Birthday Wishes

Been a while since I posted on the blog, mainly because I have had some health issues lately, so haven't felt up to doing much.  However I am feeling a lot better now, and am currently busy re-icing two tiers of my son's wedding cake for a christening cake for my newest granddaughter later this month.

Anyway I decided to play tonight and get the promarkers out and create this card.  The image is from Just Inklined the next big thing.  As it is for a male - decided to keep it fairly simple.

Thanks for popping by.

Mags

Card for a Golfer

Another image from The Next Big Thing - coloured with promarkers.  Matted on to two shades of green papermania pearlescent card.  Had to use one of my memory Box dies again too.  Card finished off with some stick-on balloons and a couple of peel-offs from my stash.  Do love this cd of digital images - so versatile.



close up of image



Thanks for dropping by.

Mags

OAPs Rule - OK!

It is my Brother-in-Law's Birthday today and this is the card I have made for him (albeit because I hadn't got my act together it will be a bit late arriving!)

The image is from Just Inklined the Next Big Thing - and he can blame his brother for choosing the image!  As B-i-l is joining the OAP Club today, just couldnt' resist using the image!  Image is matted on papermania pearlescent card, and some glitter card.  Have also used the glitter card for the Memory Box die shapes.  Gosh I love these new dies - got to buy some more!  The main card stock is pearlescent card.  It is also huge as it is an A4 size card!

and here is a close up of the main image, which was coloured with promarkers.  There is a subtle little personalisation on the scooter, as B-i-l works the early shift picking/packing customer orders for a certain Supermarket.  Hopefully it will make him laugh!  As they live on the south coast, can just imagine him at some point in his bright shirt and shorts zooming along the seafront with his shopping! he he!

Mags

Crocus card

oooooo - I could have spat feathers when I was making this card - I had spent ages colouring the topper, but didn't realise that the piece of card I was using to check out the colours of the promarkers had slipped, and in fact I was actually scribbling on the piece of card the topper was on!.  Nightmare!  (You can imagine the words that were said, as I didn't realise until I had finished all the colouring!)

Originally the topper was going to be square, and I had some lovely orange flowers to go on the card to pick up the Clarice Cliff feel.  No way could I cut the topper into a square or an oblong with various purple "colour try outs" scribbled on it, just to the top right of the crocuses!

I had seen Hazel's gorgeous card earlier and commented how inspirational it was - I just loved the shape of the topper - so I am afraid I "pinched" her idea.  As I have a creative memories cutter that does squiggly lines, I used that, (I think Hazel probably did hers with a die), and then used a sort of distressing technique with the orange and greens from my Big and Juicy "Spice" ink pad.  Mounted the image on more card and then did a freehand trim to match the shape I had cut out.  

OK - so problem solved with the image - didn't look to bad - tried putting against various backing papers - no it wasn't right and the flowers I had chosen didn't look right with the weird shape of the topper - so it was back to pinching Hazel's idea and just putting four different coloured squares behind the topper.

Thank you so much Hazel for the inspiration - you really did get me out of a hole!  I was behind with this card, due to fact that I had severe cramp in my hand over the weekend and couldn't finish colouring the topper until last night, and the card needed to go in the post today.  (I probably could have started again this morning, but as it turned out an early phonecall from the surgery meant I had to go down for a minor op on my shoulder this afternoon, so this morning was spent getting ahead on chores that I shan't be able to do for a week until the stitches come out!)

OK so I had better show you the card (the image was from Inklined - The Next Big thing) :

Thank you, Thank you, Thank you, once again Hazel.  I think you may have set a new trend!

Mags

ps do have a look at the card that Hazel made that inspired my "get out of jail" design!  http://hazel-hazelshappyhouse.blogspot.co.uk/

and I have since learned that Hazel used the wonky square die - I shall have to look out for that!

Quickie Easter Cards

Well having made the creme egg animals yesterday afternoon, I thought I had better get cracking on my Easter cards for the family! Just as I was about to start Jak posted about her freebie papers perfect timing! I didn't need a lot - just a few strips of a couple of the papers.  Here is the link:  http://www.jakheath.com/2012/04/easter-treatdaisy-papers-set.html

Firstly two cards using an image from Inklined The Next Big Thing, colour with promarkers.

Next three used images from Joanna Sheen's Furry Friends - Easter Section:  (The two youngest granddaughters own a rabbit - so obvious choice of images for them).

As you can see the freebie papers from Jak were just what I needed.

Happy Easter to you all

Mags

H is for Hannah

A zentangle for Hannah, with a bit of personalisation of footballs, and anchors, and pretty bag image from "The Next Big Thing"  and some ribbon to feminise it!  All coloured with promarkers and sakura sparkle.

