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
  

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 I

Ok, so I thought I should at least post pics of some old cards I made.

Be warned though, the early cards are pretty dire and the quality of the pictures on the older cards isn't all that great either, I have since got a better camera though so you should notice the quality improve as the picture progress lol

I will also post some Cross-Stitching stuff soon too.

This is a Mother's Day card, obviously, that I made for my Mum, in 2007

I made this for one of my Aunt's birthday. 2007

This one was made for ? (sorry I forgot who, I thought it was my brother, Steven but that would conflict with another card lol) in 2007.

This one was made for my friend Liz, in the states. 2007

One for my brother, for his 19th birthday in 2007.


Recipes:


Card 1:

• Pre-Stamped card from cardmakingcrafts.co.uk with envelope.
• Small Pink Deckled Panel from cardmakingcrafts.co.uk
• Pink Flower Topper from cardmakingcrafts.co.uk (cannot find the page it is on, sorry!)
• Sheer Bow with Red Rose from cardmakingcrafts.co.uk
• Butterfly Embellishments from a local craft store.
• Red Ribbon is from a pack of Anita's Sticky Ribbon from ArtyMiss.co.uk
• White Eyelet from cardmakingcrafts.co.uk (no longer available).
• I cannot remember what glue I used, probably just some cheap crap.
• Double sided sticky tape.
• Foam pads from local craft store.

Card 2:

• Blank Card, pack of 50 from a local craft store. Similar can be found at madaboutcards.co.uk
• Backing paper 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.
• Happy Birthday Panel was a little left over wrapping paper that I had and thought would make a good crafting paper!
• Stickers were on a sheet that I bought from my local Woolworths (RIP).
• Peel-off Stickers Borders, Straight, from madaboutcards.co.uk
• Pink Ribbon is from a pack of Anita's Sticky Ribbons from madaboutcards.co.uk
• I cannot remember what glue I used, probably just some cheap crap.
  

Card Three:

• Luxury Felt 7x5 blank card from cardmakingcrafts.co.uk
• Backing Paper is a sheet from a 12x12 Rich Blue Papermania pad. I bought it from a local craft store, but you can buy it from many places, including firststopstationers.co.uk
• Football Topper from cardmakingcrafts.co.uk, though I cannot find it on the site anymore.
• Happy Birthday Sticker from a sheet that I bought from a local craft store. You can pick them up from anywhere.
• Blue Ribbon is from a pack of Anita's Sticky Ribbon from ArtyMiss.co.uk (the same pack as the red ribbon on Card One).
• I cannot remember what glue I used, probably just some cheap crap.
• Double sided sticky tape.
  

Card Four:

• Pre-Stamped card from cardmakingcrafts.co.uk with envelope.
• Large Pink Deckled Panel from cardmakingcrafts.co.uk
• Red Mini Roses (pack of 25) from cardmakingcrafts.co.uk
• Wire Embellishment # Stars from cardmakingcrafts.co.uk (5th item listed)
• Sheer Bow with Red Rose from cardmakingcrafts.co.uk
• Butterfly Embellishments from a local craft store.
• Red and Green Ribbon is from a pack of Anita's Sticky Ribbon from ArtyMiss.co.uk (the same pack as the ribbons on Cards One and Three).
• I cannot remember what glue I used, probably just some cheap crap.
• Double sided sticky tape.
• Foam pads from local craft store.

Card Five:

• Blank Card, pack of 50 from a local craft store. Similar can be found at madaboutcards.co.uk
• Panel made from a 12x12 Rich Blue Papermania pad. I bought it from a local craft store, but you can buy it from many places, including firststopstationers.co.uk
• Beer Monster Topper from madaboutcards.co.uk
• Stickers were on a sheet that I bought from my local Woolworths (RIP).
• Brother Sticker (at top) is from a Papermania pack (I think).
• Pastel eyelets from cardmakingcrafts.co.uk (5th item from the bottom).
• Peel-off Stickers Borders, Straight, from madaboutcards.co.uk
• Baby Blue Ribbon is from a pack of Anita's Sticky Ribbon from ArtyMiss.co.uk (the same pack as the ribbons on Cards One, Three and Four).
• I cannot remember what glue I used, probably just some cheap crap.
• Double sided sticky tape.
• Foam pads from local craft store.

I will post some more shortly. It takes a while to type up the recipes, especially if the card/s in question were made 2 years ago lol and I have a pretty bad memory. Thankfully I tend to buy all my crafting goodies from madaboutcards.co.uk so it does make it a little easier lol.

I might post a few of my cross-stitching in between my card makes :)

*All links take you either to the page the product is on, or to the singular product, if the site allows clickables for more information.