True Moment

Afternoon Crafty Friends, 

Well if you have been following me on Facebook you will have heard that this week was the start of a new chapter in my life.. I started my three year Finance Degree at University so trying to get into the swing and keep the blog up to date is proving a challenge.  So I think a lot of scheduling will be done .. haha - This also means that I will be pulling back on some of my card making as I want to leave myself time to do some Scrapbooking as well as enjoying the new uni life.. I will be using my old supplies just in a new way, so keep an eye out on things to come.

Anyway onto a card that I have created. I am still trying to get my blog fully up to date, some of these cards have been created and sat photographed just waiting for me to pull my finger out and get them uploaded. 

So this card see me creating an anniversary card. I used purple and white with a hint of silver as I think this combination works really well together. The stamp is from Bee Crafty I purchased this on my visit to them at the beginning of the year. I heat embossed this using a Silver detail embossing powder. I adore this sentiment! I have used it in my smash book as well, I will get a pic of that uploaded at some point.

This section is using one of Bee Crafty Inkables that I embossed and then used liquid pearls to the center of each "section"

I hope you like it and I am going to enter this into the following challenges. 

Brown Sugar Challenge Blog - #113 - Anything Goes - 03/10

Sister Act Card Challenge - #76 Anything Goes - 03/10

Crafty Hugs

Kelly

xxx

Love Is In The Air !

Hi Crafty Friends, 

Today I have for you another card that I have made - I have been storing these up for you all :) 

I thought I would share with you another anniversary card, this time it is one I made for my hubby. 

I decided to use one of my fav wedding photos, I took it into my photo editing software and created it in Sepia so it would match with the colour scheme that I wanted to use.

I find it really difficult doing male cards, never mind male anniversary cards, I want them romantic but not slushy and mushy. 

The card is an 8x8 square card matted with a light brown and white card. The top layer has been embossed using a heart embossing folder. I matted and layered our photo and cut some "hinges" and hearts using my cameo machine. I embossed one of the hearts to give it a bit of texture.

He loved it so that is the main thing! 

Thanks for stopping in and I look forward to reading your comments. 

I am going to enter this into the following challenges. 

Crafty Hugs

Kelly

xxx

Happy Anniversary

Good Morning Crafty People. 

How are we all doing today?

July is my busiest time for wedding anniversary cards and I always get to the point were I am at a bit of a loss as to what to do especially as most of the cards are going to the same people. 

After hours (and I mean hours) of research which involved chewing my husbands ear off, and searching websites, I still hadn't decided on a layout, it was only when I was looking through photographs of my parents scrapbook I made them for their 30th Wedding Anniversary;  That the idea hit me.. What about using a wedding photograph on a card.

 That was it the idea started flowing and before I knew it the card was made. 

I used my wedding card stock in the pink and white for the card, with a colour photograph of my parents wedding. I love the vintage feeling of the card. My parents have been married for 34 years.  Both young sweethearts when they got married, I think my mum was 18 and my dad was 19. 

The card base was cut using a Spellbinder Nestability Labels One Grand Shape. 

I matted and layered this up with pink and white card stock, printed the photo and made this square to fit into the last layer of the white. 

I made home made roses and added these to the bottom, I added wild orchid craft flowers to the edges to compliment this. I finished the card of with a swirls, three butterflies, some liquid pearls and pearls in the center of the flowers. 

The inside of the card was matted and layered with the same layers with a sentiment printed on pearl card, and a butterfly to edge it.. Unfortunately I forgot to get a pic of the inside of the card - oops

I am really pleased with how this turned out! It is the first card that I have made using an actual picture on the card, and I certainly don't think it will be the last.

The challenges I am going to enter this in to are:

4 Crafty Chicks Challenge Blog - #205 Anything Goes - 07/08 Crafty Girls Challenge - #23 Anything Goes - 07/08

Divas By Design - Anything Goes - 06/08

Crafty Creations - #268 Anything Goes - 05/08

MilkCoffee Challenge - 2 or More Die Cuts - 14/08

Time Out Challenges - #11 - Celebrations optional twist butterflies - 16/08

That is it for me for today - thank you all for stopping in, I look forward to reading your comments. 

Crafty Hugs

Kelly

xxx

Hearts For You

Good Afternoon guys, 

Hope you are all keeping dry, so far we have had a bit of rain but nothing like what was forecasted. 

Today I am sharing for you a wedding anniversary card (I have plenty to share with you as July is my busiest month for anniversary cards) 

This card is one that I made for my husband’s cousin and his wife, the celebrated 14 years of marriage the other day. 

I first seen this idea on Pinterest, unfortunately it has been pinned that many times I am having problems getting back to the original idea. 

