A Little Boy's Christmas Card

As promised in my last post, here is the Christmas card I made for my Grandson Bailey that matches the one I created for my Granddaughter's first Christmas. I again used the Jem's Designs CD "There's Snow Body Like a Snow Buddy". 

I kept the layout very similar to Harlow's card but I added a twist to this one. The two blue papers are from the Jem's CD and the blue snowflake paper is from Kraftyhands "12 Days of Christmas" CD. I created the sentiment on the computer. I matted all the layers onto silver mirri and wrapped two ribbons around the card front.

I used the plain snowman tag from the CD and added the text in MCS using the same font as the sentiment. I fixed a brad to the top.

The twist I added for Bailey was a secret verse hidden by the snowman tag. I fixed that in place before attaching the tag to the front of the card with the brad. When all of that was done, I stuck the card front onto an 8"x 8" card base. I finished the card with a few snowflakes made from Spellbinder and Marianne dies.

The secret verse is a well known poem by Sheldon Allan Silverstein. I printed it onto a paper created from the Jem's CD. I thought the silly poem would appeal to a 6 year old boy and I was right. Bailey thought it was hilarious.

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:
http://rheddandrosies.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/let-it-snow22nd-challenge.html
http://paulaholifieldcrafts.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/albc-christmas-cheer.html
http://seemacrafts.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/im-late-im-late-omg-i-am-sooo-late-with.html
http://craftycreationschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/challenge-253-anything-goes.html
http://lejdesignschallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/lej-designs-challenge-no-84-anything.html

A Little Girl's Christmas Card

I have been so busy lately and haven't had much time to blog. It's a good job that Christmas is only once a year! Today I wanted to show you the card I've made for my Granddaughter's first Christmas.

The adorable image is from a Jem's Designs CD called "There's Snow Body Like a Snow Buddy". The two pink papers are also from the CD but the snowflake paper was originally blue and I changed the colour in MCS. They were all layered onto silver mirri. I wrapped the lace around before attaching onto an 8"x 8" card blank. The sentiment was created on my computer.

I used one of the tags on the CD for the topper and mounted it onto silver mirri. I punched a hole in the top and looped three different pink ribbons through it.

The snowflakes are a mix of Spellbinders and Marianne die-cuts mounted up with foam pads.

Little Harlow is now 16 weeks old and enjoyed talking to her lovely snowman in her secret language. I made a matching card for her brother that I will show you next time.
I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:
http://challenges4everybody.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/challenge-35-anything-goes.html
http://dreamvalleychallenges.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/challenge-72-christmas.html
http://sentimentalsundays.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/challenge-185-non-traditional-x-mas.html
http://thatcraftplaceblog.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/new-challenge-christmas.html 2nd entry
http://www.totallygorjuss.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/challenge-214-special-christmas.html

Cathy and Holly's Birthdays

Today is a big day in my youngest daughter's life. Not only is it Cathy's 18th birthday but,  by a fabulous coincidence, it's her horse Holly's birthday too. Holly is a year younger though, but they are both beautiful and very clever. Unfortunately, it's also the first day of Cathy's A2 exams ~ Good Luck Cathy ~  so the boozy celebrations have been put on hold for now.

I created a wrap for Cathy's card by cutting out the number 18 from Adorable Scorable card and decorating it with a Whimsy corner die, some flowers and gems.

I used a paper and a champagne glass image from an MCS CD. The digi image is one of my favourites, Emma, from Simply Betty. I wanted to keep the colours of the card vintage and after having watched Sarah Hurley's sepia demo, I thought the colouring would suit this image perfectly.

I made a card for Cathy to give to Holly using the Jem's Designs CD Free Spirits. I added glitter to the image, some lace and punched horseshoes. 

As you can see, the image on the card isn't a bad match to Holly herself, apart from her white blaze.

Cathy ~ on the left ~ with her older sister Elisha during the family celebrations at the weekend. I can't believe how quickly my little girls have grown up. 

Happy 18th Birthday Cathy!

Steampunk Charlie in Paris

Well, the big day is here at last. Jem's Designs have released the first of their digital images for you to purchase and play with. Find the selection of wonderful images here on the Jems website.
I am so lucky to be on the Digis by Jem's DT and the first digi image I was given to work with was the fabulous "Steampunk Charlie". I couldn't wait to get started and this is my first card with her.

 

I thought she had a French look about her so I used an MCS backing paper from Tinkering with Steampunk and superimposed a digital image from FREE ViNTaGE DiGiTal STaMPS of the Eiffel Tower to one side. I sized and then printed Charlie and some French ephemera from The Graphics Fairy.

 

I matted and layered the backing paper onto black card and an 8"x8" card blank. I chose a bold colourway of red and black for Charlie and used Polychromos to colour her in. I die cut the French labels and inked them up with Distress Ink Antique Linen to give them a vintage look.

As the digi is called Steampunk Charlie, I die cut some Donna Salazar cogs out of black card to use as steampunk embellishments and added Cosmic Shimmer pearl drops to the centers.
Steampunk Charlie is is only one of the digis realeased today, so pop over to the Jems website to have a look at the others for sale and watch this space for another Steampunk Charlie card.