Here are 2 birthday cards I made recently. The first was for Lucie. I wanted to try this technique and think the card turned out ok.
The second card was for Susan ( Paul's sister) she's a keen gardener so I made an easel card with a greenhouse on it. The paper was from Katie Sue designs.
Here is the card specially created for Helen's birthday. I tried to add all of the things that she likes!
This year I wanted to create a card for Sam with all of the things she likes the most. This was what I ended up with and I felt it was just right!
My card offering was this one created using gpt and with help from Emily.
Here is another 3d card that sits flat in an envelope.
This time I die cut the images and coloured them in. I was really pleased with the finished effect and managed to use all 3 bears!
Sometimes it's nice to make a flat card that displays as a 3d one and balcony cards are just the thing!
This one is based on a card I found on the net. I used a stamp set with little gnomes which were ideal for this size of card. I added some trees at the back to enhance the 3d look.
This is the month to begin selling Xmas cards (hopefully) and I've been working really hard on my collection this year! Here are some of them...
Due to ill health last month's second class had to be postponed. It DID mean that the next class was already ready to go on 24th September.
We made 3 cards using a Marianne decoupage paper. We made a square recess card, a long thin card from 2 strips joined at the top and a final more traditional card using only the decorated strip.
Although she added this to my last post I want to make this post so that the robin card stands out.
He was such a joy to make and didn't take as long as some of the stitched cards I've made in the past. He's just a bit different.
Here are my Christmas cards for this year so far ..
I've been working like crazy all through August and I'm not finished yet!
This is the card I've made for Alice this year using chat gpt. Helen took the photo and it's too good to waste!
Happy Birthday Alice!
Christmas is never far away nowadays so we've got to make a start on the cards. This pieced design is taken from something similar in fabric.
I put a W shape in card, between the back and front at the bottom, to help it to stand properly ( sign on the back)
I loved the design so much that I altered it slightly to create a scarecrow.
I think with a little more alteration I could create a female version too just for fun!
This week I wanted to look at making bubbles! It's such an easy thing and I'm surprised more people don't use it in their card making.
Autumn is my favourite time of year! It's just such a pretty season. Its always a pleasure making cards in golden colours. These are a couple I've just finished. The decoupage design is one of Joanna Sheens which are quite hard to get hold of nowadays.
True, these will both need a box making for them but it'll be worth it!
I wasn't sure what design I would use for this stamp because it's so long! There was a spotty background that I didn't like so I cut the image out.
I added the bees from another stamp set after the card was made. It was so simple and I'll definitely use this card style again at Christmas!
Using this programm on the internet ( and with Emily's help) I've been able to create really personalised cards
The top 2 are for special birthdays, then there was one for a friend and several orders. Cool eh?
This year I entered 3 projects into the horticultural show at Mundy Street and 2 of them came first.
Sam made a tea bread and hot a first for that! Didn't we do well!
This week we made a framed centre panel card. It's possible to use any subject and this makes a nice light card!
I picked out some of the detail in the background paper by colouring it in the same colour as the butterfly.
As fathers day approaches it's good to find something original got and this seemed to fit the bill!
Time for a bit more stitching. I thought this daisy design was really lovely but I forgot to take a picture of the card.
This is the best I can do!
