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 ;)
  

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
  

A Forgotton Card

Argh! I can't believe that I forgot to post this card!
I think it's because I made it a long time ago for my buddy in America, and sent it to her at Christmas, along with her Christmas card, for her birthday this year which was in March!

I applied the backing paper to the card and left it to dry while I drew out the dress shape on card before adhering paper to the dress along with the band and strip with another sheet of paper. I then added Glittering yarn on the trim and band, then I used some designer chipboard to create the flowery thing embellishment. I used foam pads to mount the dress on to the card.

A side view.


Recipe:

• Card stock
• Black and White paper is from the Hint of Pink Collection by Kate Knight (Dovecraft) from craftingdirect.co.uk
• Pink dress paper is from the Raspberry pad from Creative Tones Collection by Papermania.
• Band and trim is also from the Hint of Pink Collection by Kate Knight
• The 'flower' embellishment was made up from several pieces of chipboard from the Hint of Pink Embellishment tin by Kate Knight
• Glittering yarn (white/clear) from madaboutcards.co.uk (just £1!)
• Foam pads
• Anita's Tacky Glue from madaboutcards.co.uk
  

2 New Cards

Finally after not being able to access blogger for several hours (blogger's fault, not mine!), here are a couple of cards I finished making yesterday.
As always, click to enlarge :)

Both are Jolly Nation kits.
The female one is for my Mum and the male one is for my Step-Dad, when their birthdays come around that is ;)

You can probably just make out that they are découpage kits.
I also felt that the female was lacking a little something, so I dug out my newly acquired Smirk fibres pack, knowing I had seen something that could add that little something. So I wrapped this pink fluffy boa type around her and adhered a little glue to her hand to hold it wrapped in place around her wrist.

Sorry about the glare :(

The kits came with an A4 sheet of backing paper, so there was loads left over, which I decorated the insides with, along with a piece of scrap card left over from the découpage kit which I inked on the blank sides and adhered with Anita's Tacky Glue.

I also had enough left over to entirely cover the front of the envelope and there was enough scrap pieces left to cut out and apply to the back too, also there was quite a big ink mark on the female envelope that I needed to cover ;)
I forgot to take a pic of the backs so I will do that later and edit it in here ;)

I have also altered a notebook I recently purchased for taking notes in when I go visit my family next week, as I am currently researching the family tree :)
I will post pics later as it is still not 100% finished!


Recipe for both cards:

• Plain white card, pre-folded with matching envelope from a local craft store.
• Jolly Nation Kits both from madaboutcards.co.uk; Movie Star Man and Movie Star Lady (which I couldn't find again when I went to get the link, I'm sure it will be available again soon)
• Pink 'Boa' from Naughty but Nice Smirk Embellishment Tote from madaboutcards.co.uk
• 'Especially for You' and 'Happy Birthday' Tags from a Daisy & Dandelion collection from madaboutcards.co.uk
• Anita's Tacky Glue from madaboutcards.co.uk
• Scrap Card for the inside
• Scrap Paper for the tag ont he front of the envelope
• Whispers Inks Used: Port Wine (female card), Straw Mat and Whisper Vanilla (male card)
• 3D Foam Pads
  

Recipes for Previous Cards

Here are the recipies for the cards I posted on 29th July.
Most links link directly to the product.


Card One (Brother Card):

• Card was a free sample from stamps.co.uk
• Dark blue stock paper
• White card stock
• See D's So Big Alphabet stamps
  
• Rainbow Sparkle Embossing Powder (No longer available from where I got it from)
  
• Self-Adhesive Foam Numbers from stamps.co.uk
• Diamond Stickles from stamps.co.uk
• Small gem embellishments from 5mm Round Coloured Gems pack from madaboutcards.co.uk (Often out of stock, gotta be quick to get these!)
• Anita's Narrow Blue Organza Ribbon from madaboutcards.co.uk
• Papermania Foam Stamps from ???
• 'Hand Stamped by....' stamp from madaboutcards.co.uk pound shop
• Gluegun
  
