Happy Anniversary

It's was our 44th Wedding Anniversary on 13th February.

 

There have been a few challenges this year, but I am happy to say we survived  LOL

 

So here is a card I made for our Anniversary.

 

I recently purchased some wonderfully fun images from ETSY.  

 

There was a wonderful selection of images - the hardest part was deciding which one to use, but when I saw these three images, and I knew that they would be perfect for our Wedding Anniversary card! 

 

I used Photoshop to place the 3 images on 3 different layers;  playing with different layouts and sizes  LOL  you have no idea on how long that took and the many minute changes I made to and fro  LOL

 

The Anniversary sentiment went on a different layer.

 

The cardfront was printed on 'glossy photo paper'.  I printed the sentiment layer separately with the Laser printer first, so that it could be foiled using my Mini Minc.  Then the images were printed using my Epson Ink Jet printer.  

 

After leaving the image to make sure it was completely dry, I trimmed the cardfront to size using Waffle Flower Nesting Rectangles and mounted to 300gsm red leathergrain cardbase.  No Kindy Glitz/Stickles on this card, as it for Mr Fixit!

 

If you've read this far, I shall explain the significance of the images.  

• We first met when I was a frequent roller skater at St Clair Roller Skating, Woodville and our first 'sort of' date, was roller skating. 
• He was in a 'band' and played guitar, and very often played for me.
• Now, it is me doing most of the driving when we go out.

And now the card I made for Valentines Day - this card is so very us lately LOL

The is essentially very simple - just the sentiment doing the talking, but what was challenging was finding a way to make only certain lines of text foiled in a different colour.  I solved my problem by placing a sheet over the area not being foiled, then cutting out 'slots' to expose only the words to be foiled.

It's a little bit smudged in some parts, as I fed it through the Minc twice, but I'm happy with how it turned out - after all, it's the thought that counts.

So another year done and dusted - next year the big 45...... which means Sapphire!  Woo Hoo!

 

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 Birthday Barbara!

November is my sister's birthday

 

We both have many happy memories of our time at St Clair Roller Skating Rink at Woodville, so the card had to include roller skates!

Altenew Vintage Vibes layered stamps set & dies used to create the skates.

DP ombre background, layered cardstock.

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.

Good Bye & Good Riddance 2022!

2022 has ended with a thud with the news of another very dear friend passing away.

 

My friend Gary, who I have known since 1975 passed away on 16th December 2022, he was 62 years old. Far too young!

 

I really struggled to make a card for Janine (his wife and also my friend), as I wanted it to be perfect!  I also wanted to write a letter and include it in the card ..... that took a moment or two to collate my thoughts.

 

 

 

I had made up some backgrounds and hand stamped elements earlier in the year using the SU Hand Penned Petals stamps.  So I just had a play around with combining different elements and settled on this final layout.  

 

Background was made by stamping multiple times in the pink, the border section on the left was stamped multiple times using the two-step feature of the stamps. The feature element was die cut and mounted on 3D foam dots, with some gold twine circled underneath, then highlighted with Kindy Glitz.

 

 

Linking with:

Cardz for Galz #189 - choose your fave challenge from 2022.

My fave challenge from 2022 was the June 2022 - die cuts

the card I submitted for that particular challenge is HERE (the flower in the top right hand corner is the element I used for this new card)

 

Items Used

Cardstock:  White 250gsm, purple scraps

Inks:  Distress Inks, Kindy Glitz

Stamps:  SU Hand Penned

Tools: Cuttlebug, dies

 

 --00Ooo--

 

Sadly, I couldn't physically attend the Memorial Service as it was too far away, but I was so very thankful for modern technology which meant that the service could be viewed via Zoom.  It was such a lovely service too, so 'Gary' like ..... the music selection was very moving and my heart nearly burst when one of my old photos came up on the screen

there we were, back in about 1976... I can still hear us all laughing and giggling... there are so many good memories of our teenage years.  We often chatted via Messenger and I am so thankful to have been able to catch up with them in 2017 and make a few new memories.  I will treasure each and every one of them.  

 

--ooOoo--

 

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.

2019 ..... not a good start :(

Hi there to my fellow blog readers :)

Happy New Year to you all - 2019 has started with a heat wave here in Adelaide!

Sadly, one of the first cards I needed to make for the year was a sympathy card.

My friend Sue's husband Keith died after a short battle with brain cancer - such a terrible disease!  I have known Sue and her brother Roger since my days of St Clair roller skating the 70's.  We have caught up quite a few times in recent years, and it was such a shock to learn of Keith's diagnosis.

I find some sympathy cards difficult to make - but this one came to me very easily!  You see, Keith was a musician and was in several bands here in Adelaide, most recently "Hot Chisel" a Cold Chisel cover band.

Vale Keith White 

10.7.1960 - 1.1.2019 

In Rock We Trust 🎶

White cardstock embossed with Cuttlebug, notes highlighted with Kindy Glitz, layered on black cardstock, sentiment 'with sympathy' die cut (glued 3 layers together).

Linking with:
Daisy Chain Challenges:  #26 add some sparkle
As You Like It 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.

Happy Birthday x 4

Lots of birthday activity recently :)

My nephew celebrated his 18th birthday on the weekend ................... 18, legal drinking age here in Australia.

Card for my friend Chris in QLD - who has a major Coca Cola collection :)

 

for my friend Lynne in QLD

I also sent Lynne a little purse that I had made and was in the 'pressie box'

I am really hoping I can catch up with my QLD friends in October - I am intending leave Mr Fixit at home and go on a crafty retreat, and catch up with some other old friends as well :)

this is for another 'old' friend - LOL - we have know each other since 1974 - we don't catch up very often, but celebrating his 60th birthday was a perfect opportunity.

Old friends :)

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.

RIP my dear friend

I am a little sad today ................ an old friend has passed away.  Sue had battled cancer for many years and had such a great positive attitude, but 52 is far too young.

Sue & Cathy

Sue, Alan & Cathy

Our old 'gang'

We were quite the gang in our younger years.  I first met Sue in about '74 and we shared a flat in '78 - then as adults, we went our separate ways.   We caught up again in 2006 for another friend's birthday and kept in touch for a little while, but then life got in the way again.

I have so many fond memories of our teenage years together and I am so sad that I didn't keep in touch more often and give her a quick call when I thought about her - which was often - just to say hello  :(

It was really strange, as I was thinking about her on Wednesday ...... I was tidying up my sewing room and came across the "Bean Bag Pal' she gave me for my 18th birthday

Note to self :  make that phone call when you think about it, don't put it off!

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.