Retro Rustic Wedding Card

Card front

It's my Great Niece's wedding shortly, and I made this card for her.   I like to personalise a card as much as I can,   Her invites were quite rustic and involved a camper van, which I gather will feature at some point in the wedding.  I haven't put anything about "wedding" on the front of the card, as I have made it an 8 x 8 and am going to get a deep frame to go with it so that it can be put on the wall as a picture, should they so wish.  I also made a box for the card.

The background was created in Craft Artist.  I then placed a Clarity stencil over the top and brushed various distress inks over it in shades of green and blue.  It was then mounted on craft card  (her wedding invites were craft card). I then used a Spectrum Noir Overlay sparkle pen across the image.

I used distress inks in shade of brown to tone down the heart, and added some bought butterflies.   The card stock is a pearlised one.

The insert was created in Craft Artist and printed on Conqueror Effects paper in metallic champagne.

Insert

I then made a matching box from the pearlised paper with an acetate window, finished off with another butterfly, and some garden twine (to reflect the twine on her invites).  Thank goodness for my Hougie Board!

Card in presentation box

Just need to get a picture frame now to go with the card.   Hope she likes it.

In Deepest Symmpathy

Always difficult cards to make, but once again Inklined "The Next Big Thing" comes to the rescue.  This cd is really so versatile.  Coloured with promarkers, and again the background inked using a Big & Juicy and my ink dusters.  Computer generated sentiment.  Both sentiment and image mounted on black card.  The main cardstock is pearlised and have added a few embossed lines with the Hougie Board.

Thanks for looking

Mags

Birthday Card for a Special Friend

Cream side spring card

I made this card today for the birthday of a special friend.  Once again I have used the side spring design - think I am hooked on this fold at the moment, but I really wanted something a bit special.  The fold is a little complicated at first sight - but with the hougie board it becomes quite simple.

Cardstock is cream pearlescent papermania card, and because of the way the fold works, the square is the plainer reverse of the card.  Once again I have made the card bigger than the original tutorial.

The backing paper to the topper and the sentiment etc.  are from my special craftwork cards paper stash!  (which is normally just stash for stroking - lol!)  The rose topper is one I painted myself on gold mirri card.  I finished the card with my last butterfly from my stash, to compliment the rose, and some peel-off edging.

Hope you are liking this fold as much as I am.  If anyone would like the measurements I used for the larger card just ask.

Thanks for popping by

Mags

Lime Necklace

Lime Necklace

My latest creation is a lime green necklace for a crafty lady.  The bead was a white wooden one from my stash, so I painted it with acrylic paints, and varnished it to match.  I also made a box for it., using my Hougie Board.  Yes lime green again.   The recipient very much likes lime green - you may be able to guess by the colour who the recipient is.   She knows I am making one for her, as the choice of colour was her request, when I spoke to her at Sandown last week.  I can't wait to see her face when I give it to her at Ally Pally.



Necklace in box




The personalised box

 Have any of you guessed who the recipient is?  There is a clue in the posting.

Thanks for popping in.


Mags

Father Christmas Designs

Well this is the other half of the earlier posting that wouldn't load properly!  Let's hope I have more success this time.  The first one shows the white image, and the others I have coloured the image with promarkers - I may tweak the coloured ones by adding some "snow" effect or white flowersoft on Santa's beard etc.

Made 3 variations of this white one with the Hougie Board cross embossing and different embellishments

and finally in this selection one of the Word toppers

and a Forever Friends card made with a ready made topper from a Docrafts Goody Bag



Bauble Designs

Well I made another 15 christmas cards yesterday!  The Hougie Board got a bit of use as well.  This one and the following bauble ones were all coloured with promarkers.

 

Well blogger is playing up and won't let me add them properly - so shall put the next lot on separately!



Black & Silver Ribbon Necklace

Made this yesterday for my daughter's pal, who fell in love with one I was wearing last week.

I now have another one to do for my daughter!  Good job they both teach at different schools!  I love the little silver cube beads I bought last week (they are like little meshes of twisted silver wire)

and made a little box to present it in with my Hougie Board of course!

Mags

I have had a terrible day today - if it could go wrong it went wrong!  Fortunately once I had got the third one out of the way - things began to look up.   When I went to deliver the necklace, my daughter gave be a large bag of craft ribbon "stuff" (Craftlon Nylon Craft Ribbon) for knitting, crocheting etc with, together with a Craftlon pompom maker.  Her neighbour recently died and her daughter asked if the ribbon was any good to me/us.  Not only do I have various ribbons I also have a video tape of how to use it, and two instruction/pattern books - so watch this space!

Ruby Wedding

 My Ruby Wedding is fast approaching and thought I would share what I have made so far for it.

 

Our cake - ivory sugarpaste

close up of the sugar flowers

the finished favours (see earlier posting for close up of design)

card for my husband

All I have got to do now is make a few teeny tiny cupcakes to go around the main cake for the grandchildren, and those who do not like fruit cake, and make the floral table decorations.    Fortunately my pal Sassie is arriving today to help us celebrate on Sunday, so we shall have fun making those.