Congratulations to my best friend

My best friend gave birth yesterday to healthy twins, a boy called Matthew and a girl called Emily. Mum and babies are all doing well and I made these booties with display boxes for them.

I am super proud of Hannah and Garry and they will be amazing parents.

A few April Cards

A few cards made this month already!

5 x 5 card made for Easter for my neighbour.

5.5 x 5.5 card made for a colleague. Image from The Next Big Thing cd from La Pashe and hand coloured with promarkers.

Jemima Puddleduck decoupage card made using a Beatrix Potter CD from Crafters Companion.

Hot Diggity Dog card made using the HDD cd from Do Crafts.

Wizard card (he reminds me on Rincewind from the Discworld series of books by Terry Pratchett). Made using image from The Next Big Thing cd from La Pashe and hand coloured with Promarkers.

Commissioned Shoe Card

A friend ordered a shoe card for her adult daugther birthday and I found digi stamp (but can't remember where) and printed it onto patterened paper. The backing paper is from Hot off the Press

I used X Cut nesting dies for the matting and few little blue pearls.

I made the ribbon and the pearl accent was from Hobbycraft (bridal section)

The sentiment is from a freebie Hot off the Press set.

She absolutely loved it!

Small Selection

A small selection of cards recently made. These have been made for my card box at work and I have been playing with the Jewel Britannia kit I recently got.

 Made using freebies in a magazine

 Jewel Britannia card #1

 Little Diva card. Image from Kenny K

 Jewel Britannia card #2

OH birthday card from my mum

My mum asked me to make OH a birthday card from her and he is very into the Britannia thing.

The backing paper is from Portobello Road collection, as is the Union Jack.

The car (sorry about it being the wrong way round!) is from one of the MCS discs and it is layered on a background from the same disc. I hand wrote OH's initials and age on the licence plate.

Added a sentiment using the same backing I used on the card, but only used part of it.

A few buttons made with Portobello Road papers, circle punch and glossy accent.

Tulip Birthday Card

Recently got the Tulip and Friends CD and made this card for OH grandaughters birthday.

The backing papers are also from the CD and I added a little glitter to the image.

The sentiment is also from the CD and I made the buttons using a punch and glossy accents.

A pink gingham bow finished it off.

Step daughters 18th card

My step daughter is turning 18 this week (she was a cheeky little 7 year old when I first met her) so a special card was needed.

After a LOT of to-ing and fro-ing about the image to use and several changes of mind, this is what I came up with!

The card is 8 x 8 size and I used brown card to make it. The backing paper is a gorgeous freebie I got with a magazine.

I can't remember where I got the image from! But I coloured it in pinks and black and use black glossy accent on the straps and glittered up the ribbon on the shoe.

Mounted on pink mirror board layered with brown card and embossed a second piece and layered that too. Used Martha Stewart Doily Lace punch to make the border behind and stuck on som hot pink ribbon.

Stamped the number 18 on some brown patterned paper and cut a scalloped circle in hot pink to mount it. Then used glossy accents all over to make a "badge".

Didn't have any brown ribbon so used some white and coloured it with distress ink (using the blender tool) and made into a bow and layered onto a hot pink bow.

Added a few roses to finish it off.

She loved it!