Blue Birthday

Evening all!

 

Just a quick card to share tonight, this is a card I made for my brother's birthday - it is yet another variation and adaptation I've made on my embossed star card design. If you are a follower of my blog and pop by fairly frequently you'll know that this card evolved from a Christmas design in 2012 and has changed and morphed into my go to Male birthday card. Evolution #3 is this:

On this occasion I cut the base card in a diagonal, mounted two darker blue triangles on the front and inside panel and mounted the base square in the centre so it looked like a whole when closed. I cut white card out, cut out a star using my Nestabilities Dies and embossed the remaining frame in cuttlebug's spots and dots folder. I cut a second smaller star out of white cardstock also.

 

I mounted the embossed panel onto a lighter blue cardstock, added a blue/green/grey organza ribbon on the one side  and mounted the smaller star on foam pads in the space. I finished the card with a few crystals and stickles galore on the smaller star.

 

I would like to enter this card into: Allsorts Challenge - Free and Easy and Simons Says - Ice Inspiration



 

I'll be back tomorrow with another Crafty Catz DT card, but until then, happy crafting!

Crafty Catz DT - Thank You

Welcome back and Happy New Year! So let's kick of the new year with the first challenge card for Crafty Catz. This week's challenge has been set by the lovely Janette who has set the theme of 'Thank You'

 

We our sponsored this week by Bugaboo Stamps:

 The  winner will receive 7 images of their choice

If you're like me, then you have a few thank you cards to make and send for fabulous Christmas gifts, so this challenge has really prompted me get my act together.

 
 

Image is from bugaboo and coloured with promarkers in the following colours: duck egg, moss, maroon and burgundy. I lifted the flower heads to create some depth. The image is mounted on Damask Rose P.P. and attached to the frame with lilac ribbon from stash. I covered the frame in washi tape and highlighted the corners with some peel-offs.

 

So there we go. The first challenge card of 2014. We can't wait to see what you come up with.

 

Until next time - Happy crafting!



 

Wishing Ewe A Happy New Year

Well here's to the first card of 2014, a nice fun little number wishing 'ewe' a happy new year! Aaah I love this little sheep - never fails to make me laugh!

I used up odds and ends of paper, card and ribbon stock to make this card and added ever trusty stickles to make it glitter. Not much more to say about it.

 

I would like to enter this card into Digistatmps4joy challenge - Anything Goes and Simon Says - Something New

 

Until tomorrow, when I'll be back with my first Crafty Catz DT card of the year, happy crafting!

Christmas Candy *Winner*

 

So who is the lucky winner.......

Mr Linky Says....... #4 Jane! Congratulations hun.

 

Drop me a line at Naomi.k.Johnson@gmail.com with your address and I'll get it in the post for you asap.

 

Thanks to all who joined in the fun!

 

Merry Christmas!

Elfin around

Hi everyone

So here's my final Christmas card design of 2013! Nothing like a bit of festive Elf Mischief to put you in the festive spirit!

  

Another fab image from Mo, coloured with pro-markers and finished off with papers from freebie Christmas pads that I've collected from Craft Magazines. Finished with candy pops and stickles - lots of stickles!

 

I would like to enter this into Creative Inspirations - Anything Goes with Option of Sketch

 

Until next time, happy crafting!

 

Christ in Christmas

Good Evening,

 

Well, that's another busy day done; 9 lessons and carols have been sung and read and my vocal chords are now feeling rough indeed! time for a warm brandy. Anyway, I have Christmas Card #2 to share with you now. I made half a dozen or so of these up for my line manager and some of the seminarians and priests that I'm especially fond of at work - figured in a Seminary I should stick to a religious theme and Mo's beautiful design hits the spot!

 

I adore the simplicity of this image, but it's so effective. I printed it off with my favourite Christmas sentiment and double mounted it onto pattern paper. I coloured the whole thing with pro-markers.

 

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Passion for Promarkers - Mega Christmas Challenge

Stampin for the weekend - Anything Goes

 

Until next time, happy crafting!

 

 

 

Snowflake Sentiments

Morning all,

Well, I've finally finished for Christmas, but sadly there is no rest for the wicked! I haven't stopped since Friday lunchtime! (although I will own up that most of yesterday was spent catching up with a good friend - so not all work!)

 

But it does mean that this is the first chance I've had to put this years Christmas cards up on the blog!

 

So this is #1 - i'll be back later today and tomorrow with the other designs.



So these cards use the snowflake decorations which I shared here.  I cut circles out of the centre of the cards; embossed the edges and smothered in stickles (which doesn't show up very well on the pics) and added a chipboard sentiment, before looping on the snowflake itself.

 

For the first time in an age, I would like to enter some challenges: Simon Say's - Bling it on and Dream Valley - Christmas

 

Until next time, happy crafting!