It's been a while ....

.... since I've posted, and with all that's going on around here, I'd say my crafting and blogging opportunities over the next few months will be pretty limited. I haven't actually made anything over the whole month of August, and now my son, my daughter and I are all back at three different schools, with three different timetables and collection schedules so life is going to be horribly hectic for the next year.

Having said all that, I made a card for my little godson's 2nd birthday.  We spent some time on holidays with him and his family in August, and he is just the most sunny, happy little chap.  Here's what I made for him:

I used last week's sketch from Deconstructed Sketches and I'm also going to enter the following challenges: Corrosive Challenges ("Let's hear it for the boys"), Crafty Girls ("Anything Goes") and Crafty Cardmakers ("Make an Impression")

I used some very old Cosmo Cricket papers (I could probably keep making cards for the next decade and still not run out of paper!) and added buttons and a double-embossed number 2.  Here's a side-shot of the dimension on the card:

Recipe:

Papers: Cosmo Cricket ("Lil Man")

Embossing Folder: Cuttlebug "Tiny Bubbles"

Fonts: "Learning Curve" and "SimHei" - www.dafont.com

Other: Basic Grey buttons

Thanks for looking!

Dusting off ....

.... my long-neglected blog, oh dear, where has the last month gone?  I haven't been crafting much, but have a few bits and bobs to post, most recently I made another sympathy card, for my step-mum's friend.  Here's what I made:

I used a Deconstructed Sketch from a few weeks back, and I'm also entering Charisma Cardz ("All Distressed").  I love the duck egg blue/brown colour combination on this card - they are the recipient's favourite colours and I hope she likes the card.  I used some very old papers and fussy cut the little medallion.  Here's a side-shot of the layers on the card:

Recipe:

Papers: Cosmo Cricket "Everafter"

Other: Hero Arts pearls, computer generated font

Next, my craft club had our final meeting before Christmas.  We always do a Secret Santa and I gussied up a plain kraft bag to wrap my gift in.  Here's how it ended up:

There are oodles of Christmas challenges out there - I'm entering ABC Challenge ("A is for Almost Christmas"), Totally Papercrafts ("Anything Christmassy but a card"), The Ribbon Girl ("Ho ho ho - Christmas challenge") and Corrosive Challenge ("Anything Goes").

I used some lovely Basic Grey papers, glammed up with some gold card, and made a matching gift tag - here's a pic of that:

 

Recipe:

Papers: Basic Grey "Little Black Dress"

Dies: Nestabilities "Pinking Circles"

Other: Pinking Shears, ribbon from stash

Thanks for looking - will hopefully post a bit more in the next few days!  Don't wait up, though!!

Not so ....

.... shabby.  I made a card without doing any ripping or distressing!  It was very difficult not to, but it wouldn't have suited it, so I held myself in check!  It's a card for my step-mother's birthday. She loves the Irish rockabilly/jazz singer, Imelda May, and we got tickets for a gig for her birthday present.  Imelda is all about quiffed hair, razor sharp red lipstick, with 50s clothes and accessories to match, so I decided to personalise the card to suit the gift.  Here's what I made:

I used the sketch from this week's Deconstructed Sketch and I'm also entering this into the following challenges: Make it Monday ("Anything Goes"), Corrosive Challenges ("Life's Special Occasions") and Totally Papercrafts ("Monochromatic" - I've got red - plus black/cream neutrals - not sure if that's OK, though?).

I found an album cover with a caricature of Imelda May, including her trademark red lipstick and black/white quiff and drew it for the image on my card.  I'm quite pleased with how it turned out, but I bet my step-mother doesn't notice it - she's famously non-visual!!  She'll open the card, the ticket will fall out, she'll read it and then she might make the connection, but I'd bet money she'll have to have it pointed out to her!!!  Here's a side-shot of the card:

Recipe:

Papers: October Afternoon "Modern Homemaker"

Image: Hand-drawn

Other: MM brads, ribbon from stash, laser-cut border sticker from stash

Thanks for looking!