Proud Mum & Dad

Well the weekend's here to relax and enjoy! I thought you might like to see the card I made for our daughter's graduation last week. There are lots of similar ones on the web, can't remember where I first saw this idea because I have had it in my head for months. Anyway this is my take on it and she loved it!

Hope you have a lovely weekend spent with your love ones.

Here's what I used to make this card.  Night of navy card base, Gingham garden washi tape and the little yellow candy dots for the buttons.  To make the tassel on the mortarboard I used white bakers twine and dyed it with my daffodil delight reinker then tied it into the tassel I needed. The stamp set is Pure Gumption  and is a very useful one to have for various types of exam results and costs only £11.95 in the clear mount.

Happy Monday

I've been away in London for my daughter's graduation so there has been no crafting :-( However I plan on spending time in my craft room today :-) Yay!

With nothing new to show you, I am sharing my thank you cards for September which are quite simple but still nice. 

Hope you all get some time to relax and craft this week.

Products used on the cards - Polka wheel, Secret Garden stamp set and Framelit dies. The Thank you is from a very useful set called Four You.  I stamped the leaf with a Versamark pad and heat embossed it with silver embossing powder. The flower centre has a rhinestone to add a bit of bling.  Colours used are Daffodil Delight and Real Red.

A Sweet Birthday

Hope you all had a lovely weekend, quite an Indian Summer here in Northern Ireland, we even managed a BBQ on Saturday!

I made this pretty birthday card for my sister who was going on holiday to celebrate her special day, I wanted to give her some euros to treat herself while she was away.  I folded an A4 sheet of whisper white to make a pocket inside, this also hides where the ribbon is glued. The sentiment is from a lovely set called Cycle Celebration (page 10 of main catalogue). The ribbon is a retired one in Old Olive satin. I used the speckled stamp from Gorgeous Grunge (page 109 of the catalogue) beneath the flowers.  This is a great stamp set for adding a little something to a card, will make great snow effects for my Christmas cards!

Below is a photo of the inside of the card showing the pocket. I didn't stamp a sentiment inside, just a pansy, as I wanted to leave the space to write a little note. I also added a strip of Polka Dot Parade dsp in Old Olive.

        That's all for now folks
           

Little Autumn gift set

Good morning everyone, you are probably getting a little bored with autumn projects but I just wanted to share this little set I made for a friend I was visiting.  The little bag was filled with lovely chocolates!  I used the Magnificent Maple stamp, again! The little bags are great value, only £8.95 for eight (page 36 of seasonal mini catalogue) and can be stamped on and filled with various things, they make lovely  little thank you gifts.

Glorious Autumn

Hello, unfortunately back to rain after the lovely weather we had a few days ago.  While out walking at the weekend I  saw some beautiful trees with their leaves changing colour and while I am sure a New England Fall must be wonderful, we don't do too badly here in little Northern Ireland.  Must get my camera out and capture some of this lovely colour, would make a great scrapbook page!

I took inspiration from these trees for today's card and I am happy the way it turned out.  I am loving the magnificent maple stamp, you will find it in the seasonal catalogue on page 18 and it's only £8.95 on wood mount and is so versatile. Once I get a nice photo I will make a scrapbook page using the stamp and post it on here for you all to see.

Until next time, happy crafting

The Magnificent Maple leaf stamp is available on wood mount at only £8.95 and can be found on page 18 of the mini seasonal catalogue if you would like it.

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