Today's card is for my dad for Father's Day. As Dad is almost totally blind, I find it hard to make a card for him. I tend to do one that have large images and not a lot of detail.
On the 2nd of June, I managed to tick off one thing on my wishlist - that being taking part in the Moonlight Prowl in my home town of Fraserburgh. Myself, my eldest dauthger - Tara, and my walking buddy Jane took part deciding to tackle the 13 mile walk.
And here we are finishing at 1.30 in the morning. Tara finished a few minutes before us.
To those who generously sponsored me I did a wee thank you card.
Last night I went to a 'Messy Table' event - using mostly Stampin' Up stuff. At the Messy Table hosted by Christine we made three cards. The girls who attended were all given the same card ingredients and each of us created slightly different cards. Here are mine -
Although I have been very lax on the posting front, as I have been quite busy getting stuff sorted out on the home, but I have found time to make a couple of cards. The first one is for my darling hubby, whose birthday is a week or so away but wanted to give it to him when he flew back to Bahrain after being home for a wedding at the end of May.
The second one, is for my walking buddy, Jane. It's her birthday today and it's a big birthday, numbers involved are '5' and '0'. She is off celebrating her birthday with her daughter, Marie in Lanzarote.
I have to apologies for not having the recipes for each card, but there were done in a bit of a hurry and I forgot to take a note of what I used.
On Monday I managed to get the covers of the scrapbook album that I am working on finished. Now just the journalling to do. Here's a wee peek at the front cover. Don't want to post the photos of the pages, just in case my daughter, Sarah, happens to drop by and sees what I have been working on.
Yesterday was out for coffee with my galpal, Lynn. Good thing that it was Lynn's turn to pay for the coffee as I had left my purse at home. Felt a right div!!!!
When I got home worked on one of the cards that I need for the June birthdays. This one is for my daughters godmother, Rita.
Card Recipe
Cardstock
Card Base - C6 white card from Craft UK Limited
BoBunny Back to Backs - Smoochable Words
K&Company - Recycled - Remake Grass Greens
Embellishments
Topper - A Trio of Flowers (can't remember where I got it from)
Had a lovely morning with Linda J (aka Pinklilacs), went for tea and cake at our favourite craft shop on the island. After we were fed and watered had a wee bit of a shop. I have to say thanks to Linda for her help picking the papers to allow me to finish the scrapbook album project I have been working on. Fingers crossed by the time I head home to Scotland on Saturday all that will be left to do is the journalling.
When I came home got a wedding card finish for the wedding that Billy and I are going to at the end of the month.
Card Recipe
Cardstock
Card base - from my stash (I think possibly from a Create & Craft kit)
Back on the birthday card trail and working on the June birthdays. This one is for a close family friend. I decided I would use the same design on the card that I used on the candles I was decorating to give a the birthday pressie.
For the card I stamped the flower image randomly over a piece of square cardstock and for the candle on a piece of white tissue paper, then coloured all the flowers with watercolour pencils. Added a bit of bling to each flower with Stickles.
Card Recipe
Cardstock
Base Card - 5 x 5 white card from Craft UK Limited
This week was the 60th birthday of one of Billy's work colleague's and he asked me to do a card to go along with the gift we had got for him.
For recent gent's birthday cards I have take a shine to using Gus designs that can be found over at Crafts U Print. The card set for this card is designed by Lisa Baglietto and called Growing Old .... Humourous Gus Step by Step Card.
Card Recipe
Cardstock
Basic white A4 cardstock folded in half
Scraps of BoBunny Back to Back cardstock in green, yellow, red and blue.
Embellishments
Buttons - my stash
Card Set - Growing Old .... Humourous Gus (link above)
Have been itching to play with My Memories Suite since I won the software over at Jak Heath's. However I have had to keep the itch at bay until I got a largeish project I have been working on finished as much as I can. So today finally succumbed to the itch and got the software downloaded and started to play.
My hubby's family have been in the forefront of my mind over the last couple of weeks, with the anniversaries of his mum and dad's death and also what would have been his brother's 62nd birthday. Instead of a birthday, his family marked the day by scattering his ashes at seas. Unfortunately we couldn't be there but pay our respects when we are home in the summer. So with them all so much in my mind I thought I would use some of Billy's old family photos in my first attempt at digital scrapbooking. Loved the photo of my hubby sucking a lollipop, just typifies him with that cheeky grin. The other photo is one of Billy, with his mum, dad and brother.
