Happy Birthday Liam!

Another family birthday, this one for the Nephew, Liam.

 

I made the card using his favourite football team colours - Port Adelaide (Black, White & Teal)

 

I have wanted to try the 'split circle' technique for quite some time and I figure now was a good time to try.

 

I made a background using Cuttlebug Swiss Dots embossing folder and splattered with Distress Inks, then cut the cardfront with Waffle Flower A6 layers die.  I diecut several different size Spellbinders circles from offcuts of black, white & teal cardstock and set out having a play.  I discovered that cutting a circle in half is not as easy as it sounds  LOL but I managed. 

 

Circles were cut, glued together then arranged accordingly, but I made a mess with the ink somehow, hence the 'extra' bit to the left of the 'Happy Birthday' to cover up a blob.  Happy Birthday sentiment is from Stampin' Up, Voila! stamped onto another circle, then positioned accordingly.

 

Birthday balloons were cut from teal and placed on the cardfront. (unknown brand, bought at an Op Shop)

 

Cardfront was then attached to a 300gsm white card base.

 

I was not completely happy with the card, but time was against me.  I think I will have another play with these split circles at some stage in the future and see what I can come up with.

 

 

Linking with the following challenges:

 

 

 

AAA Birthday #76 - Sports (Fave Sports team colours)  Not sure if this qualifies or not, but will give it a shot!

Seize the Birthday #311 - no flowers

Snippets Playground #513 -  offcuts of black, teal & White

All Sorts Challenge #830 - I Spy with a "B" - Balloons 

 

 

Thank you for visiting my blog today - I hope you have a good day.

Remember, any day doing something you love makes it a good day ;-)

Doing what you like is freedom. Liking what you do is happiness.

Merry Christmouse!

Time for a Christmas Card and matching tag!

 

I had a colouring in session with some of my LOTV Christmas digital stamps.  I have had these digital images since 2021/2022 and I don't think I have used them yet :( 

 

I used my computer to place the two LOTV graphics 'Christmouse Pudding' & 'Christmouse Decorations' along the bottom of an A4 page for the cardfront.  The sentiment graphic was then placed below it.  

 

For the Tag, another copy of the 'Christmouse Pudding' was placed at the top of the A4 page and resized, with a portion of the image removed, leaving just the mouse with the pudding.  A sentiment graphic was then positioned below it.

 

 

 

Once the graphics were printed, I then set about colouring it in with Copics, finishing with Kindy Glitz.

 

Slimline/DL sized card was made with Red leathergrain cardstock, and completed cardfront attached to cardbase.

 

The Tag was hand cut to suit, then a red ribbon added.

 

 

 I had lots of fun making this set :)  Now to get on with some more cardmaking!

 

Linking with the following challenges:

Critter Crazy Challenge CCC101 - Anything Goes

Creative Knockouts - #551 Sparkle & Shine 

Neglected Stuff Challenge 8/25

  

 

Thank you for visiting my blog today - I hope you have a good day.

Remember, any day doing something you love makes it a good day ;-)

Doing what you like is freedom. Liking what you do is happiness.

Happy Purrthday

Another fun card for today.

 

The As You Like it Challenge asks us 'cats or dogs?'   LOL  it is definitely cats for me! 

  

 

 

Black 300gsm card base, with a marble DP.  

 

Uniquely Creative "Purrfect" cats stamped and hand coloured with Copics, then die cut, Sentiment stamped and diecut.  All elements added to cardfront with foam tabs.

 

 

A touch of bling added. 

 

A very clean and simple card for me .... not sure whether it needs something more or not :)

 

Linking with the following challenges:

  

Addicted to Stamps & More - Birthdays   

Allsorts Challenge #829 - Animals 

As You Like it - Cats or Dogs   Oops, too late!

Thank you for visiting my blog today - I hope you have a good day.

Remember, any day doing something you love makes it a good day ;-)

Doing what you like is freedom. Liking what you do is happiness.

Hello Friend, Happy Birthday

I have another new card today.   This one is Card #2 of my CraftMad card swap.

 

Card #2 is an embossed card with layers.

 

It took a little while to settle on a design, but once inspiration hit, the card came together fairly quickly.

 

I rumaged through my Snippets container, and made a selection of rainbow colour strips of cardstock.  I ran them through the Cuttlebug using the 'hello' embossing folder.

  

The strips were then placed in rainbow order, trimmed to suit the placement of the sentiment and then mounted to cardfront with foam tape.

 

Honey Bee 'Bitty Buzzwords' stamps & dies were used.  

 

 

I diecut 'hello' & 'friend' in alternating black & white cardstock (black for the shadow, white for the text). 

Sentiment was also mounted with foam tape, and placed at the bottom of the cardfront.

  

'Happy Birthday' was stamped on the inside with Versafine Claire Onyx black.

 

 

Quite a fun cheerful card.

 

Linking with following Challenges:

Snippets Playground #509 

Can You Handle The Pressure - Anything goes 

 

 

 

Thank you for visiting my blog today - I hope you have a good day.

Remember, any day doing something you love makes it a good day ;-)

Doing what you like is freedom. Liking what you do is happiness.

Have a Bloomin Good Day

A slightly different card from me today.  

 

You may recall I have been participating in a swap group, regularly swapping cards with a 'fun fold' technique ..... most of which have not been 'fun' for me!

 

Well, I persevered and I finally made a card I am happy with and had fun making (even after a few false starts with the cutting and measuring 😆).

 

So here is one of my cards for the card swap - a Double Z fun fold.

 

I started with a 300gsm speckled cardbase I have had since I first started crafting way back in the 90's - I came across the last few pieces when I did a recent sort out!

 

I then selected some DP from a new 'Craft Smart textured paper stack' I purchased recently.

 

The chosen stamp set was 'build-a-bouquet' from Australian Simply Cards Magazine Issue 113 (I think)

 

After planning layout and cutting, I stamped the various sentiments in Versafine Claire Black Onyx directly onto the DP, then attached them to their respective positions using double sided tape.

 

     

I then stamped the vase on vellum, in Versafine Claire Black Onyx, heat embossed with clear, then die cut the vase.  The bunch of flowers & single flower were stamped in Versafine Claire Black Onyx on 210gsm white cardstock, and hand coloured with Copics.  The bunch of flowers was cut out by hand and the single flower was die cut.   The stems were stamped directly onto card front, the vellum vase placed over the stems with double sided tape, then the flowers were added to the front with foam tabs to add dimension.  Flowers were highlighted with FolkArt Papier Finish in Antique.  A final touch of bling with a spray of brown pearls added above the sentiment.

 

          

I am really quite pleased with how this card has turned out ...... so much so that I didn't want to send it to my swap partner LOL  I think I can see a few more Double Z Fold Fun cards in my future!

 

 

 

Participating in the following challenges:

 

Die Cut Divas - June Challenge - The tonings of the card were inspired by the current challenge for Die Cut Divas - I love the browns/pinks.

 

 

 

 Addicted to Stamps & More #495 - Die cuts &/or Stencils

 

Beautiful Blossoms Challenge - Anything Goes

 

 

 

Thank you for visiting my blog today - I hope you have a good day.

Remember, any day doing something you love makes it a good day ;-)

Doing what you like is freedom. Liking what you do is happiness.