for now,

Alex

Another Male Card

Hi all,

Well have managed to make another male card today. I had a Penny Black image lying around and so I decided to colour it in, add some debossing to the background to resemble a golf ball and made it into a 5x5 card.

Hope you like:


SU Products used are Night of Navy and Garden Green Cardstock.
Stamps are by Penny Black - "Missed You".
Background created with Cuttlebug Embossing Folder - Tiny Bubbles - the debossed side to resemble a golf ball.

Bye for now,

Alex

Saturday morning

Hi all,

Hope your Saturday has started off well. It's hopefully going to be a lovely weekend and I'm looking forward to doing a bit of crafting later in the sunshine :)

Below is a full upload of an earlier sneak peek - Wedding Gift Card Wallet that I was commissioned for that I can now upload. The products are mostly non-SU but I did use my Stampin' Up! Scallop Edge Border Punch for the bottom edge and Stampin' Emboss Powder in Silver for the sentiment inside.

Wedding Gift Card Wallet


Inside, after sliding off the band to place your gift card:


Have a good weekend,

Bye for now,

Alex

Confirmation Cards

Hi all,

Hope everyone reading this post are well and have been enjoying the beautiful weather wherever you are. I can't believe it's been a while since updating my blog, but it's been extremely busy this end so I've now got a spare moment to do a little catching up :)

So, since it was the end of May yesterday, I can now officially upload the three Confirmation Cards that I was commissioned for earlier. Kate lent me some gorgeous Papertrey Ink stamps so that I could do these cards, so I was ever so grateful for her kindness.

Here they are:





Be back later for another upload of earlier sneak peeks.

Alex

Grad Card

Hi all,

Hope you're all well and looking forward to another long Bank Holiday weekend. Thought I'd show you my latest Boo Bear card with the theme of graduation seeing as it's exam season. I have used Boo Bear a few times before now, but by choosing different coloured cardstock, choosing to chalk the edges or outline in pen creates a different look. Hope you like:

Hope to make a boy version one day soon :)

Bye for now,

Alex

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

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

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

Glorious Sunny Sunday

Hi all,

I've been busy crafting all day so far and never realised how lovely and sunny it was until I had to take the below card into the other room for a picture. Today I've decided to play with my Level 3 Hostess Stamp Set called "Window Dressing", P.13.

Get Well Soon


After the inspirational Stampin' Up! Field Training put on for the demonstrators last month, I decided to adapt the card made that evening for a Get Well one today. Hope you like.

Bye for now,

Alex

Wedding Season...

Hi all,

Well seeing as it's approaching Wedding Season, I thought I'd make a start on some wedding themed cards after getting the bug creating the Silver Wedding Anniversary card yesterday.

These 4x4 cards are perfect for either sending to the couple as a wedding acceptance card, or as a Thank You card from the married couple thanking guests for their gifts. I have created four designs below:

Cuttlebug Wedding Cards

Bride and Groom

Wedding Cake


Bells

Champagne Glasses


Hope you like these cards. Please feel free to leave me a message as I love reading your comments.

Have a good Sunday.

Alex