The card base is a A5 card base and is matted with black and white card, the top layer was a plain white card section that I embossed using one of Sue Wilson A4 embossing folders. 

I cut the hearts and the butterflies out with my Cricut machine. I used my promarker pens (lobster Pink, Yellow, and Grass) to colour in the die cut pieces, I went for vibrant colours so they stood out from the black. I embossed the top layer of each heart and matted a contrast butterfly to each piece. It was finished of with a sentiment of "Happy Anniversary"

Really simple for me, normally I love to have a coloured image in and flowers all over, but I think it actually looks pretty cool, and I am thinking some Christmas cards like this would look lovely. Watch this space - I will be having a play later and see what I can come up with. 

The challenges that I am entering this into are:

Crafty Catz #240 - Hot Summer/ or Hot Colours -  25/07
Sister Act Card Challenge #66 - Anything Goes - 25/07

Crafty Girls Challenge - #22 - Anything Goes - 24/07

7 Kids College Fund - #104 - Anything Goes - 30/07

Just For Fun - #1 - Anything Goes  - 01/08

I hope you like it and I will be back soon to share some more ideas with you. 

Crafty Hugs

Kelly

xxx

Golden Anniversary

Good Evening Everyone, 

Hope you are all having a great day, I can not believe that 12 years ago today the world changed forever, my thoughts have been with all them people and families who lost loved ones on that tragic day! 

So today I have for you a card I made for my parent in laws friends, I recently met them and they are such a delightful couple, they celebrated their 50th Wedding Anniversary last week and thought it would be appropriate to make them a card for their anniversary. 

The card I made is using cream linen card stock from the Paper Mill. Gold pearl card and spellbinders.  I embossed the bottom section of the top mat and covered the join with a gold ribbon, I actually ran out of gold ribbon but did have a Christmas gold ribbon which said "marry Christmas" on but when you turned it over you couldn't read the writing - perfect for an emergency! I printed the sentiment of using my computer and changed the colour to "deep gold" and printed on pearl paper with a hint of gold to the pearl. 

I finished it with a gold bow, and gems. 

 The challenges I am entering this in to are:-

The ABC challenge - U for Unlimited 15/9

Crafty Ribbons - Anything with Ribbon

Creative Inspirations - Anything Goes   18/09

Crafty Sentiments - Anything Goes

Tuesday Throwdown - Anything Goes #164

I hope you like and I look forward to reading all your comments

Crafty Hugs

Kelly

xxx

Anniversary Wishes.

Good Afternoon Everyone, 

How are you all today? A quick belated Happy Fourth of July to all my American Friends. Hope you all had a fab day, we don't celebrate it as a country here but my family always have a celebration as it is my parents wedding anniversary. 

The card I am showing you today was created for my husbands dad to give to his wife for their wedding anniversary.

The card was created using a a4 piece of card folded to create an easel effect the main part of the card was cut using a Marianne Creatables Anja Large Oval Die Cutting and Embossing Stencil, with the champagne glasses, flowers and leaf embellishments cut using the Cricut machine.  To give additional texture I ran an embossing folder over the cream card.

 I am entering the card into the following challenges. 

 4 Crafty Chicks - #149 Dry Embossing - 11/7

C.R.A.F.T. Challenge #214 - Wedding/Here come the bride/Anniversary 11/7

Paper Crafting Journey - Anything But A Square Card  11/7

Crafts and Me Challenge - Anything Goes  - 18/7

Creative Moments - Challenge 20 - Flowers -  10/7

Fab 'N' Funky - #178 - Anything but Square - 10/7

Wishing you all a lovely weekend

Crafty Hugs

Kelly

xxx

Flower Power

Morning Crafty People

Today I have a card for you that I have created using various different techniques. 

I am not 100% on the flower but it is my first attempt of making this type of flower it turned out a bit bigger then I realised and by the time I had noticed it was stuck fast to the card. 

Hay Ho that's what crafting is all about tho isn't it? trying new things things and seeing how to make them better next time.

I treated myself to a couple of new things this week mainly using up some of my Christmas pennies that I had left over. 

I treated myself to a set of the Grand Nestabilities Label 1 - The card with these used on will be up next week.  Then I popped to my local craft shop to to see what he had new in (he is always tempting me with new things) any way in I go not really wanting anything and then I come out with a set of A2 Curved Labels One Borders by spellbinders and Oh my goodness I LOVE them, they make such a beautiful design to the the card.

I love this card colouring the dark green with the pastel purples and blue really make me feel like it is a spring card perfect for a spring anniversary, and the bit of glitter I put in the center of the flowers gives it a fab shimmer to the card.

Anyway enough of me rambling on here is the card. 

Some of you may have seen it on my twitter account as I put a sneaky peak on there earlier in the week. 

