Birthday Minion

Isn't this card cute (even if I say so myself!). A personalise Minion birthday card for a special 5 year old in this case, but it would work for a 50 year old if they are a fan of the film.

I've used a lot of punches for this card which made it easy and finished off with a little sponge daubing :).

Perfect day!

Well I'm hoping for one anyway!  Perhaps this lovely card idea from Amy will help :).

Using the Vintage Verses stamp set which is available during Sale-A-Bration, Amy has used one of the sentiments as the main feature on this card and carefully framed it with the discarded scraps from cutting out one of the Labels Collection framelits dies; which she has carefully sponge daubered around the edges.

This would make a lovely Valentines card wouldn't it?

The technique could be used for scrapbooking too, so I'm off to find something in my Smash book to try this out on... ;)!

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Happy Christmas Sis

This is the second year in a row that my sister will be celebrating Christmas with my parents and the second year that I will not be there... in fact I can't remember the last time I did celebrate Christmas with her - when we were kids I think?!  

So, I'm missing out on her Christmas roast, but also the cold weather as I am off on my travels until January. In the meantime, here is the card I made for her.  Happy Christmas Lee x

This is another twist on one of the cards I made last Christmas, but with a variation or two.  The Scallop Circle die works so well as an easle style card base, I must remember to use this idea more often, especially as the bird punch can be used to create other birds for year round cards :).

Blended robin

The lack of posts the last couple of days were due to me being extremely unwell, which doesn't happen very often so I was unable to do anything :(.

 

I'm back up and functioning again but still a little fragile.

 

Being so ill meant I haven't had a chance to do any crafting, or much else really, but fortunately still have a few cards to share with you so the scheduled posts will be back with more over the next few days.

 

Last week, I had my second Christmas card club session, and the last one is this Thursday, in case you fancied coming along - see full details here.

 

Here is another of the cards we made this week using the lovely Beautiful Season stamp set.  A simple card made with a Garden Green base and strips of Real Red, the image panel is Very Vanilla and as well as colouring this with a blender pen using Stampin' Write markers the edges have been sponge daubered with Early Espresso ink to create a 'vintage' feel.

 



I always find colouring very therapeutic, but perhaps having to colour 4 of these cards in one evening was a little bit challenging!  However, the ladies got them all done though, along with the other designs :).

 

If you would like to have a private class in your own home to make some special Christmas cards, I would be very happy to come along and run one for you.  I have some availability through November so please contact me via email at jadedcrafter@gmail.com for more details.

More bikes

Today I have to give the Motorcycle individual stamp set one last push... because I've just had to make 2 more commissions using this stamp, I can honestly say it will be one that is missed!

I've used the sponge dauber effect on both cards to give them a vintage feel, which I often neglect, as it's so simply and yet very effective.

The first card uses Very Vanilla, Marina Mist and Chocolate Chip card stock and the lovely En Francaise background stamp.  There is also a sneek peak of one of the new sentiments from the new catalogue :). 

 

The other card is very similar to a few I have made in the past, using foil as the background, against some 'striped' DSP.  The colours are Very Vanilla, Chocolate Chip and Old Olive.

 



 

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