Christmas cards pt 4

and more ........

 

Christmas Cards part3

 

A few more:

 

 

 

 

Christmas cards pt 2

More creations using CAP2 - first four using images and backing papers from House Mouse cd

 



 

 

 

and this is a card I created for some friends then forgot to print it off
it will have to be for next year now - so Paula if you read this ......

 

 

 

A few Christmas Cards - pt 1

I have made most of my cards this year usinfg CAP2 - I love this programme!  and as you will discover, once I knew how to do them - baubles feature rather a lot!

 

 

The fairy in the bauble is the one I made at Craft class!

Phew finished! - Christmas Cakes 2013

my cake

 

 

Kept it simple this year, and went back to the 1980s, when I first taught sugarcraft.  This arrangement was one of the first I taught, albeit it wasn't a stained glass window then it was a couple of candles.

 

Rich fruit cake.  Top decorations made from flowerpaste, piped fircones, and stained glass window cutter from Patchwork Cutters.  Shine on the window achieved with piping gel.

my daughter's cake

my son's cake - they like Royal Icing.

This one is a small pressie

all the cakes

close up of detail on one of the cakes.

Christmas Cards

I have been a bit lax with the blogging of late - but have been busy - honest!   Card making, cake making and Christmas shopping.  So thought I would share a few pictures of some of the Christmas Cards I have created in CAP.

These first few are for my family:

 

Cards for Granddaughters

 

 

 

and this for eldest granddaughter - who loves the latest moustache trend  - so made the tree with moustache shapes.  The insert says have a "moustachio" Christmas! (seem to have forgotten to take a photo of the finished card - oops!

 

 

 

more cards to follow over next few days!  - you have been warned!

Anniversary cards

 

An anniversary card for my pal and her husband

 

and one I created for him to give her

Sympathy Card

 

I had to make one of those difficult cards today for a friend, whose husband died today.  I didn't want to make it too formal, as although relatively sudden, following a recent fall, and a heart attack,  he had had a good life and was 93.    There is a subtle reference to their Scottish heritage in the little tartan ribbons in the centre of the flowers.

 

I was originally going to create it all in CAP2, but couldn't find the sort of images I wanted.  So opted for some hybrid crafting, and just created the insert in CAP.

 

 

R.I.P. Frank.  We never met, but I knew so much about you.  A kind, gentle, life-loving man. xxx

A few cards

 

Just for once I have actually produced a hybrid card.  Don't faint!   Definitely a less is more card, created with a die, a punch, a punch and some peel-offs.  I have hundreds of peel-offs in my stash, and do try and use them every so often.

 

However, the next two were created in my beloved CAP!  The first being for my great niece, and uses one of my favourite digikits.

 

 

                             

 

 

 

This second one involved being a bit creative with an image of the statues out to sea at Newbiggin, where my cousin lives.  As she is a card-maker, I tried to think outside the box slightly, and add some subtle personalisation.