Choo Choo

My parents birthdays are with 6 days of each other!!! Mum's card is normally fairly easy - well compared to dad as she likes flowers, pink, girly bits and pink! Whereas dad - who has got lots of hobbies but they're things like golf, computers, football and trains - choo choo ;o)

Once again, the fantastic Sarn came up with a challenge to make a waterfall card which I thought would be perfick for my dad's birthday card :o) The only problem was that it took me about 4 hours to finish it!!!

Card Recipe:

Little train stamp - Stamps Away

Sentiment stamps - Stampin Up

Paper - Pebbles Inc.

Die Cut letters - Sizzix - forgotten what the set is called!

I love this bird!

This is my mum's birthday card for this year. Always struggle with both my parents birthday cards as I always try and do something "different" for their cards. Thankfully, the fab Sarn came up with a challenge to make this shaped card.

Now, I really really love this die cut bird but I haven't got the die :(
Had to borrow Becky's but now I want even more LOL

I made this anniversary card for my sister and BIL. Still can't believe that they've been married for 21 years!!!

This card was the first time that I'd used (and fell in love) with the definitions stamp from Stampin Up. I think the set is called Define Your Life ?!?!? Anyway, for this card, I borrowed this definition from a very good friend as I didn't actually have that set but ---- my fab parents bought me the set for my birthday. Now just need to find some time to play with them all LOL

The paper is from Stampin Up - Bashful Blue designer series. The owl stamp is a Sugar Nellie one that was free with a magazine and the branch is from Hero Arts.

40th birthdays

2009 has been the year for 40th birthdays in my family. First there was my sister and recently my cousin and his wife also went from being 30 something to 40 ;o)

Now I'm pretty close to my cousin and we have the same daft sense of humour, so I always knew that I was going to emphasize his age on his card. Don't think I could have got it much larger LOL

I was much kinder on Hayley's card :o)

Patterened papers on both cards are Pebbles. Plain card is Stampin Up - brocade blue and close to cocoa on Colin's card and Pixie Pink on Hayley's. The mouse stamp is a Penny Black and I think that the golf stamp is from Great Impressions.

Ooops

I can't believe that it's been over 2 months since I last posted on my blog. I know I've been really busy at work and home but eeek it's scary where the time has gone! I have been making cards so I've got no excuses why I haven't posted on!

I'm still busy at work but I'm going to try and post at least one card a week on here!!! Well that's the plan LOL

Right here goes - both these cards were made for my aunt's birthday.

I still can't believe that I'm actually liking orange LOL

Bella's fella

I've had to make 3 male birthday cards this month - panic time!!! Thank gawd I bought the Grillafella stamp (love the name of the Bella stamps!). I bought the stamp as 1 of my cousins lives in Australia so it's perfect for him --- even though he reckons that it's "cold" in Brisbane a the mo!

This card was sent to Oz


and this card was sent to ----- Eastbourne :o)



Papers are Pebbles, the greetings are rub ons and the images have been coloured in with my fab Copics. I was going to say that I hadn't, for the first time in ages, used anything Stampin Up but then I realised that the ribbons are brocade blue and chocolate chip :o)

Get Well owl

I made this card a couple of weeks ago for a close friend who was going into hospital for an operation. Despite being in considerable pain, she text me when she'd received it to say thank you and where did I get the image from --- yep she's a crafter as well:) The poor love is still in there but hopefully she'll be out soon and can get back on her feet.