10th birthday

My husband's nephew will be 10 at the weekend (only seems a moment ago that he was born!), so I made him this card.Star and numbers are cut from "Plantin Schoolbook".

Welcome Baby Girl

Yesterday was my friend Laura's baby shower, and so I finally got to put up the bunting that I had been making! ( I should add that this is not my house, but my friend Penny's.....mine has never looked so clean and sparkling!) I used a Sizzix die to cut the pennants, and cut the letters from Plantin Schoolbook. The flowers and hearts are from Doodlecharms.

Well Done Tracey

This is for my friend and colleague who won an award for "Partnership Working". The award was presented at a posh ceremony this week, and when asked to say a few words, apparently said that the only thing she had won before was a kitchen tray!!

The stamp is a lovely Penny Black, and I cut the clouds from "Everyday Paper Dolls", and the grass from "Plantin Schoolbook".

21!

This is for my husband's niece who will (amazingly...it only seems like 5 minutes ago that she was 12!) be 21 in a few weeks. I cut the number from Plantin Schoolbook, and added a lovely Penny Black hedgehog!

Wishing you all the very best!

This is a card for a colleague who is retiring, and is known and loved by many, many people. I was asked to make a "giant" card for him as loads of people will want to sign it. This measures 8 inches by 32 inches, so I hope it is big enough! I cut the boats from "New Arrival", and the lettering from "Plantin Schoolbook". No particular reason for the sea scene, just that we live and work in a seaside town.

Happy 18th....

A friend asked me to make an 18th birthday card for a young man who is interested in astronomy. This is what I came up with. The planet is cut from "Everyday Paper Dolls", and the lettering from "Plantin Schoolbook". 

Eighteen

This is for my husband's nephew who will be 18 in a few weeks (it only seems like five minutes ago that I was making a card for his 15th!!). The letters are from "Plantin Schoolbook" and I welded their shadows using my Gypsy, and then layered the regular letters on top.

Oh no....four oh!

This is for a friend who is going to be 40 soon. I welded the shadow letters from "Plantin Schoolbook" in purple, and then cut the non-shadow in white. Although it is simple, I am pleased with the way it turned out!

Gymnast!

My friend Wendy asked me to make a birthday card for her nephew who is a keen gymnast. I looked at lots of pictures online, and finally felt brave enough to hand draw the body, arms and legs. Then I used my cricut to cut the hoops and hands (Plantin Schoolbook), and the head and hair (Paper Dolls). I am surprisingly pleased with the result!

Baby Shower card

A friend of mine asked me to make her a baby shower card......so I had a look on Pinterest and was inspired by the baby card here http://bellablvd.typepad.com/bella_blvd/2012/05/cards-on-thursdays-1.html
I used the Plantin Schoolbook cartridge to cut the letters, and embossed them with the Swiss Dots folder.

Silver Wedding

My sister-in-law and brother-in-law have their silver wedding anniversary next week. I made this card using primarily cricut cuts. I think the numbers were from the "Nursery Rhyme" cartridge, and I welded the Plantin Schoolbook hearts with my Gypsy. The numbers are silver, but in the photo are reflecting the red of my I-pad cover!

Well Done

I was asked to make this card for a newly qualified worker with our team. Apparently he was told that his assignment was one of the best the examiner had seen! Well done Jamie!
The star was cut from Plantin Schoolbook and the lettering is from Mickey Font.

Thirteen

This is for my husband's nephew...inspired by the words on the "Graphically Speaking" cartridge. I used my Gypsy to weld the letters from Plantin Schoolbook. As it is Jubilee weekend, red, white and blue seemed appropriate!

Happy birthday twins....

A friend asked me to make these cards for her nephews. I used Plantin Schoolbook to cut the numbers and the stars, and welded them to a rectangle using my Gypsy.

Welcome Dax..............

A friend of mine asked me to make a card for her grandson Kai to give to his new baby brother Dax. I used Everyday Paperdolls to cut the baby and Plantin Schoolbook for the lettering. I couldn't resist adding the Molly Bloom stamp inside to represent Kai!

Congratulations......

A colleague of mine is expecting her first baby any day now, and as I won't have much time for card making later in the week, I decided to be prepared for all eventualities! I cut the baby from Everyday Paper Dolls, and mounted it with foam pads on an oval cut from Plantin Schoolbook. Now we just have to await the arrival!!

My first Christmas card!!!

And it is still only May! I did, however, vow to make at least one every week this year, and this is my first so far, so I am actually far behind rather than far in front!

Anyhow, this is a lovely stamp by Penny Black. The saclloped border is cut from Plantin Schoolbook, and the scalloped circle from Birthday Bash. The background is embossed with both the snowflakes and the swiss dots designs. I am entering this card in the "D is for dog" alphabet challenge here http://alphabetchallengeblog.blogspot.com/2011/05/d-for-dogs.html and the card patterns challenge here http://cardpatterns.blogspot.com/2011/05/sketch-117.html

Twelve....

A very simple card, but I'm pleased with the way it turned out. I cut the stars and the letters from Plantin Schoolbook.

Valentine Hearts Box

I cut the box from Tags, Bags, Boxes and More, and decortaed with hearts cut from Plantin Schoolbook.

First Gypsy card

After lots of deliberations, I finally gave in and bought a Gypsy....and I love it!!! This is my first card made with it....for a challenge on the Cricut messageboard.

Monkey is from Everyday Paper Dolls, branch is from Zooballoo, and heart is from Plantin Schoolbook.