The Card

 The Flower

To make the flower I used my circut machine and the cartridge Flower Shoppe. 

The petals I used was Daisy 3 and the base of the flower was Daisy 2 I cut the petals out in three different sizes I cut 8 of each in sizes 1 3/4 inch, 1 1/2 inch and 1 inch. The Daisy 2 was cut at 2 inch. The Leaves used are from the same cartridge and I cut 2x Fun 5 at 1 3/4 inch coloured in forest green. and 2 x fun 5 at 1 1/2 inch colured with leaf green.

Ingredients For The Card. 

A4 Card blank folded in half

Purple backing card for matting and laying cut at 5 3/4 inch x 8 inch

Green backing paper cut at 5 2/4 inch x 7 3/4 inch 

Purple Flower Backing paper cut at 4 inch x 5 1/4 inch 

Purple backing for flower backing 51/2 inch x 4 1/3 inch 

Green Stripe 3/4 inch x 6 1/2 inch 

The white section with the curved edge was cut at 6 3/4 and 3 3/4 inch 

Promarker pens :- Carnary, Amethyst, Orchid, Cool Grey 1, Lilac, Icicle, Leaf Green, Forest Green.

Flexmarker pen:- Soft Aqua

Stickles - Lavender

Lili of the valley stamp - If friends where flowers

Paper Piecing Ruler 

Liquid Pearls - Lavender Lace

Sentiment and Heart - Used from previous stash 

Card Candi :- 3 x light purple, 3x dark purple 1 x white coloured with lilac pen to match flowers

Backing Flower stamped - Cricut Cartridge Martha Stewart Elegant Cake page 55 shift button cut at 5 inch.

The Challenges. 

I am putting this card forward for the following challenges:-

Everybody Art Challenge  # 232 Glitter and Bling 

Creative Card Crew - Challenge #34 Handmade Flowers

I Love Promarkers - Challenge # 164 Pastel colours

Paper Crafting Journey - Use A Sentiment

Shelleys Images - April Showers

Scrap Creations - Flower Power

Well that is it from me 

Have a great weekend and as always any comments are greatly appreciated

Hugs

Kelly 

xxx

Anniversary Card

Hi All

Thought I would share with you an anniversary card I made for my husband. We celebrate our 3rd anniversary on the 11th July, can not believe where the time has gone, it feels likes yesterday that I was walking down the aisle to my best friend.

The card is made on pearlised orange/brown card stock, as I didn't want the back ground plain I used the hougie embossing board and used 1/2 inch line vertical and horizontal to create the square effect. The image is matted onto white and cream card stock, and it is from the topper selection of Boofle from Do Crafts.
The card is then finished with a strip of spotty brown ribbon, knot and brown buttons.

My hubby thought it was fab, and for a male card I thought the colours went well together.

Thanks for looking any comments are greatly appreciated.  :-)

Forever Friends Anniversary Card

Afternoon All, 

I thought I would share with you a card I have made for a friends anniversary. 

The topper of the card is from the Forever Friends Retro Everyday CD, the backing paper is from old stock, the matting is done from Red card stock. The heart is cut from my Cricut machine and to finish the card of I have added a ribbon, bow and three red gems. 

Here is the card

The Topper

The Ingredients 

Cream Base Card

Red Card Stock

Backing Paper

Red Ribbon

Red Bow

Red Gems x3

Glitter Glue

Forever Friends Retro CD Collection. 

Cricut Expression Machine

Martha Stewart Cake Cartridge - Everyday

Well thanks for stopping by, I hope you have enjoyed my card and please feel free to leave any comments, good or bad.

Hugs

Popcorn Anniversary Card

Morning Everyone, 

This is a card I have made for my Husbands Aunt and Uncle who are celebrating their wedding anniversary today.

The image is from the Popcorn Bear Romance Collection by Crafters Companion 

I have stamped the image up using Stazon, and colored in using Lyra Water colours. I have not used these for a while and after colouring in this image I can say that I have missed them, Promarkers are easier to use as they blend quicker but water colours give a nice soft edge to the image. 

So the card is covered with a backing paper that I believe I got free in a magazine so I don't know what it is called or who does it, this has been edged with gold peel offs. On top of this I have put a cut out of a flower frame, chalked this to match the card blank colour, I have then used an Organza Red ribbon and ran this up the card and finshied with a bow using the same ribbon.

The image has been matted onto cream card blank and in the four corners I have used red gems to give the look of brads and to add a bit of glam to the image. 

The card has been finished with a handmade flower I have created using the Cricut Machine and a sentiment of "Happy Anniversary" the topper has been finished nicely with the hearts and the edge of the rose, having a bit of glitter added to them.