So here's my effort, and though I say it myself, I think it is pretty good.
Thanks for popping by.
Monday, April 23, 2012
Note to self - Remember to get a lottery ticket this week!!!
They say things come in threes, so hopefully a win on the lottery will be the third of my three wins. On Friday I won fab candy from Jak Heath - My Memories Suite software. This morning woke to find that I was the 2nd place winner over at Catch The Bug Challenge Blog - Stella Says Sketch - 4 digistamps.
Although I haven't been posting this week, I have been crafting. Just working on a wee scrapbook album for my daughter, Sarah, who got married last year. The working title title is - From Gibb to Duncan, starting at my house and finishing at the house her and Mikey live in, with all parts of the build up to the wedding. So far I have got 4 of the 18 pages done. Or should I say almost done - all the pages are covered and the front of the pages are done but the writing on the back still has to be done. But I want to get the fronts done before I head home to Scotland in a couple of weeks time. My crafting room in Scotland is what you would call minimalist, lol. Mind you gives me a good excuse (like I need one) to buy more crafting goodies.
Speaking about scrapbooking and crafting goodies and the reason why I am a happy bunny. Last weekend I put my name into the hat for the blog candy that Jak Heath had up for grabs. In my inbox this morning was the daily post email from Jak, which today's post announced the winner. When I read the post whose name was there in bright red letters - mine. I have been humming and haying about purchasing the package for a while now, but don't have to think about it any more. So chuffed.
Having got the birthday cards for May done and still trying to decide exactly what I want to the for the May wedding card, I made a start on the June birthdays. You might wonder why I am trying to get so far ahead of myself - let me explain. I am heading to bonnie Scotland at the beginning of May and won't be returning to my main craft room until at least the middle of August. Although I do make cards in Scotland I don't have all my bits and pieces there and thus find it a bit more difficult to be creative.
Onto the first of the June birthday cards for the youngest of my great-niece's, Orla
Card Recipe
Cardstock
Card Base - C6 white card from Craft UK Limited
BoBunny Back to Backs - Petal Pushers Doodles
Embellishments
Topper - Funky Fairy - Image 16
Sentiment - Pink Gem Designs - Fairy Wishes
Buttons - my stash
Ribbons - my stash
Equipment Used
Cuttlebug
Nestabilities - Standard Circles
EK Success Border Punch (sorry don't have the name)
I have to say thanks to Kristina Werner over at kwernerdesign for her video, where she demonstrates using a mini flower punch using the April Card Kit from Simon Says, as it inspired me to make this card for the last of my May birthday cards.
Card Recipe
Cardstock
Base Card - 5 x 5 white card from Craft UK Limited
Say it with a Smirk - Love and Friendship 8 x 8 pack
Now that I have got all the cards for April's celebrations are done, decided to make a start on May's cards. Only cards for 2 birthdays and a wedding to do. The first of May's celebrations is a birthday and a male one at that.
Card Recipe
Cardstock
Base Card - 5 x 5 white card from Craft UK Limited
Hadn't planned on doing a card yesterday, as I was out all morning with the Awali Ladies Hospitality Group (known by our husbands as the Hostility Group) on a visit to the Refinery where our husbands work and a trip to the Oil Museum.
So on to the card - just a wee notelet card that I want to send home.
Card Recipe
Cardstock
Base Card - 5 x 5 white card from Craft UK Limited
BoBunny Back to Backs - Kitchen Spice Nutmeg BoBunny Back to Backs - Kitchen Spice Sesame
Cheers! on a roll today, second card done. Plans for today were to get this and the anniversary done, now anything else accomplished will be a bonus. Might do some work on an album I am doing about the build up to my daughter's wedding last year.
The image and decoupage for this card was designed by Carol Smith over at Crafts-U-Print.