• Black ink
• Whispers Black pen
• Silver pen
  
• Craft Knife
• Anita's Tacky Glue Glue from madaboutcards.co.uk

Card Two (Balloon):

• White card stock
• Red paper stock
• Balloon Template FREE download from timeforcrafting.co.uk (I scaled it up quite a bit and my son didn't use it as a card shape, instead *he* rounded off the flat edge)
  
• Printable 'Happy Birthday' backing paper from madaboutcards.co.uk
• Self-Adhesive Foam Numbers from stamps.co.uk
• See D's Birthday Words Collection? (It came in a set)
  
• See D's Birthday Collection? (It came in a set)
• Anita's Narrow Blue Organza Ribbon from madaboutcards.co.uk
• Diamond Stickles from stamps.co.uk
• Scrap piece of red ribbon
• Stock silver glitter
  
• Black Ink
• Red Ink
• Whispers brush pens
• Funky Scissors to create the jagged edge effects from madaboutcards.co.uk
• Anita's Tacky Glue Glue from madaboutcards.co.uk

Mini Box Project:

• White card stock
• Black paper stock
• Blue paper stock
  
• Inner backing paper all from a 2x12 Colossal Border Strip pack from madaboutcards.co.uk
• See D's So Big Alphabet stamps
• Powder Blue Sparkle embossing powder
  
• Star Embellishments from a local craft store
• Diamond Stickles from stamps.co.uk
• Photograph printed from PC
• Small gem embellishments from 5mm Round Coloured Gems pack from madaboutcards.co.uk (Often out of stock, gotta be quick to get these!)
• UR 21 Plastic Number Plate embellishment from madaboutcards.co.uk
• Anita's Sticky Ribbon - Check/Tartan from stamps.co.uk
  
• Self-Adhesive WhiteSticker
• Happy Birthday Stamp from a See D's collection
• Red Foam sheet from madaboutcards.co.uk
• Anita's Tacky Glue Glue from madaboutcards.co.uk
• Heatgun
  
• Metal Paperclip
• Blue Ink
• Red Ink
  
• Black Whispers brush pen
• Red Whispers brush pen
• Scoreboard and bamboo folder
• Silver tag (source unknown)
• And a cheque ;)
  

Card Three (Mother's Day):

• Part of a kit that is no longer available. I have the same card available for sale for just £2.90 including P&P (UK only) leave a message if you are interested with your e-mail address.

Card Four: (Get Well Soon):

• Green pre-folded card from local craft store
• Red paper stock
  
• Petals made from various papers from the Creative Tones pack and the 'Love' pack from the Colossal Paper Pack collection from Papermania. The packs my son used from the Creative Tones collection were; 'Amethyst Infusion', 'Antique Cream', and Venetian Skies'
  
• 'Pot' made from a sheet of paper from the Simply Elegant Colossal Paper Pack from Papermania
  
• Impress Machine
• Impress Upper Case Italics die cuts
• Anita's Tacky Glue Glue from madaboutcards.co.uk
• Diamond Stickles from stamps.co.uk

Birthday Goodies

It was my birthday on Monday (27th), so I thought I would share some of the awesome handmade cards I got!

Since I started making my own cards, it seems all of my family have followed suit!
Which is a great thing, not only does it mean that people get great homemade cards, it means that we are saving money and the environment too!

My awesome Uncle has tonnes of crafting stuff though he tends to stick to PC CD Rom programs to make his cards, which is cool too!

As always click the images to view in full size.

The cards my Uncle made from himself and my Aunt. Thank you!! xxx

My Mum also started off card making using PC CD Roms, maybe a year or so after I started making my own. She has since progressed to making her own using various media and quite recently she has purchased some stamps and inks, though I do not think she has used them yet.
She doesn't often buy kits, as it is more cost effective not to, but she saw a set of kits on QVC and thought one of them would be perfect for my birthday!

