80th Birthday Commission Card

There is only one thing harder than making a card for someone you don't know and that's making 2 cards for the same person !!

Hopefully they will be totally different, here's the first one ......

I went back to a kit today this is Kanban's Bella Fiori...

I made the insert with two sheets of A4 paper (off set to each other) to make it look lacy using a Martha Stewart punch and inked it with Tim Holtz Dusty Concord distress ink.

I cut the edge off the front of the A5 card and then stuck a border strip from the kit onto it. 

The next layer is thin white card stock again distressed and the third is foiled card stock with a pretty edge. (Cut on my trimmer).

The topper is stuck with foam pads right against the folded edge with some lilac spider web fabric ruched behind it, and some subtle distressed ink round the edges.

The flowers are cut on my rose Spellbinders dies in different scraps of fabrics and net.

I am in love with my new Ebay bargin butterflies-15 for £2.50

To finish I added some matching gems and ribbon ... simples lol ...
PS...The letters and numbers are Cricut Lyrical Letters Cartridge covered with Lilac Stampendous Glitter embossing powder !!

PPS I'm entering my 80th Birthday card into the following challenges
Divas by Design - Celebrate
Lisa B Designs - Anything Goes

Adoption Commission Card

This is the first adoption card that I've ever been asked to make...such a special arrival!!

Cricut Sampler Cartridge and Nit Wit papers with you guessed it Spellbinder flowers 

Nothing if not consistent I guess !! 

No ink on this one I wanted it clean and tidy, my new trick is blobs of glossy accents making the flowers look fresh and dewy
What a beautiful name for a baby girl with a very special mummy and daddy to be !! x x

Wedding Anniversary Commission

Today I have a commissioned Wedding Anniversary Card to share.

The card was made from 2 sheets of ice white shimmer card and 1 sheet of matching paper for the inserts. Everything has been tinted with Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Antique Linen. 

I have cut the card into tag shapes at 20cm's (Shadow) with Cricut George and Basic Shapes and pleated ribbon around 2 edges. (Inserts cut at 20cm in paper).

I cut the frame from Cricut Essentials at 10cms. The swirls and letters at 3cms (I think) from Cricut Alphabet. The frame top and letters are embossed in white with a little silver sprinkled over, the swirls and "&" are embossed in silver. 

 Paper flowers will always be my first love !!

I spent ages dreaming the afternoon away making them from Spellbinder Bitty Blossoms, Roses and Large flower 3.

A few brads, pins and pearls, lots more ribbon and the jobs a good 'un lol!!

I am entering my card into the Cardztv challenge "Tag your it!!"

Design Diva's "Anything Goes"

Little Scrap Pieces "Anything Goes"

For Lisa x

This is a card commissioned by the lads in our local pub's dart team so plenty of space for all those signatures needed here!! Bless them they have hearts of  gold for all their testosterone fuelled, beer drinking, blarney !! (Joking boys !! xox)

I've used another of the fabulous Papermania Foldies 6"x6" square cards as the are great for "collection" cards. 

I've used a combination of Papermania Lincoln Linen papers and the pretty bits from its collection and printed sheets of thin printer card and glossy paper with coordinating yellow papers from the Capsule Collection DVD.

From the back

From the front

 I like to make these cards in stages as it would be quite easy to get lost in the 10 sides and make a mess lol!!

So I first spent time time using the Cricut Elegant Edges Cartridge to cut the background papers.

I printed some of the Urban Stamps from the DVD and die cut some with Spellbinder label dies and hand cut some of the little shapes. I kept them black to add some definition and distress inked every single edge.

Spellbinder and Marianne D roses as ever .....

This flower is made from a used, inked, tumble dryer sheet

....and some embossing.

I completed all of the card before embellishing with lots of gems, flowers, tiny bows and a little bit of ribbon.

From this .....

...To this.

Thank you all so very very much !! x

Today's card is a Thank you card made specifically to enter some Blog Challenge's and to say 

 THANK YOU

 to all you lovely ladies for following my "baby" blog !!
Many thanks also to Crafteezee aka Tracy for sending me the Copic Air Brush System Candy I won last week. (Yippee!! New toy to play with!!)

xhugsx

Nikki x

The ladies over at Crafty Ribbons have an "easel card" for this weeks challenge so that's where my cards journey began. 

I used double sided blue card for the base at 7x7", having taken my colour inspiration from the beautiful blue  and pink picture featured in  The Shabby Tea Room challenge. I  used the lay out over at The Sweet Stop using white and pink patterned  paper with more of the blue to create all their lovely layers. I used Distress Inks in Faded Jeans and Victorian velvet to soften the edges and

I'm hoping my card also meets the remit for Truly Scrumptious "Pretty in Pink" and Paper Shelter's "Vintage/Shabby"

(I found it really difficult to do the card justice in my photographs as there is just sooo much going on lol)

I am head over heels in love with "Fran-age" and have covered parts of the base and layers and most of the die cuts in the various vintage enamels, I sneaked a little lilac tinsel and the taupe fragments in too .

Hot Shot Craft features 

"Die Cuts" in their current challenge and Marianne's Design Diva's are looking for "Wings and Things" so I've added lots along with some "Swirls and Flourishes" inspired by Fussy and Fancy.

Whimsy Stamps are playing "Bingo" and I opted for "Pearls, Ribbon and White" to complete their challenge.

I cut my teapot on my Cricut (cause I just could'nt leave him out lol!!) and coloured the Lili of the Valley girls enjoying a gossip with my Promarker's. - (First time I've been brave enough to take a close up -urm!!) I  have some fabulous gold mesh,  ribbon, some netting and a fran-taged doily surrounding it along with tiny punched butterflies, dragonflies and leaves.

I have really enjoyed making this card and letting my imagination run riot !! Hope you all like it too!!

Happy Days x x x