Mags

Birthday Cakes!

A simple little card for one of today's family birthdays - this one is for my niece - Image is from Inklined "The Next Big Thing" coloured with promarkers.  Chose this image as recently she shared a photo of a rather gorgeous chocolate cake on FB, which I rather liked and she asked if I was volunteering to make it for her.  Unfortunately she has had to make do with these cakes instead!  (well they are less fattening!)

Of course I had to do a Zentangle for her, and I tried to use the colours that I used on the cakes.  Both images mounted onto red pearlescent card, to pick up the red in the images, and a couple of red flowers from my stash to finish.

Thanks for popping by - I shall be posting another of today's birthday cards tomorrow.

Mags

Glass of red?

I've used an image from Inklined "The Next Big Thing" again for this card, coloured with Promarkers. I also drew a Zentangled M and tried to keep it masculine looking as the recipient is a man, again coloured with promakers.  Cardstock is some from my stash ( I think from the Papermill originally), a bit of green petersham ribbon from my ribbon box, and the silver matting paper was from a pack I bought at Ally Pally a couple of years ago.

I couldn't decide which of the two images I coloured to use, so the other one with green grapes and cheese went on the back of the card!

Mags

90th Birthday

Made this card today for Iris, one of my mum's younger cousins, for her 90th Birthday next week.  Large A4 Card again.  She is almost blind, so wanted something with loads of texture and touchy- feely theme, and wanted to make it fairly large for her.  (As she lives at St Dunstan's - the pressure was on to get it right as it will be seen by the staff there!)

Backing paper and flowers from various Docrafts goody bags.  The 90 was cut out with a template from pink glitter card, which I also used for the matting of the main image.  Glitter card was from my stash (think it was C&C card from Wilkinsons).  Main image from "The Next Big Thing" cd, coloured with promarkers.  Purple imitation ribbon cut from Papermania pearlescent card with a tonic punch.  Finally a chiffon ribbon added (Joanna Sheen) to which I added a couple of peel-offs and a little head pin with beads on it, peel-off letters spelling Iris on the image, and some card candi for the centres of the flowers. 

I know she won't be able to see it, but hope she will be able to feel the different elements, if somebody describes them to her.

As she is one of my favourite "aunts" (yes I know she is really a cousin), but she was Auntie to me as a child, as we spent many happy times with her and her family on their farm, days out on the beach, and family holidays, and although I don't normally send her a present for her birthday, I am thinking of making a necklace, something simple on a cord that she can just slip over her head.

Before me she was the family historian, and she was a fount of information as she kept in touch with all the aunts, uncles and cousins in my mum's line.   I just wish she and mum hadn't gone blind before I needed them to recognise faces in photos for me.

Mags

New Baby Cards

Bet you had already guessed what the title of today's blog was going to be! :)

A4 Baby Card

Finished size of this pearlescent card is A4 - wow never made one this big before.  Image was from Inklined The Next Big One, coloured with promarkers, and then distressed with pink and  matted and layered onto purple and pink pearlescent card.  Pink chiffon ribbon and multi bow (made without a Bowdabra!), to which was added a darker pink metalic ribbon brooch that I had made earlier.  Finished off with some ribbon teddies and bows from my stash.

These next two close ups were taken outside - so they appear "bluer" than they really were.  (why does that always happen?).  The picture above has true colours! 



Close up of topper




close up of ribbon bow and metallic ribbon brooch


I also  made a couple of 6" square cards for the new baby's sisters.  I think the images are from LOTV - I have had them in my stash for a while - all I can remember is that I bought them at Ally Pally. Mounted on a square doily bought from Ribbonbox whilst at Farnborough, which I edged with pink.  Personalised and a ribbon and gem added.   (I saw pre-made ribbon bows with gems at Farnborough - and thought I can make them cheaper - so I copied the idea!)

The inserts were personalised for them and said: 

How Lovely (name) !

So pleased to learn you have a

New Baby Sister - Tabitha Ann

Mags

(tomorrow I will try and remember to photograph the "blue" topper that I prepared and didn't use! and I won't be hanging on to it , just in case as my DIL, who has had a rough time with this birth, said I can forget about getting a grandson!)

New Home

Another simple card (you know I only do simple) to welcome my new tenants to their new home.  The image is from Inklined "The Next Big Thing".  I created a border in Publisher, and then matted it onto some cream cardstock, which was edged with a purple metallic promarker.  I have also added a little flowersoft to the image (I always forget I have loads of this).  I also personalised the insert.

Mags