April Showers Bring May Flowers

Gosh where has the time flown to, It's hard to believe that we are almost half way through May already. I'm here today with a card that I made recently for my SIL for her 70th. I used Tattered Lace dies for the background and flowers and then Carnation Crafts for the balloon numbers. The background came from a CD but that I had printed off quite a while ago and I can't remember which one I used, but it went with the flowers. I'm popping over the the Allsorts Challenge with this card which is April Showers Bring May Flowers and also the CD Sunday Challenge which is Anything goes.

 Thank you for taking the time to look and your kind comments which are always appreciated.

Sue

February Rudolph Days

As I typed the title into the box for this post I thought to myself I should have been typing "Wait For Me". I'm running very late this month with my Rudolph Days entry. This is due to spending half term week in Cornwall with our Grandson. I've been catching up ever since. But I'm glad to say that I did find time for a little bit of batch making with my offering for this month. I used the Die and Charisma that came with last July's Tattered Lace Magazine (unusual to have Christmas on a July issue of the Magazine). I'm so disappointed that this has now discontinued, I looked forward to the day that it came through the door each month. Another reason for using this wonderful image is that when my kids were younger (a lot younger than they are now) we had a ginger tom who would sit in the window and watch the birds, just like this one is doing here. I hope that you have managed to pop over and join the fun at Rudolph Days this month, I know that Maureen will have a wonderful prize waiting for the person who is lucky enough to be drawn at random.  

Thank you for taking the time to look and your kind comments which are always appreciated.

Sue

80th Birthday Wishes

I have just completed an order for 5 cards all for the same person but from various family members and as this person is a friend I also made a 6th card myself. For this card I used Tattered Lace's Broken Edges collection. The artwork came as a download but no backing papers so I used MCS and one of the very many collection on there to pick a backing paper that went with the flowers. As I've used digital papers for this card I thought I would pop over and join in the fun at CD Sunday this week.
 

 I'm not sure what has happened but my camera seems to have made this card look as though it's curved top and bottom. Might have to invest in a new camera or pinch Hubby's.

Thank you for taking the time to look and your kind comments which are always appreciated.

Sue

January Rudolph Days

Today see's the start of another Year of Rudolph Days over on Scrappymo's blog. This is a great challenge which runs from the 25th of each month until the end of the month and Maureen always has a wonderful Christmas Themed gift for the winner that is chosen at random. It's also a good way to kick start you Christmas cards, I tend to make a small batch each month so I don't have to rush nearer to December. Anyway onto my cards for this month. I've used a mixture of Carnation Crafts and Tattered Lace for my cards. The larger lacy die and base is from Carnation Crafts, while the Polar Bear and Penguins are from Tattered Lace. I also used a Tattered Lace USB with some Christmas scenes on for the background and Creative Expressions for the sentiments. I do hope that you can join in the fun on at Rudolph Days.

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Sue

Using A Die

 I subscribe to The Tattered Lace Magazine and have done since they started the subscriptions. Every month I receive the magazine and a Die along with papers to match. The die on this card was on the front of the November issue of the magazine and was just too nice not to use straight away. So I made three identical, very simple A6 cards and used two layers of the die cut images on the front. It just so happens that the Allsorts Challenge blog this week are asking that you use Die Cuts on your cards. So I am going to pop along and join in the fun.

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Sue

Another 50th Birthday Card

What a bad blogger I've become, I really must try harder to get stuff posted. Today I have another of the 50th Birthday cards that I had to make. Today is the recipient's birthday and I hope she is having a lovely day with her family. For this card I used Debbi Moore's Summer Moments CD, The lady was decoupaged and I used one of the scenes from the CD as a backdrop. The flowers are from Phil Martin Dies and cut out from a backing paper from the CD then edged with distress inks and the 50 was cut from a Tattered Lace die set.  The challenge at the moment over at Allsorts is Anything Goes so I thought I would go and join in the fun.

