Catch Up

You might notice that in yesterday's post, I said it was going to be a catch up post, well, after all the waffling I did I though that I would keep yesterday's post to just the card for the Cards for Men 2nd Challenge, so here is the rest of the stuff I made over Christmas.
As always, click on the images to enlarge.

Firstly is a cheque/money holder I made for our nephew, James.

The front.

Inside, complete with moolah.

And the back.
See the recipe at the bottom of the post.

Two tags that I made using one of 'The Snowman' stamps that I got for Christmas (early).

A faerie christmas tag. I made a few of these for my own pressies lol
There was loads more tags, and a really nice one using another 'The Snowman' stamp and sentiment, but I forgot to take a picture of it lol I'll have a look through my scrap box later to see if I remembered to save them!

And finally, a cheque/money holder that I made for my brother, which I haven't even mailed out yet!! Sorry Steven, it will be in the post soon, I promise!

The front. Love this digital stamp!

The middle, complete with cheque.

And the back.


Recipes:


Money Holder:

• Pale Blue Card Stock
• White Card Stock
  
• Christmas Paper from Papermania {front}
  
• Claire Curd's Signiture Range, The Big One {inside & back}
  
• Stamp Letters from See-D's
• Embellishments from stash
• Sentiment computer generated
• Christmas Tree and Pressie Stamp from a papermania's duo set
• Whispers Brush Marker Pen {Black}
• ProMarkers
• Embossing Powder
  
• £20 ;)

Tags:

• White Card Stock
• The Snowman Wooden Rubber Stamps: Joyful
• Fairy Stamp {Create & Craft I THINK!}
  
• ProMarkers
• Embossing Powder
• Silver Twine

Cheque Holder:

• Red Card Stock
• White Card Stock
• All papers from PaperMania
  
• Simples Christmas Digital Stamps {details in an earlier post}
• Christmas Tree and Pressie Stamp from a papermania's duo set
• ProMarkers
• Stickles
• White Gel Pen
• Anita's 3D Gloss Finish
• 1 Cheque ;)
  

A New Addition to the Family

Hi all, I hope you had a great Christmas! We certainly did!
I've only just managed to find the time to start posting on my blog again, it sure is good to be back!

Right time for a mega catch up then...

Firstly is a card that I made for my cousin and her partner who welcomed their first and long awaited baby into the world and the family, on 28th December 2009, a whole 2 weeks late and weighing in at a whopping 9lb 8oz!!!

A HUGE congratulations to Paula and Damian. I'm chuffed to bits for you both!
I have only just got around to finishing off your card and it will be in the post shortly!
In the meantime, I am entering it into the 2nd Cards for Men contest, which challenged us to use the theme 'new'. Perfect!

Here is my entry :)
As always, click on the image to enlarge and view details.

The card front. You might not be able to tell, but the layer that the toppers are on are up on foam pads, then again the toppers themselves are up on foam pads too, to add more dimension :)

The inside, totally fully loaded!

And the back, along with the handmade envelope.


Card Recipe:

• Pale Blue Card Stock
• Backing Papers, Toppers and sentiment from Buzz Craft
• Blue Feathers from Stash
• Buttons and thread from Stash
• Bows from Stash
• White Gel Pen
• Double Sided Tape
• Envelope made from plain white stock paper
  

It's Christmas. Simples!

Here is the card I have just finished making, and I thoroughly enjoyed colouring him in with my new ProMarkers!

This card will be intended for my son this year, and it also fits the bill for the first Challenge at Cards for Men.

As always, click on the image to enlarge and view in better detail.
You might not be able to tell but that little lighter colour on his nose is dusky pink! Also I coloured him in twice and popped him up onto foam pads to make him stand out some more!
It looks a lot better in real life!

Recipe:

• Red Cardstock
• Christmas Simples Digital Stamp from Sandra Dry
• ProMarkers (I will edit the colours in later)
• La Pashe Acetate & Peel-off pens
• Laura Ashley Designer Paper
• S O N silver stickers (coloured in green La Pashe pens)
  
• Whispers Brush Pens
• Diamond Stickles
  
• Scrap Card
• Computer Generated Sentiments
• Double sided sticky tape
  

Personalised Blog Candy!

How amazing is this blog candy!
I would certainly love to win this!
Click the image to take you direct to the blog candy where you can try to win it for yourself too!

Calendars, Stockings and Trees

Well, here are the other items I finished making a few days ago, but I didn't want to post them just incase any of the recipients saw them here first!
All have been sent out now, and most of them got them today, so it should be safe to post them!
As always, click on the images to view in better detail!

I bought the calendar tabs in March or April and since then I was struggling to decide how to use them, at first I thought maybe my son could make Christmas cards with them, then I saw the easel card and the lightbulb went off, perfect for desk calendars!
It wasn't until a few days ago that I saw quite a few other people have made them too!
Great minds think alike huh!

