DAUGHTER'S BIRTHDAY CARD

Both our children have their birthdays in the month of May one on the 29th and the other on the 31st - here is the one made for our daughter.

Front of card







Inside card





The heart stamp was a 'freebie'  which came with a Craft Stamper magazine and was embossed using white embossing powder.  The border, the fence and the cute flowers were cut using  Memory Box dies. The Tilda stamp was coloured using watercolour pencils.  The paper was from my 'stash' of bits and pieces.



40th BIRTHDAY

Our son Wayne, who lives in Cape Town, turned 40 on the 29th May which meant a trip to there for his Birthday Bash.  A good time was had by all - it was especially nice to see my sisters and brother as an added bonus.

The four of us together with Waynes fiance Anelle.

This is the birthday card that I made for Wayme.

The 40 was cut using the Cricut and then embossed, the stamp is from the Papermania Urban range and the Car is one of the Marianne design dies which is cut and then coloured with distress inks..  Have used buttons for embellishments and a bought luggage tag.  Paper is from my 'stash'.

BAMBI & THUMPER



Thumper cut on the cricut using the long mat

I can't believe that I have not updated the blog for such a long time!  Today the sky is blue and the sun is shining, but boy oh boy is the wind blowing - in fact it is howling and the day is really cold.



All three together (made 26 of the yellow boxes, but with Bambi pictures)



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Thumper table decorations

 

Firstly had quite a big project on the go making decorations and party favours for a first birthday party - the theme being Bambi & Thumper.  There were one or two items on the internet that I used and then I also made small boxes with handles - Cricut Cartridges used were Tags, Bags, Boxes & More as well as Disney Classic.



Table decorations (made 2 of these & 2 with Thumper picture)

DOUBLE FOLD CARD - WITH CENTRE CLOSING

Another card made in class with Ursula, credit was given to Annette's Creafarm for the template.

Card closed

Card open


Paper used was from the docrafts Papermania 'the little cake shoppe'

Stamps:      Free stamps received with a docrafts Creativity magazine

                  Stamps manufactured by our local craft shop

                  Tatty Teddy stamp

                  Small tea cup stamp - Marianne design - Eline's Huis

Cup cakes were coloured in using watercolour pencils and highlighted with Stickles glitter glue

DRESSING TABLE CARD

Tuesday was card making class at Country Crafts.  This is such a nice shape card and lends itself to such a lot of pretty embellishments.

Card made in class



Card made at home

As you can see if I like a card then I usually make more than one.  The card made in class used paper from the Country Companions pack, but the second card was made using scraps (all bits and pieces are saved for 'just in case'). Embellisments are bits of lace, flat backed pearls, pearls on a string as well as charms with a few punched flowers and leaves. The lady on the mirror is from a set of stamps - sorry cannot remember the make. Thank you Ursula for a great class.

PINK FANTASY

The pattern for this card came from Hobbyjournaal 85.

The following materials were used:

Marianne design - From the Don & Daisy stamp sets and coloured in with watercolour pencils

Marianne dies for the white background, some of the large leaves and the cream spray

Patterned paper from a Wilson & Maclagen paper pack

Fern leaves - Joy die

Small leaves & flowers punched with Papermania punches

Butterflies (I think its a Carl punch) edged with pink chalk & highlighted with Stickles glitter glue

Roses are bought ones

STEPPER CARD

One of our daughter Catherine's friends is having a baby boy - so, here is the card I made for her.

Another 'drawer' type card.  Thanks to Colette Smith for the inspiration behind this card.

The Marianne 'Snoesjes' stamp, coloured in with watercolour pencils and placed on a Marianne die.  The Teddy Bears were cut with two different size punches and the hanger from the Cricut Cartridge 'Everyday Paper Dolls'.  Both the bow tie and shirt cut by hand.

ALADDIN'S CAVE

Joan's shop is like an Aladdin's Cave - if only one could go into the shop with a 'pot of gold' to buy lots of the great papers, stamps and dies.

The new Mariaan dies and vintage ladies stamps are lovely and on this card I utilised one of the stamps and the great  new flourish.  The round dies are from 'Simply 2-die-4' which I have surrounded with small flat backed pearls and at the top I have used a Joy die for the leaves and made quilling flowers with flat backed pearls in the centre. The greeting was computer generated.

LOADS OF FUN

The Cricut Cartridge - Tags, Bags, Boxes & More 2 is giving me loads of fun.  The following card is cut so easily and quickly and lends itself to many different ways of decoration.  Have shown friends how to make this card and they all loved it.

Inside of card

Card open





Card closed, flowers cut with Cricut (Forever Young)
& top border punch Martha Stewart, white spray
Marianne die















Birds 3D Decoupage sheet & florish Marianne die,
border punch X-cut - Daisy Trail



















WEAVING USING SCRAPS

Bought the South African 'Craftwise' magazine and this card was demonstrated by Fransie Snyman who has also written a book 'Cards Galore'.

What a lot of fun I had using scraps - now I know why all scraps are 'saved'.  Thank you Fransie for sharing your idea with us in the magazine.

MENS BOX CARD

This is a 'snazzy' box card - both the front and back are part of the box (cut as one piece), but are attached to the 'box' with Velcro strips, thereby enabling one to open the little box.  Made using the cartridge 'Tags, Bags, Boxes and more 2'.

Front view

Side view 



VICTORIAN ROMANCE

My daughter, Catherine and husband Walter gave me two Cricut Cartridges for my birthday.  Lucky me.  The first card I made using the above cartridge turned out to be a bit dull!!  However, I showed two friends how to make the card and we used browns instead of the greys - much nicer I think.

Grey card

Brown card

                                                                     made by Maxi

CARD WITH ENVELOPE AT THE BACK

Attended a class where we made this card.  As usual if I like a card I make 2 or 3!  Here they are all together.

For the card in the middle I used flowers from a 3D Decoupage sheet and the other two have 'cut outs' from Cricut Cartridges.  The bird is too cute and comes from (of all things) 'Four Legged Friends' cartridge.

Thank you Hendrien for an easy and useful card.

I would like to thank two people who have encouraged me with this blog and who are so willing to give assistance - Thank you Ursula and Moz.

ANOTHER MAGNOLIA STAMP

As you can see I am really enjoying my new Magnolia stamps. 

Together with the stamp I have used 3 Marianne dies - the tree, bird & bird house plus the fence.  The flowers are punched and stuck onto a Martha Stewart border punch.  Background paper is from the Papermania paper pack 'Birdsong'.

MAGNOLIA STAMPS

At last I have acquired some Magnolia stamps - here is my first card using one of the stamps.

Used Papermania pink Capsule Collection by Jesse Edwards for the background.  Tilda was stamped onto a cut-out using a X-cut die.  The fancy heart is a Martha Stewart punch and the ribbon used is Anita's Everyday Ribbon (spotted  soft pink).

DRAWER CARD

This card was inspired by a beautiful card made by Ursula and the blue Papermania Capsule Collection by Jesse Edwards.

Have used two embossing folders for the top of the drawer, 1 received free with a docrafts magazine and the other for the acetate window by Crafts-Too you.

CRICUT CARDS

Cards made using Cricut Expression 2 and the Lovely Floral cartridge

Starting Out

Just starting out.  Exciting things to come