Birthday card for a 3 year old...

Tomorrow is my nieces 3rd birthday so yesterday I made her card. I decided to use the Penny Black fairy to make it girly. Of course, it had to be pink and glittery too and I had fun putting on the glitter. I then decided to use a Martha Stewart punch (I am so impressed with how well they work on card!) called Valentine Lace and I put Cassies name on the card too, rather than a sentiment. The alphabet was a Quickutz 4x8" die called Storybook and I like it, although I have found the "C" looks a bit like a "G" so it looks like the card says "Gassie"!!!

I coloured the image with some Lyra Rembrandt Polycolour Pencils. I saw them being demonstrated at Stamperama in Stevenage so I bought a few loose ones to try. They are lovely to work with as they are alot finer than Coloursoft pencils so my husband bought the set for my birthday.

I have just realised that I forgot to put any extras on the card (like adhesive stones). I think I was in such a hurry to finish last night as it was really hot in my small room. I will go and add those finishing touches now!!

New Home Card

I was a bit disappointed with this card. I had to make a new home card and I chose my new Woodware set. I coloured it in with Coloursoft pencils but was in a rush to finish the card before I went out so I didn't get the time to play around with ideas. It ended up being very plain so I'm not very happy with it but thought I'd post it anyway.

My Mums Birthday

August is the month of most of the family birthdays including mine! This card I made for my Mums birthday that was last week.

I chose my new Elzybells Picking Strawberrys stamp as it's elegant and pretty and I teamed it up with a Magnolia strawberry paper. I also had to use one of my new Martha Stewart punches and chose one called "Doily Lace" which I used down the side. Because it didn't show much on the white card, I used a piece of red(ish) cardstock behind it.

The inside:

I really enjoyed using the little Elzybells Strawberry too, it's so versatile and great for backgrounds too!

My Grandads Birthday

I discovered recently that my Grandad thinks my cute cards are for children so when it came to making a card for him, I stayed well away from Penny Black! I went shopping for a new stamp (what torture!) and looked at the male ones (old cars and trains) but he's not old fashioned so I kept searching. My husband then found a large cake covered in candles so we thought that's probably best for him. As the paper was still out from my Beerafella cards I decided this would work with the blues and greens of the candles (and it would help me avoid adding yet another half sheet of paper to my box of used sheets!). I coloured the cake with Derwent Coloursoft pencils and blended them with Sansodor and paper stumps. I used Glossy Accents on the flames and icing and then took a shortcut with a Craftwork Cards birthday circle! I also used a new border punch that I got for my birthday down the side of the card. I have got lots of Martha Stewart punches lately, but this was an EK Success one, it's a slim punch that locks closed which is very handy for storing lots!!

Beerafella v.2!

Monday was my brothers birthday. I decided it would be nice and easy for me to use the Beerafella man again as I could loosely copy my last card (and the paper was still out!!). I did make it a tiny bit different as you can see, but it's mostly the same. I was quite pleased with the result actually for a plain card. I love ribbon, gems and glitter so I find it challenging to make male cards without these things!

Again, I coloured the image with Derwent Coloursoft pencils and blended them with paper stumps. I kept to the colours that would go with the paper again. Lastly, I used Glossy Accents on the beer bottles for the finishing touch!

Beerafella 1

Last Friday was my Brother-in-Laws birthday so I decided to use the Stamping Bella "Beerafella" stamp. I also wanted to keep the card quite simple so I tried not to add anything cute, although I did end up using four adhesive dots, but I kept them small! I also used a Craftwork Cards "Birthday Circle". I couldn't believe how much time it seemed to save by using it... needless to say I have bought several packs (different colours)! I coloured in the image with Coloursoft pencils and blended them with a paper stump and Sansodor.