The middle one is an awesome Elvis card that my Mum made from her and my Step-Dad. I am a total Elvis fan, so I was very pleased to receive this. It is a découpage card :)
The card on the right is from my little brother, which, I believe was his first time at making his own card! Usually my Mum makes his lol (The same brother who features in the post previous to this.)
The card of the left is from one of my other Aunt's. She started making her own cards 2 or 3 years ago!
Thank you to all!! xxx

Close up of Elvis!

I did get mostly money for my birthday, which I don't mind at all!
After using some of it to buy a subscription to genesreunited.co.uk as I have recently picked up my other newish hobby of family research again, I bought some craft goodies, as I hadn't bough any since about March (ain't I good???) and as there was a sale on, it would have been rude not to ;)

I got; The Big One by Clare Curd (200 sheets of awesome papers), Paper Shapes (which I thought would be great for my son also), Couture Ribbons, 4x different Clangers backing papers, 4x different Looney Tunes backing papers, 2x different Scooby Doo backing papers, 2x Sets of Clangers découpage kits (4 in total), Masking Tape, Oriental Spice, Colossal Strips (only bought them as a tester really, to see if it was nice enough to buy a large pack, and for 50p you can't really complain, and yes, they are quite nice really!), 2x Message Tags, 2x Jolly Nation découpage kits (Movie Star Lady and Movie Star Man), 3D Birthday Stickers, Anita's Calendar Tabs for 2010 (which I plan for my son to make into New Year Cards for family - any tipos on how to use them are most welcomed!), Assorted Craft Wire, White and Clear Beads, See-D's Magical Christmas stamps (£1!!!!), See-D's Personal Labels stamps (£1!!!!), Marie Curie Daffodil Stamp (50p COME ON!), and 2x Vintage Bauble Ribbon Stickers (1 blue, 1 red).

My next purchase will be a paper crimper, as I really want to make some of these cool Crimped Envelope Pocket Cards (Tutorial available here) for maybe next years birthday cards!

Also for my birthday I got this tiny but cute plant! After some research I found that there are several different ones to collect and take care of. You only need to water them (by dipping the bottom into a bowl of water for a few minutes), every four weeks or so. Then when it is fully grown (after 4 - 6 months), you can tranfere it into a bigger pot, though I haven't quite figured out how to get it out of the casing yet, though I have plenty of time to find out still! You can read all about Pet Plants here. The one I have is Xing, which means Happiness and is symbolised by the Finger Plant.

And finally, I seriously need to have a sort out with my craft stuff and the boxes I keep them all in! I have a couple of spare boxes to put my goodies in, I just haven't got around to doing it yet lol
I think I will have a sort out in the next week or so after I have made all of September's birthday cards, which I will be starting very soon!

Two New Cards

Two new cards for today for two birthdays in February.

First up is this card I made for my Sister-in-Law. Excuse the glare on the first pic, which is why I included a second pic for it :)

And finally this card for my Aunt.



Recipes:


Card One:

• Luxury Felt 7x5 blank card from cardmakingcrafts.co.uk
• Die Cut Blue Daisies Decoupage sheet from madaboutcards.co.uk (though you can no longer buy the twin pack sheet, you can get the same flowers in a book pack with 19 other flowers and a few bits and pieces, all for £9.99 - great value!) Just click the link.
• Panel was made by me with different shades of blue chalks mixed and blended together on some white stock card with a little water. I used Faber-Castell Creative Studio Soft Pastel Set
• Happy Birthday, Best Wishes and Swirl Stickers from a pack of Anita's Outline Stickers, which were free with an Issue of DoCrafts (I will lookup the issue number shortly).
• Ribbon Trim is from a pack of Papermania's Springtime Ribbon Stickers from firststopstationers.co.uk
• Loose Ribbon threaded through the hole on the 'Happy Birthday' is Anita's Everyday Ribbon - Blue
• Peel-off Stickers Borders, Straight (Silver), from madaboutcards.co.uk
• Anita's Tacky Glue from madaboutcards.co.uk though they only seem to stock the smaller bottle these days.
• Foam pads from local craft store.