The Card

The Image

The Flower

The Ingredients

 A4 Pearl Card Blank

Red Organza ribbon

Stazon on 

Popcorn Romance Stamp

Backing paper

Peel offs

Lyra Water Colours Bear 1  Mix of 5610096/5610082/5610076 Bear 2 Mix of 5610007/008/001/0082

Cushions 5610017 Bed 5610028 Rose 5610017 Leaves/Stems 5610068 Heart/Paw 5610076 

Sakura Glitter Pen number 719 Red

Cricut Expression Machine 

Martha Stewart Elegant Cake Art Cartridge - Flowers and "Happy Anniversary" 

Stretch Your Imagination Cartridge - Leaves 

Funky Foam - Green Heated to create a Spiral 

4 Red Gems 

Thanks for popping in to have a look, and any comments good or bad would be greatly appreciated. 

Hugs

Kelly 

xxx

Tatty Ted Anniversary Card

Morning Everyone, 

Today's card is another anniversary card, this time I have used Tatty Ted to create the main image. 

The card is on a blue base card as close to Tatty Teds nose colour as I could get, and then using various backing papers mounted on to pearled grey card, the main image has been backed on to Silver Mirror card to give it a bit of sparkle. In one corner of the card I have made a rosette and in another corner I have placed three blue gems. The sentiment Happy Anniversary Mam and Dad is cut out using the Cricut machine and is out of the same grey card as the backing to the papers.  Tatty Ted has been stamped using Memento ink called London Fog, the only extra colouring in I have done is to the patch and the paws and I used a grey Promarker for this and coloured his nose in using a various blues again from the Promarker collection.

The Card

The Image

The Ingredients 

Pale blue card

Grey card

Tatty Ted stamp

Momento Ink in London Fog

Blue Promarkers

Grey Promarkers

Cricut Cartridge Elegant Cake Art by Martha Stewart 

Backing papers various in blue shades. 

Blue Gems

Blue Brad.

I hope you like the card and any comments good or bad are always greatly relieved. 

Hugs for now

Kelly 

xx

Fizzy Moon Anniversary Card

Good Morning Everyone, 

Well this card is for my Parent in Laws Anniversary I created this card for my Father in Law to give to his wife. 

I decided to do another Fizzy Moon, image again coloured in using Promarkers.

I used my Cricut machine to cut the mats out that Fizzy is sat on, and using different backing papers in different size I created the base of the card. To finish the card, I created a selection of Yellow flowers, again using my Cricut Machine to help me, added some, glitter to Fizzy's flowers, a bow and ribbon, and a sentiment on a tag. 

The Card

 

The Image

 

The Flowers

The Ingredients 

Cream card base

Various yellow backing papers

pale yellow ribbon

yellow card

green card

pearls 

pro markers Flower Centre Canary Flower Buttercup, Leaves Leaf Green, Meadow Green, Bear Almond, Bear Face and Pads Sandstone, Button Caramel, Buttercup.

Gold border peel offs 

Cricut machine

Cricut cartridge All mixed up

Cricut Cartridge Elegant Cakes by Martha Stewart

Cricut Cartridge Seasonal Cakes by Marta Stewart

Thank you for looking I hope you like, and please leave any comments good or bad.

Hugs for now 

Kelly

xx

Anniversary Card

This is a wedding anniversary card I did for my parents of my brother, I have used the Do Crafts Forever Friends CD Rom Collection, and decoupaged the main image up, I have used a purple base card, and a purple coordinating backing paper off the CD Rom, three little flowers up the side and a happy anniversary sentiment has been stuck onto a cut out from the Cricut machine.

Anniversary Card - MIL

This card is a card that I made for my Father In Law to give to his wife for their wedding anniversary. The base card is white and then I have matted and layered red and white squares with the corners rounded, I have then stamped a popcorn bear stamp, coloured in using Lyra water colours and Pro marker pens. At the bottom of the card the word "Wife" and the hearts have been cut using the cricut, to finish the card off I printed an insert from the popcorn romance CD put a bow at the top of the page and three red gems up the side.

Anniversary Card

This is my mother and father in law wedding anniversary card that i have created. I have used the "easel" style card. For the front of the card I have used the Glitter Girls Bookatrix board and created a two page book out of cream and pink, both pages have been edged with silver peel offs. On the left side of the book is a decoupaged image from the Crafter's Companion Popcorn Bear Floral CD. Down the center of the "book" I have added a bow at the top and then pink and cream flowers to complete the middle bit of the card, on the right hand side of the card I have used the Cricut machine and cut the words mam and dad out, and these have been stuck flat. All the backing papers and the tag stopper have been printed from the popcorn cd as above, including the insert.
The corners of the card have been punched using a fancy corner punch.