Bob's Birthday

Today, I have to make a Birthday card for my friends husband who used to own a Morris Miner garage, and every year I make his card using the pick up in the Loads Of Love set.

With this in mind I looked around the challenge blogs for inspiration and came up with these.


Clean and Simple have this sketch ,

and CAS-ual Fridays  are looking for a song inspired project.

and ( I'm sorry, but it fits AGAIN ) the Addicted to Stamps challenge to Make Your Mark and use markers.



Here is my card

The song I chose is one of my favourites by Snow Patrol called "Chasing Cars" and has the lyrics.......

"Let's waste time, chasing cars, around our heads...."  and these aptly fit my pick up car.

The vehicle, presents, and bird cage were all stamped in black onto white card, and then I used my SU Write Markers to colour them blending the ink with an Aqua Painter. They were cut out and placed on 3D pads to give them some dimension. The brown road was done in the same way, and the sentiment was stamped in black.

I placed the bird cage on top of the presents, as Bob is a Twitcher and loves his garden birds! so this card is tailored personally for him, I hope he likes it.

Thanks for dropping by and I hope to be back soon

Green Monday

Well I've been busy again over the last few days, but I managed to find some time to make my card for the Mojo Monday challenge who have this sketch this week.


I started with a cream card from my stash and layered it with some SU Gable Green card that had been put through the BS in a Cottage Floral embossing folder. I then cut a rectangle in Garden Green and put that in the BS with a Budding Vine embossing folder. I cut 3 lengths of green ribbon from my stash and staggered them hanging from the bottom of the rectangle.

While the BS was on the table, I cut a Yo Yo Yellow SB scallop circle and 2 shapeabilities which were stuck on the Garden Green rectangle. I then stamped the flowers from Itty Bitty Buds onto a circle of Whisper White in YYYellow, Crushed Curry, and GGreen and placed it in the center of the scalloped circle. Two of the flowers were stamped on WWhite, cut out and then stuck down to give them a slightly raised and over lapping  look.

The finishing touch was the sentiment from Happy Moments stamped in GGreen onto WWhite card layered on some Garden Green.

I was pleased with the green and yellow combo, what do you think?

Recipe : Card : SU Garden Green, Gable Green, Yo Yo Yellow, Whisper White, and cream card from my stash
Inks : Yo Yo Yellow, Crushed Curry, Gable Green
Stamps : Itty Bitty Buds and Happy Moments
Tools : Big Shot, Spellbinders nestabilities and shapeabilities, and Craft Concepts embossing folders
Extras : green ribbon from my stash

I'm off to spend the day with Nathan and my sister tomorrow, but I hope to be back crafting in a day or two.

Thanks very much for dropping by, I hope you liked what I'd made.

40th Birthday cards

Well what a hectic week I've had. My sister, Ali, was 40 on Saturday and I'd been helping Mum get things sorted for a BBQ and get together.Why is it that there never seems to be enough spare time for when you want to put your feet up and craft. I had managed to do these cards for her though ( the tri shutter card bares some of Ali's most favourite things and colours so it may seem muddled to you). I hope she likes them.

I used some SU Yo Yo Yellow as the card base,layered with Green Galore,and Whisper White.I then stamped onto the front,back,and center panels, the flourish from the Bliss set with the edges masked off,and a little corner stamp(which I think is Woodware ) in Chocolate Chip.The little pony is a Clarity stamp,and the running dogs are on the SU Tailgating roller (that I've undone from the roller itself) and coloured with Watercolour pencils. The gooey chocolate cake and pile of presents are from SU Happy Moments and coloured with Pro markers.The sentiment and numbers are Woodware. I had added a yellow butterfly to the front after the photo was taken.

This card is for Mum to give her,and there is no mention of her age as she requested.

I started with a cream card from my stash and rounded the corners. I then ran some Whisper White through the BS with a large label die and layered that on some Lavender Lace.Some Green Galore was used in the BS with a Marianne vine die to climb up the side and along the bottom of the label.The flowers were made with LLace (petals sponged with Orchid Opulence) and Pretty In Pink(sponged with Regal Rose) cut in BS with Crealies die. All finished with the H from Strength and Hope,and sentiment from Woodware stamped in Melon Mambo,and gems in the flower centers.

Hopefully I can get some crafting done this week as I've missed entering all the challenges, please keep your fingers crossed for me,and hope to be back soon.