Card Two:

• Luxury Felt 7x5 blank card from cardmakingcrafts.co.uk
• Die Cut Decoupage sheet from madaboutcards.co.uk (though you can no longer buy the twin pack sheet, you can get the same flowers in a book pack with 19 other flowers and a few bits and pieces, all for £9.99 - great value!) Just click the link. (I can't remember the name of the flower, sorry).
• Panel was made from some red paper stock.
• Birthday Embellishment is a Papermania Wire Words.
• Ribbon Trim and Corner Stickers from a pack of 3D Glitter Embossed Stickers - Rose Borders & Corners from Papermania.
• Birthday Wire Word is mounted on a piece of scrap card, which in turn in mounted on a sheet of Raspberry Champagne Creative Tones Border Pack from Papermania from madaboutcards.co.uk for just £1! Then I remounted the sentiment on to a piece of card stock twice, once to get the white border effect the second to hide the brad split pin fastenings from the Wire Words. Inside I stamped a 'Happy Birthday' sentiment on to an oval shaped piece of card stock. Stamp was from madaboutcards.co.uk and it is a 4-sided Happy Birthday Stamp.
• Also used a floral stamp on the inside sentiment which I got from a local Ex-Catalog shop. I also mounted the sentiment on to a matching sheet of 8x8 Raspberry Champagne Creative Tones Border Pack from Papermania which you can get from firststopstationers.co.uk, also available in other sizes.
• Anita's Tacky Glue from madaboutcards.co.uk though they only seem to stock the smaller bottle these days.
  Foam pads from local craft store.

Old Cards Part IV

A few more old cards for you, I think this will be the last post for oldies, thankfully.
I have two birthdays coming up in February and then it is my Brother's 21st in March also and I am making him a special card!

It will also be my friend Lizzy's birthday is March. I did send her card with her Christmas card (it seemed pointless sending two lots of cards), and though I have pics of the card I am not going to post them yet because she reads this blog, and I don't want to spoil the surprise for her!

As always, click on the images to make them bigger :)

First up are my man cards. I always have trouble making cards for men, as there doesn't really seem to be that much men stuff out there. So when I found these wonderful pre-made shirt cards I knew I had to have them, plus I kept one back to use as a template for future cards! My Step-Dad and two of my uncles received one of these in 2008 for their birthday. My son also gave one to his Dad for Father's Day 2008.

Another decoupage cards. This time for my Mum's birthday 2008

I made this one for my son's 10th birthday 2008. The 7 shirt could have been used for a 7th Birthday Card, but it was an embellishment set, plus #7 is his favourite football player anyways, so it's all good!

And finally we have one of the many pains-in-my-neck Christmas Shaker Cards that I made for last years cards. I am not going to post them all, because I really do not want to look at them! They were such a pain to make! NEVER again. The brad looks a little off center because of the angle of the card. *Represses her thoughts on those cards*


Recipes:


Shirt Cards from left to right:

