Military Birthday Card

I’m afraid I’ve been MIA for a while. The reason? I’m doing an online drawing course and it’s taking up a lot of my time, so card making has taken a bit of a back seat.

A friend of Roy’s recently had his 87th birthday so I made him a suitable card. He’s ex military and also collects model soldiers as Roy does. 

I was really pleased that I was able to make use of the stamp I’d bought for Roy’s birthday card as I thought it might only get used once. The badge and sentiment were computer generated.

Challenges:

Seize the birthday

Rudolph Day - June 2023

I recently treated myself to some dies from Gummiapan, and rather than let them languish on my desk I decided to use them for this month's Ruolph Day card.

That has to be some sort of record for me!

I used a mini slimline card, bought after receiving one from Miss Di last Christmas!  The two reindeer were cut fom a small snippet of white card and coloured with Promarkers, The background paper is also a snippet from a few years ago,The reindeer were adhered using foam pads, which were a bit fiddly as the deer are so small.

Challenges:

Rudolph Day

NBUS

Snippets Playground

Happy Little Stampers Christmas Challenge

Kingfisher

I do like kingfishers, they are such pretty birds, so when I came across this paper from Craft Individuals, hiding in my drawer, I decided to make a very quick card.

I found some matching cardstock to mount it on . Then a simple sentiment from Uniko finished it off.

 

Challenges:

Use your stuff

Rudolph Day - May 2023

A very last minute entry from me this month for Rudolph Day! We only got back on Friday from a two week cruise round the Baltic. Since then I seem to have been up to my eyes in all sorts. Fortunately I had a card made sometime ago.

I do like these selfie stamps! It is coloured with Copics and mounted on an embossed card blank and a strip of silver glitter ribbon added.

Challenges:

Rudolph Day

Last of the April Birthday Cards

I made this card for my step-daughter's partner. He is very keen on football so this image from Dr Digi was perfect for him.

I found a scrap of paper that looked like brickwork to have as a backdrop for him, and mounted it onto a scrap of red card. The image was coloured with Copics. I used red and blue because I like them together and I wasn't  sure what team he supported anyway! He seemed to be happy with it- although the cheque taat was inside it might have helped!

Challenges:

Digi Design Challenge 

Crafty Calendar

Rudolph Day - April

As you can see I am still using up old stash! Unfortunately the pile never seems to get any less! In fact I'm sure it grows overnight.

 This month for Rudolph Day I have used up some stickers, another aperture card and some paper from,  I think, an old Making Cards magazine. There's not much else I can say about it.

 

Challenges:

 

Rudolph Day

Wallace and Gromit

Here's the next of my April birthday cards. This time it's for my youngest son. I usually try to do one that relates to his interests - at the moment it is only mountain biking and I've totally run out of ideas. I've been making them for about the last four or five years!

I think it's time he finds a new hobby! Anyway I resorted to using some Wallace and Gromit papers and toppers from my stash, I think they came with a magazine some time ago.

 

Challenges:

Seize the Birthday

Roy's birthday

The beginning of April brings a number of family birthdays, all fairly close together. The first one is Roy's. As many of you will know he is a keen collector of model soldiers, so when I came across this stamp from Picture This last year I had to buy it, and had been waiting to ink it ever since.

I coloured him with a mix of Copics and Promarkers then fussy cut him out. The background is made up of snippets of scrapbooking paper. I thought the stripy one looked a bit regimental! The sentiment strip is computer generated as I added his old Regimental cap badge to either side. I'm pleases to say it was very well received.

Challenges:

NBUS 

Snippets Playgound

Happy Little Stampers Birthday Challenge

Happy Easter

The only Easter cards I make are for the grandchildren, so I can slip some money inside to buy chocolate! 

It’s easier than trying to post Easter eggs.

So we have four very similar cards made using up some of my 6x6 papers.  The sentiment was computer generated and printed to match the mats (or as close s I could get). The top two went to the two boys and the bottom two to Roy’s grand nieces.

Rudolph Day March

I'm still using some of the very old decoupage I have in my stash. I found this small Christmas rose quite difficult to use. Eventually I found some Christmassy paper that worked with it.

I then used one of the aperture cards I have also had in my stash for ages, Some red ribbon and a sentiment completed the card.

Challenges:

Rudolph Day