Deco Follies Ruby Anniversay Card

Today I would like to show you the card that I have made for My Sister-in-laws Ruby Wedding Anniversary. I used My Craft Studio and Deco Follies, there are some wonderful images on it.

I printed onto a semi gloss photo card and matt and layered it onto some silver mirri board and black card stock. I embellished it with a punched heart using a Martha Stewart punch and some flowers from my stash. The centres of the flowers were done using a flattened end cap which I bought from a bead shop, and then topped with flat back pearls. Sue

All That Jazz Ruby Wedding Anniversary Card

I thought it was about time that I posted on this blog. I have no excuses, except that I'm reasonably new to blogland.

I thought that I would share this card that I have made for my Mother-in-law to give to my sister-in-law and her husband who are about to celebrate their Ruby wedding anniversary. I couldn't make up my mind what I wanted to do, so I made it double sided in the end. I used the Glitter Girls open hearts board. After cutting it out I then edged the card with glitter. This side I made with flowers that were bought from Wild Orchid Crafts.


This side I used the Glitter Girls new Cd All that Jazz. Finally I made a box using the Cameo Card Craft template which has a heart shaped window in it. I am really pleased with the end results, hopefully they will like it as well.

Hope you all have a great bank holiday weekend.

Sue

Christmas In July

Well I finally gave in and made my first Christmas cards today. They were made using the new Cute Christmas collection from Flower Soft. And that's just what the images are. So far I have not added Glitter or Flower soft, but I'm sure that I will.

These cards are decoupaged, then mat and layered onto a plain white card. The sentiments (also on the CD) were then cut out and mounted onto silver mirri card cut with a Spellbinders nestie. I'm sure I will be making many more of these.

MCS Tattered Lace

Last night saw the launch of the new My Craft Studio Blockbuster, and I am very lucky to be on the sample makers team. I was sent a small portion of the vast amount of art work that is on the CDs and below are the samples that I made. Unfortunately the 5th card down has come out very blue in the photo, when in fact it was a beautiful teal colour. Here's run down of what I used.

The 1st, the topper I printed onto acetate and then used silver leaf on the reverse after running it through the Zyron. I finished it with some silver ribbon and a couple of flowers from my stash, which I sprayed with Crafters Companion Silver Sparkle.

2nd, I used my Martha Stewart punch and Nellie Snellen flower punch adding a flat back pearl to the centre of each flower.

3rd, I made the topper by sizing it to fit one a Spellbinders circle die and the matching it to a scalloped edge spellbinders die. The butterfly was made using a Marianne Creatable die, this I sprayed with Glimmer Mist before mounting onto the card and adding a few flat backed pearls.

4th, This was made with a piece of Centura Pearl card folded to make an A5 card. I then took one of the overlay images on the CD and made this a size to fit my card and printed it onto acetate. I wrapped this around the card and made a narrower wrap using a Martha Stewart edge punch, this I added some ribbon to, and then cut out Friend using my Cricut.

5th, This was made using one of the backing sheets, which I used the emboss feature and then cut a square using the digital punch feature to make a topper with just a small section. Then I coloured the backing sheet to match. I made a backing sheet using the new colour picker and cut a border and a square to mount my topper on again using a Martha Stewart punch. I finished by using flat back pearls in the scallop on the borders and a bit of ribbon.

6th, I colour matched the mat and layering sheet using the colour picker and then decoupaged the flower around the edge of the frame. Added a ribbon top and bottom and a few flat back pearls.

Handbag Card

I can't believe that it's been over a month since I last posted. I've been back from my holiday for over 2 weeks now. There has not been much time for crafting what with catching up on washing and ironing, sorting mum-in-laws carer problems, and visiting my sister in hospital. My sister seems to be making some progress and has put on about a stone now, best of all she is beginning to look better. She still has some very low days, but is keeping very positive.

Here is one of the cards that I did manage to make last week. This was for my daughter's partner's sister. I made it using the multi-bagz board from the Glitter Girls. I used card from Crafters Companion and some flowers that I have in my stash.

Mum

I've finished the cards that I needed to make before going away on holiday. This one is for Mum.
I have used My Craft Studio again, and the Pretty In Porcelain disc. Although this disc was all about plates it also had some really beautiful backing papers and toppers on. The larger topper has been decoupaged and I used the Cricut Storybook cartridge for the letters. This week has been very hectic for me, as my Sister, who has a serious eating disorder is in Hospital being tube feed. After a week in there she has put on 6lbs and is now going to a specialist unit for eating disorders. The good thing is that she has admitted that she does have a problem and wants to get over it. I will be sending her positive vibes from France, and hope that she has put on some more weight when I get home.

Sue

Wonderful Wife

I am posting another card for my mother-in-law today, this time it's the one for my father-in-law to give. I made this one using My Craft Studio and the Fairies, Flowers and Butterflies. I also used the new MCS pro and made plain coloured backing sheets for matting and layering by using the eyedropper and picking colours from within the backing paper (I love this feature). I also used the Cricut for the swirls and a Martha Stewart punch for the Butterflies. I then added some flowers to finish. Sue.

A card for Nan

This weekend see us off on holiday to France, we are taking my in laws. As mother-in-law is in a wheelchair and father-in-law is blind they need a bit of help to do these sort of things. While we are away it's mother-in-laws birthday and as usual I have left it to the last minute to make cards. This is the first which is from my son to his grandmother. I made this using a decoupage sheet which came in a set that I bought from Create and Craft last year, it's by Nancy Watt. I made the plain backing sheet in My Craft Studio, then used a Martha Stewart border punch down the edge, with a bit of black and red mirri card to matt and layer. Sue.

Moments In Time

I thought that I would show you this card that I have made using the Flower Soft moments in time stamps. I really enjoyed making this, I used pro markers to colour it in what I hope are colours that do not match any team in particular. I'm sure someone will put me right. Then I used the backing papers that came with the stamps. Although they are on a CD as well, which also I have been enjoying the beautiful weather today in between crafting. Long may it last!!



Sue

Ruby Wedding Card

Well I'm glad to see that the sunshine is back again, hopefully to stay a bit longer this time!
I had a phone call this morning asking if I could make a Ruby Wedding Card. The problem was they wanted it by the end of today. So I then had to find an image that I could use, I liked this one. I hope that they do too.
I used Cupcake Crafting's Potpourri, this picture was called Rose Bowl. I printed 2 of the backing sheets, and also used some red mirri card to matt and layer. The image has been decoupaged and I finished it with an insert and some peeloff corners.

Sue