• Shirt 1 - Backing Paper is Multi Stripes Blue from printableheaven.co.uk Inner Backing Paper and Pocket is Leatherette Aqua which is FREE from printableheaven.co.uk (first item on the page). You can also get it in the matching pack which you can buy from the same page. Tie is made from white cardstock. Stars from a Confetti - Stardust Multi pack from madaboutcards.co.uk Gems from 5mm Round Coloured Gems pack from madaboutcards.co.uk (Often out of stock, gotta be quick to get these!)
• Shirt 2 - Backing Paper is from an 8x8 Flowery Papermania pad from ecreations.co.uk Inner Backing Paper, Pocket, Tie and Trim is also from the Flowery Papermania pad. Gems from the same as above.
• Shirt 3 - Backing Paper is from a 12x12 Rich Red Papermania pad. I bought from a local craft store, but you can find it from many places, including themarketgallery.com though you can find it cheaper elsewhere I am sure. (It might be listed as Rich Purple). Inner Backing Paper, Pocket and Tie is made from some purple stock paper. Ribbon Trim is from a pack of Anita's Wavy Pastel Sticky Ribbon from firststopstationers.co.uk Gems from same as above.
• Shirt 4 - Backing Paper is from an 8x8 Love Papermania pad from firststopstationers.co.uk Inner Backing Paper, Pocket, Tie and Trim from a different sheet also from the Love pad. Gems from same as above.
• Shirt 5 - Backing Paper is Blue Swirls from printableheaven.co.uk it can be purchased as a single download or in a pack. Inner Backing Paper, Pocket and Tie is Leatherette Aqua which is FREE. See Card 1 for details. Ribbon Trim is from a pack of Papermania's Springtime Ribbon Stickers from firststopstationers.co.uk Gems from same as above.
• Shirt 6 - Backing Paper is Ouline Flowers - Yellow which is FREE from printableheaven.co.uk (first item on the page). You can also get it in the matching pack which you can buy from the same page. Inner Backing Paper, Pocket, Tie and Trim is from an 8x8 Flowery Papermania pad from ecreations.co.uk Gems from same as above.
• Shirt 7 - Backing Paper is from an 8x8 Flowery Papermania pad from ecreations.co.uk Inner Backing Paper, Pocket, Tie and Trim is also from the Flowery Papermania pad. Gems from the same as above.
• Shirt Card Blanks I forgot where I got mine from and I cannot find any online, sorry. I am sure I have seen some free templates out there though :)
• Pocket and Tie template was made by me.
• Anita's Tacky Glue from madaboutcards.co.uk though they only seem to stock the smaller bottle these days.

Card Two:

• Luxury Felt 7x5 blank card from cardmakingcrafts.co.uk
• Die Cut Yellow Daisies from a tri-pack (with two other different flowers) decoupage Sheet, from the 'Viola' sheet from madaboutcards.co.uk
• Panel was made by me with some yellow and orange chalks mixed and blended together on some white stock card. I used Faber-Castell Creative Studio Soft Pastel Set
• Flower Stickers are from Anita's Mothers Day Butterflies Stickers, from madaboutcards.co.uk though they no longer stock it. You can get it from firststopstationers.co.uk
• Mum wording is from a sheet of sentiment peel offs from a local craft store.
• Peel-off Stickers Borders, Straight, from madaboutcards.co.uk
• Anita's Tacky Glue from madaboutcards.co.uk though they only seem to stock the smaller bottle these days.
• Foam pads from local craft store.

Card Three:

• Blank Card, pack of 50 from a local craft store. Similar can be found at madaboutcards.co.uk
• Backing Paper is Green Football Goal Netting from printableheaven.co.uk
• Bright Green Paper stock for the lower part of the card.
• Card Topper embellishments was a pack that is no longer available at the place I got it from and I cannot remember the name of the manufacturer. I will look in my stash later :)
• Both ribbons are from a pack of Papermania's Springtime Ribbon Stickers from firststopstationers.co.uk
• Anita's Tacky Glue from madaboutcards.co.uk though they only seem to stock the smaller bottle these days.
• Foam pads from local craft store.

Card Four:

• Shaker card kit (card blank with plastic shaker) from a local craft store.
• Backing paper is from an 8x8 Dovecraft 'Tis the Season' Designer Paper Pack along with a matching brad. Paper can be bought from ArtyMiss.co.uk (Other Sizes available. I cannot find the brads to match, sorry).
• Santa and Gold Christmas Trees from an embellishment pack that I bought a while ago and cannot remember where from, sorry.
• The string and flower embellishments, were again, from another pack that I cannot remember where from, sorry! But you can get it from alanandbarryscrafts.com You can also get it in a Red/Green pack also. I chose the Contemporary Pack though :)
• Anita's Tacky Glue from madaboutcards.co.uk though they only seem to stock the smaller bottle these days.
• Foam pads from local craft store.