Happy Birthday

 Hello everyone and welcome to my blog.  

Just a quickie post to share some cards I created last year.  

The mojo went west a while ago and has not yet returned so I'm posting cards I made previously that haven't yet been shared.

Most of the papers used for these is by Kaisercraft.  They are from some older  collections.  I'm trying very hard not to buy new papers as I have a ton in my stash.  Must confess, I caved in and bought a few digital ones though.   Nothing new on these though .. all of the bits and pieces are from my stash.

Tore up a few tickets and labels and such, and layered them to create a small collage.

The Happy Birthday is a word chippy by Scrapmatts

 

 Used a few die cuts and a handmade flair, which was left over from a previous project, as well as a piece of torn washi tape and bits of ephemera in this collage.

The greeting on this card was generated on my computer and mounted on a piece of cardboard.

 

 

Hopefully, the mojo will return to base soon but, in the meantime, I will post things made previously but not yet shared. 

Thank you so much for stopping by and for any comment you may care to leave.  I truly appreciate you taking the time to visit.

Take care, stay safe and God Bless.

Notebook Covers

Hello everyone and welcome.  

I hope you all had a great start to the new year.

It's been so long since I posted anything here.  I started writing this last year and thought it was about time that I got it finished!  LOL!!   

So, here I am to share a couple of notebook covers I created as Christmas presents.  These were a last minute idea and I used them as stocking fillers.

 The papers I used are all digitals by Vectoria Designs on Etsy.  The dragon papers are from the Dragon Journal Kit and the floral papers are from the Vintage Flowers Journal Kit.  I was going to post these books separately but, as they are very much the same, I decided to show them together instead so you will find the Dragon book on the left side and the Florals book on the right.  Simply click on the picture to get a larger view.  Having said that, I won't be doing my posts this way again.  With the new Blogger set-up, it was a total pain to edit.  Had to keep jumping back and forth from draft to preview just to get it looking right.  It was a nightmare.  If anyone knows of an easy way to do it like this, please share.  I did not enjoy the experience.

 The design is also by Vectoria Designs.  There is a tutorial on their YouTube channel HERE. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 I did change the design up a bit by covering the spine with fabric.   The papers on the cover of both books are edged with rose gold foil.

 

 

 

 

 

   

I loved that this design has a pen holder on the inside front cover.

As well as the pen holder, there is also an envelope inside the cover.  Mine is a deconstructed envelope ..

 

 .. which is held closed with magnets and will come in handy for holding small tickets and/or notes, etc.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I've hidden the magnets under the seals.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

There are two removable signatures in this book.  The first is a plain notebook containing lined pages.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  These papers are also digitals, this time from ArtyMaze.  They are from the Floral Collage Kit. 

The second signature is a small junk journal. 

 

It can still be used as a notebook but, with the different sized and coloured papers, it is visually more stimulating.

I won't show all of the pages in these junk journals, this post is long enough already.  I'll just show the odd one or two .. or three.  LOL!!

This page has an envelope attached to it with a paperclip.

Here is a journaling card also attached with a paperclip.

 

The journaling card on the right is attached with washi tape and can be lifted for some secret writing underneath.  You can see the flap of the envelope on the left.

There is a little bit of stencilling done throughout both books for some more visual interest.

As stated before, there are different coloured and different sized papers in this part of the journal.

I have used a mix of plain papers, tea stained papers, designer papers and scraps I had in my stash. 

I simply mixed them up until I was happy with the look of them.

There is a diagonal pocket on the inside back cove wich will come in handy to store loose papers, etc.

This pocket was also edged with rosegold foil.

The back covers were also edged with rose gold foil.

I hope you enjoyed seeing my little books.  I'm certainly pleased I finally finished this post.  Hopefully, my next one won't take so long to do. 

 

 

 

Thank you so much for your visit and any little comment you may care to leave. I must apologise for not visiting much lately and I do hope to be a bettter blog visitor from now on.  In the meantime, please take care and stay safe.  

God Bless.

