Showing posts with label Something to Celebrate. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Something to Celebrate. Show all posts

Thursday, 8 September 2011

Happy Anniversary

It was my wedding anniversary yesterday but generally we don't take these things too seriously, so I didn't bother making a card until the morning, when I had 15 mins before going to work! I did think of just buying one but just couldn't bring myself to do it.

I has seen several examples of this card on various blogs and decided it was just the thing. Here it is:



I used the Designer Paper Stacks in various shades of  red and pink and punched them out using the Modern Label punch. I folded them in half and stamped the letters using the Just Perfect Alphabet. I then used the Timeless Type Junior Alphabet dies and the Big Shot to cut the letters 'I' and 'U'. The sentiment is from the Something to Celebrate hostess set - remember you only have till the end of September to have a party to earn this set. After that, it will not be seen again, so if you want it, contact me ASAP to book your party. The base for the card is in Crumb Cake.



Now if you think I'm bad, you should talk to my husband. As I said we don't take this too seriously so when he phoned from the supermarket saying "do you know how much cards are?!!" I told him I would much rather have £5 towards a stamp, than a card I will throw away.  (He'd already bought me some crafting supplies).

When I got home from work, there were lots of flowers and a handmade envelope. Inside was a card he had 'adapted'. He had found the birthday card he'd given me in July and altered it to be an anniversary card. He'd found a border punch and punched some white card which he used to cover the 'Happy Birthday' and then used the same stamp as I had used for the sentiment. (It was still on my desk). He drew a heart and glittered it and stuck a sheet of paper over the inside and stamped the sentiment again. This is the result:




Not bad for a novice eh? I think it's much better than any bought card and I get a new stamp:) Anyway, enough of my ramblings. Remember to contact me if you want anything from the retired list or mini catalogue. Not long now till you get to see the new one.... x

Tuesday, 12 July 2011

More Owls

Good morning, I'm trying to be good and blog more regularly so here are the close ups of the owl bookmarks, that I promised you yesterday:


I took these quite late in the evening which is why the light is a bit funny. I put a plain owl on the back, so the paperclip is 'trapped' between the 2 layers:


Here's a photo of the green one:


Anyway, I'm sure you get the idea. These are great fun to make and use hardly any materials, so why not have a go.

I wasn't totally ready to put away my owl punch yet, so made this anniversary card:


I used Night of Navy card and cut a circle from Whisper White. I used my daubers to ink the circle with Daffodil Delight and More Mustard ink, to give it a yellow glow. The Owls are cut out of Basic Black card using the Owl Punch and the leaves are from the Bird Punch, again using black. The little hearts are on the Owl Punch.

A closer look:


The 'Happy Anniversary' sentiment is from one of the free hostess sets called 'Something to Celebrate'. I love this stamp set as it covers all sorts of occasions. Remember you could earn free hostess sets too by holding a workshop at your house or by joining the hostess 10 club.

Well, I'd better be off to work now. Have a good day. x