Happy 4-0!

Today is someone's big 4-0 :)  So I made a sparkly card to wish someone special a Happy Birthday!

 

Have a fabulous day!

Alex

Happy Birthday Ruby

Hi all,

Hope you're getting prepared for Christmas :)  It's certainly festive around here.  The tree has been up and decorated since Sunday 30 November and the candles are there in the hearth (not lit) whilst Riley is around.

Anyway, it was Riley's friend's birthday at the weekend, so what better way than to surprise her with a card and a present :)

Hopefully her card will be admired and appreciated more by her parents ;)  and the presents go down a treat :)  Riley and Ruby sat in the lounge munching on a pork strip each!  I think they were in doggy heaven...

Presents wrapped up

Ruby's Birthday Card

Front

Inside

Take care,
 
Bye for now,

Alex

Happy 30th Birthday

Morning all,

Hope your Christmas and Boxing Day were full of memorable times and you've not over indulged too much! lol.

Just wanted to pop by with a recent card I made for a friend's 30th birthday who celebrates her big 3-0 today! Have a great day Mandy!

Thirty Card


Stamps: Schoolbook Serif Alphabet (P.77).
Cardstock: Early Espresso, Crumb Cake and Very Vanilla. Speciality Paper - Bridesmaid (retired).
Inkpad: Early Espresso.
Accessories: 1/8" Taffeta Ribbon - Early Espresso, Jewels - Basic Pearls, Bone Folder, Paper Snips and 3D Dimensionals.
Card Size: A5.

Thanks for stopping by.

Be back tomorrow with news of Stampin' Up!'s next promotion...

Until then.

Alex

Birthday Boy.

Hi all,

Here's a birthday card that I've made recently for a special boy's birthday. He's a huge fan of WWE and so I thought I'd make a birthday card to celebrate another year older using one of his favourite wrestlers, John Cena.

Here's the card:


Stamps: Schoolbook Serif Alphabet.
Cardstock: Brilliant Blue, Real Red and Whisper White.
Inkpad: Brilliant Blue.
Accessories: Stamp-A-Ma-Jig, SU Bone Folder and 3d dimensionals. Image of John Cena downloaded from the internet. Happy Birthday sentiment generated on the computer using a WWE font.
Card Size: A5.

Thanks for stopping by.

Enjoy the rest of your day.

Alex

Reaching the big 9-0

A birthday card for a lady who celebrates her 90th birthday!


Stamps: Seeing Spots and Schoolbook Serif Alphabet.
Cardstock: Regal Rose, Pretty In Pink and Whisper White.
Ink Pad: Pretty In Pink.
Accessories: Taffeta Ribbon - Pretty In Pink.
Card Size: A6.

Thanks for stopping by.

Alex

Christening Card

Hi all,

Hope you're well and glad it's nearly the weekend. Thought I'd upload a couple of cards I've recently been making:

A Christening Card



Stamps: Schoolbook Serif Alphabet. Non-SU: Doodlebug - Baby.
Cardstock: Bashful Blue, Brocade Blue and Whisper White.
Ink Pad: Bashful Blue and Versamark Stamp Pad.
Accessories: SU Gingham RIbbon - Light Blue. Cuttlebug Embossing Folder - Swiss Dots, Nestabilities - Long Rectangles. Sentiment Computer Generated.
Card Size: A6.

Thanks for looking.

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

Happy 4th of July!

Happy Independence Day for my American friends!

Well what a lovely morning I've had. Had my Stampin' Up! Workshop today and we made some beautiful cards using "Seeing Spots" as the main stamp set along with "Schoolbook Serif Alphabet" to make the "Hello" card. The ladies were fantastic and enthusiastic as always and I hope they had a lot of fun today. Here are the cards that we made in their full glory:

Seeing Spots Workshop


All products used are Stampin' Up! and are available to order through me.

Cards Left to Right:

Stamps: Seeing Spots and Schoolbook Serif Alphabet.
Cardstock: Regal Rose, Pretty In Pink and Whisper White.
Ink Pads: Regal Rose and Versamark Stamp Pad.
Accessories: Taffeta Ribbon - Pretty In Pink.

Stamps: Seeing Spots.
Cardstock: Apricot Appeal, Certainly Celery and Whisper White.
Ink Pads: Apricot Appeal and Certainly Celery.
Accessories: 1/4" Grosgrain Ribbon - Certainly Celery, 1 3/8"Circle Punch, 1 1/4"Circle Punch, Heat & Stick Powder, Dazzling Diamonds, Heat Tool and Brads - Soft Subtles.

This card was inspired and CASED from SCS.
Stamps: Seeing Spots.
Cardstock: Chocolate Chip, Cameo Coral and Very Vanilla.
Ink Pads: Choclate Chip, Cameo Coral and Versamark Stamp Pad.
Accessories: Taffeta Ribbon - Chocolate Chip, Tag Punch and Small Tag Punch.

Enjoy your day and be back later with the Wedding commission.

Bye for now,

Alex

Catching Up...

Hello all,

Hope life is treating you well and your week has gone off to a good start. I can't believe where time has flown to, but I've set aside tonight to do a bit of catch up blogging because it's been too long!

First of all, thank you to Aimes, Alison, Carole, Nicci, Nicki and Sarah H for sending me a Blog Award. It's really appreciated and so sorry it's taken till now to mention it. If you'd like to play and you feel you're worthy of this blog award :) please feel free to award yourself with the Blog Award below and do the following:

1) To thank the person who gave you the award, list their blog and link to it.
2) Write and list 10 honest things about yourself.
3) Put a copy of The Honest Scrap Logo on your blog.
4) Must select at least 7 other worthy bloggers and list their links.
5) Must notify the bloggers of the award.

So, what have I been up to lately? Lots of cards I guess, both for personal and a few commissions. So without further ado, here are some creations I've recently been working on below:
Wedding Cards
A card using both Stampin' Up! products - "Happy Hearts" stamp set and my trusty Cuttlebug Embossing Folders.


A card inspired and cased by Clair & Sharni using Stampin' Up! "Mr & Mrs" stamp set and Taffeta ribbon in Pretty in Pink and Kraft.


Big Birthday Celebrations

Happy 40th Birthday using "Seeing Spots" stamp set.


Happy 80th Birthday using Patterns Designer Series Paper and Double-Stitched Grosgrain Ribbon in Rose Red.


Okay, I think I'll stop posting for now, then I'll have some more cards left to upload for the remaining of the week :)

Bye for now,

Alex

The Big 4-0

Hi all,

Hope everyone's having a good week so far. I have recently been commissioned to make a 40th birthday card and thought as the lady's birthday was yesterday, it is now safe to upload it.

I bought some new Designer Series Papers recently from the Mini Catalogue because of the May's Offer of buy three packs get the fourth pack free deal, so I thought I'd christen the patterned papers - it really wasn't hard to cut into them! lol. Luckily, I haven't got into the phase/stage where I stroke the papers only! hee hee hee. I also christened my new Schoolbook Serif Alphabet stamps that I received a few weeks back too :) I love how you can spell anything you want, might think about doing some Grad cards with this stamp set soon.


Hope you like the card using new goodies - 1/2" Striped Grosgrain Ribbon in So Saffron, Tea Party Designer Series Paper, Occasional Greetings and Schoolbook Serif Alphabet.

Please feel free to leave me a comment as I do enjoy reading them.

Bye for now,

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