Card Recipe
Cardstock
Base Card - 5 x 7 white card from Craft UK Limited
Started off today with the 2nd of training walks (5 miles) for the Moonlight Prowl in Fraserburgh on the 2nd June. Once I got a few jobs done about the house, settled down to make some cards that I need to get posted this week.
The first (hopefully will get a couple more made) of today's cards is an anniversary card inspired by a sketch that I picked up last week, but can't remember where.
Card Recipe
Cardstock
Base Card - 5 x 5 white card from Craft UK Limited
Since 2006, The Moonlight Prowl, an annual event in my home town of Fraserburgh and an event that I have always wanted to take part in but have never been at home for. This year, however is different, I am going to be in Fraserburgh on the 2nd of June and I will be one of the walkers. I will be walking with my eldest daughter, Tara, and one of my best gal pals, Jane.
Although breast cancer hasn't touched my family (touch wood), I know many who have survived or have succumbed to breast cancer, along with many other forms of cancer. My darling hubby, Billy, is a 25 year survivor whilst my dear brother-in-law, Ian, succumbed to lung cancer in August 2011 after a 3 year battle. I am sure that Ian will be cheering me on. I hope that he will be in good voice as the week before he will be cheering along his son, also called Ian, who is running the Edinburgh Half Marathon in memory of his Dad to raise money for Marie Curie Cancer Care who provided excellent support to Ian during his battle.
Going back to the Moonlight Prowl since the first Prowl in 2006 they have raised over £460,000 and which has been donated to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary’s Breast Care Centre and, thanks to the support of The Rowett Research Institute and Aberdeen University, a number of potentially life saving and ground breaking research programmes have been established.
Here's a wee peek at the last year's event and for more info on this year's event click here
Thanks for popping by.
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
This card has been on that I have been working on for the last few days. For some reason I just couldn't settle down to do, but time is marching on and I need to get it posted for a friend's birthday. My inspiration for it came from the project in the Cricut 'Art Nouveau' Booklet.
Card Recipe
Cardstock
Base Card - 5 x 5 white card from Craft UK Limited
Cardstock scraps from my stash
Embellishments
Ribbon - Create & Craft pack
Stickles - Star Dust
Gems - my stash
Equipment Used
Cuttlebug
Nestabilities - Deckled Rectangles
Cricut Cartridge - Art Nouveau - Butterfly
Stamp - Whispers
Ink - Stazon - Timber Brown (sentiment)
Ink - Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Spun Sugar (edge of white mats)
Have to admit I have been a bit on the lazy side this week. Kept coming through to the craft table but couldn't settle. Think my mojo was away for a wander in the desert. Anyway it seems to have decided to put in appearance.
Card Recipe
Cardstock
Base Card - C6 white card from Craft UK Limited
Mats - Making Memories - Cheeky Collection - Emery
I have to thank Izzy over at Cricut Community Forum for pointing me in the right direction on how to use my Cuttlebug, along with Nestabilities dies and embossing folders (any brand) so that the centre of the die cut was embossed whilst leaving the border edge smooth. I posed the question a couple of weeks ago, after I cut out a shape with a nestabilities die and running the die and die cut through my cuttlebug to form a border edge and then putting the die cut only into an embossing folder and popping it into the cuttlebug. My border edge was also ended up being embossed. Just like the picture below, not very pretty.
I realised that to keep the border edge smooth I would have to include the die in any sandwich that I used so that only the centre would be embossed, but further realised that the die would more than likely end up damaging the embossing folder. Izzy replied that the only way might be not to close the embossing folder. Well today I had a try and success exactly what I wanted.
Enough of waffling on. This is how I did it.
First of all cut my shape out as normal using the sandwich of 'A' plate, 'B' plate, cardstock, die and topping it all off with the 'C' plate.
After carefully removing the die and die cut I made up another sandwich, which comprised of the 'A' plate, shim of cardstock, embossing folder (fully opened), die with die cut (with the die cutting edge facing upwards towards me), tan embossing mat and again topped off with the 'C' plate.
And the final result, just what I wanted.
Hope you all find this useful and thanks for popping by.
A Scot living in Bahrain with my husband and best friend, Billy. Our pride and joy are our three children, two daughters, Tara & Sarah and a son, Will. We have recently had a new addition to our wee family a son-in-law, Mikey.