Christmas Cards - 2020

 Hello everyone.

Well, I finally made it back for another post.  My plans for making regular ones certainly went out the window.   Never mind, I will just keep plugging on!  LOL!!

I have been busy making Christmas cards.  Wasn't actually going to do any this year but, it just didn't feel right.   I didn't make as many as I usually do but I did make quite a few.  Won't show them all as they are very similar but I'll just give you a bit of an idea of what I made.

The background papers are by Kaisercraft but the primary papers are from a digital kit by Antique Paperie on Etsy.  It's called Winter in Victoria.  There are some gorgeous images on these papers,  I really love them and will certainly be using them again.

The background papers were left plain but I edged the others with rose gold foil.  It doesn't show very well on the photos but looks really pretty IRL. 

On some of the cards, I added a touch of lace ..

.. and most have die cut greenery and a couple of berries.  The sentiment is a chippie by Scrapmatts.

I only used two designs for my cards.  The above cards show the first design ..

.. and this is the second design I used.

On these cards, I again edged the papers with foil but mounted them onto cardstock instead of  paper.  The other differences are, that I added flowers and the sentiment is a freebie found on pinterest.

Thank you so much for stopping by and taking a peek and thank you also for the lovely comments left on my previous posts.  I do love to read your sweet words.  

 

Just in case I don't get back before the big day I hope you all have a wonderful Christmas and that next year turns out to be a whole lot better than this one has been. 

 

Take care my lovelies, stay safe and may God Bless you all.

 

 

A Wildflower Anniversary

 Hello everyone.  A very warm welcome to you.

Back again with another quick post to share some more of the cards that have been sitting patiently waiting to be shown.  I had planned to do at least one of these each week but, once again, am lagging a bit behind.  Will just have to keep trying!

As the title pointed out, I'm sharing an Anniversary card this time.  Still have a lot of those manly cards waiting but, for a bit of relief from those, I'm sharing this card instead.

A few close-ups first.

Papers by Kaisercraft .. again.  Their 6.5 x 6.5 pads are the perfect size for card making.  I love them ..  and they are really pretty as well.

This was made for my oldest son and his dear wife.  They celebrated their 27th Anniversary a little while ago.   Cut the first wildflower from the dp itself and then cut another from a contrasting piece of cardstock.  Layered the contrasting flower into the gap in the papers and then placed the original on top.

I added the white branches for another bit of contrast.  The greeting was computer generated and layered onto pale blue cardstock.

The flower centers were gold foiled.  Didn't turn out quite as nice as I would have liked but, I guess it could have been worse.  I also added some gold foiling on the card itself although it doesn't show up too well on the photo.

Again, a very simple card but, I'm happy to say, they loved it.

Thank you so much for stopping by.  It's really nice to know you've come to take a peek and thank you too for the sweet comments ..  I so enjoy reading your lovely words.

 

Take care, stay safe and God Bless.

Manly Birthdays

 Hi everyone.  Thank you for stopping by.  

Another quick post to share more of my 'manly' cards with you.  I still have quite a few that I haven't shown so, here are a couple more.

The papers are by Kaisercraft.

First I added some strips of washi tape and then laid down some texture paste using a spatula and a stencil.

Gathered some pieces of ephemera and cut some dies to make a little collage as a focal point.  I found the quote circles in an older paper pad by Kaisercraft, and was lucky enough to also find the little wood camera that fitted in so well with the words.

Card no. 2 was made exactly the same as No. 1.

Different dies and different ephemera but same overall design.

Added a touch of colour to this collage .. just because.

The greetings are chippies made by Scrapmatts.

Here's both cards, side by side.  As you can see, not much difference between them.

I do like the way they turned out though.   I gave these to a friend of mine.  She makes cakes for me and I make cards for her.  Somehow, I think I have the better end of the deal.  LOL!!

Thank you so much for coming to take a peek and thanks to those who leave me a little comment.  I really enjoy reading your lovely words and to know that you stopped by. 

 

Take care, stay safe and God Bless.