On the left is the first one I made ages ago, it wasn't until I got around to finishing them all off that I added the handmade flower. My son has claimed this one as 'that thing in the middle is cool!'
The middle one, maybe went to my brother and his girlfriend?
The one on the right went to William's teacher.

I think the one on the left went off to the states, and I *think* the middle one went to another Aunt. I know for certain that the one on the right was sent to my Mum.

I think the left one was reserved for my sister-in-law, and i know for certain that the one on the right was sent to my Uncle, and in his words 'they are great!'

Once again I am not 100% sure who got the one on the left, maybe my Aunt.
And the other one is sat on my desk as a spare!

I will post each one individually over the next few days with what goodies I used on each one, otherwise this post would be really huge!

All of the calendars together, laid down flat.
I think the first three on the bottom row are my favourites! But then again, I like the Smirk ones also!

My son was given this at school, to decorate at home. He had a whole week to do it, but we only managed to get it finished on Saturday night.
And here is the end result.....

I'll post the details in later as I have to go and finish off making a very special card right now!

Ooops, almost forgot.....

The tree was put up at the end of November! It is a new tree, (well, we got it in January when the sales were on), as out last tree would have been 12 this year (older than our son!), and was starting to look a bit threadbare. This tree is full of (fake) life and is nice and bushy and has no unsightly gaps between the three sections!
It is not fully decorated yet, but I will post a pic as soon as it is done and there is a little story surrounding the lights!

"It's Beginning to Look a lot like Christmas.....

On every blog you looooooooooook"

If any of my family or friends are reading this, please look away now, as there might be a card that is on here that will be in the post to you shortly!

Every year I choose a theme/style of Christmas card that I am going to send to my family and friends.
Earlier this year I bought some waterfall cards in Christmas colours.
They were LOTS of fun to make and really easier too! So much so, I will probably have a go at make my own in the future.

I have already decided what next year's Christmas cards theme/style will be too, so I will start work on then in January, as I hope to have more time to craft and to be able to join in with more blogs and challenges!

As always, click on the images to enlarge and view in further detail.

The first four cards.

And the final 4 cards! I guess I am lucky that I don't have make 20 or 30 cards lol As I choose to only send hand made ones to close family and friends. Plus I have 8 green and 8 white waterfall cards left over for another year ;)

A close up of one of the cards.

A side view with the waterfall effect in place.

And again from a different angle.


Whilst we are on the subject of cards, here are the ones my son made for family and friends also. These were bought as kits. The funny thing is, you see the green ones? Well today we received a Christmas card from my Aunt, and it is from the same kit LOL But in red! What are the odds of that?

William's cards. He made 5 of each design, though he did mess 1 of each up as he put the stuff on upside down lol

I am going to leave it there for now, I have some other stuff to show but will post them in a new post as I don't want to clutter this post up too much!


Recipe for Waterfall Cards:

• Kit from local store
• Mini Christmas stamps from 2 different sets and both from different places
• Gel pens
• Glitter Pen
  
• ProMarkers
• Pieces of scrap card
• Red stock paper
• Designer paper is 'Tis the Season' by Dove Craft
• Double sided tape
• Gold Snowflake Outline Stickers
• Gold Border Sticker
  
• Black Ink
  

MAJOR Update Part II - Son's Birthday

Okay, a major even happened whilst I was away.
My wonderful son turned 11 at the end of September, so here are a few piccies, along with some other pics of cards I made for other September birthdays!

William's Card. Details can be found at the bottom of the page. As always, click on the image to enlarge and view in better detail.

Tags I made for his birthday pressies.

Opening one of his pressies.

William's cake, which was yummy BTW. And YES I did save that ribbon and add it to my stash! I DARE you to tell me that you don't do that!!

I have just realised that I already posted the other cards here lol, so no need for me to post them!


Recipe for William's Card:

• Plain white card, pre-folded with matching envelope from a local craft store.
• 'Tyler and Piper - Rock Stars' (set of 2 images) Digital Image from Pollycraft.co.uk
  
• 'Birthday' Wire Word by Papermania from madaboutcards.co.uk
• Backing Paper is 'Looney Tunes Hop n Bop' from madaboutcards.co.uk
• Self-Adhesive Foam Numbers from stamps.co.uk
• Music Metal Charms from madaboutcards.co.uk (just £1 for a pack of 9 different charms).
• Daisy and Dandelion Stick on Sentiment from madaboutcards.co.uk (just 50p for a pack of different sentiments, at the time of writing this)
• Various papers from Claire Curd's signature range on the inside of the card (Not Shown)
• Whisper Brush Markers used to colour in the image
• Double sided sticky tape
• Anita's Tacky Glue
• 3D Foam Pads (you might not be able to tell but I stamped and coloured the image several times and découpage'd it)

Recipe for the Tags:

• White card stock
• 'William - Where's the Party' Clear Stamp from PollyCraft.co.uk (This is to be retired as soon as it is sold out)
• Whispers Brush Markers
• Double sided sticky tape