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Sue

June Rudolph Days

I can't believe how fast this year is flying by and that we are half way through the year already. Dare I say it, just 6 months until Christmas? Anyway onto the reason why I'm here today and that is that it's time for this month's Rudolph Days Challenge. For my offerings this month I'm showing you what I made with the new dies and USB from Tattered Lace. I fell in love with these beautiful Bauble dies and Charisma as soon as I saw them, so when they arrived I had to get them out and play with them straight away. There are 6 different scenes and I've made one of each, I'm sure you'll agree that they are very pretty. I also treated myself to the new Scan-n-cut (DCX 1200) with the automatic blade and made the bottom card using the Scan-n-cut and the Carnation Crafts Christmas USB. In no time at all I had all of the pieces cut out and ready to put together on a card blank. All I add was a generous helping of glitter. Anyway onto the challenge, I do hope that you can pop across to the Rudolph Days Blog and join in the fun this month. Maureen has a wonderful prize ready to send to the person who is chosen at random as the winner this month.

Thanks for taking the time to look and your kind comments which are always appreciated.

Sue

Parent and Child

This week it's my Brother-in-laws Birthday and as I know he doesn't blog or even own a computer I know I'm safe to post this here now. He's very awkward to make for as he has no interests really. He does like to watch wildlife programmes on the TV though so I reach for the Tattered Lace Wondrous Wilderness collection for inspiration for his card. This is what I settled on in the end. I printed off the charisma and die cut the tiger and cub out and then found a suitable background on the USB . It's all been put together on a 7x7 card base. I going to pop over to the River of Creativity with this card as they are asking for cards showing Parent and Child and also to CD Sunday which is anything goes as long as you've used a CD or USB or digital image.

 

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Sue

The Age Of Steam

I have another card from the Tattered Lace Vintage Escapades for you today. This one was made for my Father-in-laws 93rd Birthday which he celebrated at the beginning of this month. This Collection is fast becoming my favourite go to for masculine themed cards, there is quite a lot to choose from. Everything was printed onto glossy photo paper before being matted onto some pearlised grey card stock.  

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Sue

70th Birthday

Just popping in today to show you the card that I made for Hubby's birthday which was on 23thApril. It was made using the USB and dies from Tattered Lace, Vintage Escapades. This is a beautiful collection just right for masculine cards. In 2016 we went on an Alaskan Cruise and were lucky enough to see a whole field full of these magnificent birds all just sat. They were a lot bigger than I thought they were and look just like little old men hunched down. Glad to say that Hubby loved his Birthday card even if we couldn't celebrate properly because of lockdown. As I have used a USB for this card I'm going to pop across to the CD Sunday Challenge and take part this time. It's Anything Goes.

Thanks for taking the time to look and your kind comments which are always appreciated.

Sue
 

Best Wishes

My card today is one that I have made ready for my Sister-in-law who's birthday is next week. For this card I've used the one of the Grown Together dies from Tattered Lace, it is one of 6 that has the sentiment coming out of the flowers. I printed it out twice (there are 2 on a sheet)  and after placing the first layer onto the background cut out I then cut into the others cutting a little more away each time to form the decoupage. Although it does not look it from the top there are layers there. As I've used a USB and My Craft Studio for this card I'm off to join it with CD Sunday again this week.

 Thanks for taking the time to look and your kind comments which are always appreciated.

Sue

50th Birthday

I think I told you in an earlier post that March is a busy month for me Birthday wise, today is our Nephews 50th Birthday, last week was his bothers 48th and Thursday is our youngest Grandsons 2nd Birthday that is just 3 out of the 7 I need to make for. I've had to make cards not only for myself but for my Father-in-law and my son to send. Last week's cards went out of the door so quickly I didn't get a chance to take photos of them. I did manage to get a photo of this one which is the one we sent. I've used the new Vintage Escapades collection from Tattered Lace. A great collection if you get stuck for male themed cards and although I have used foam pads on this card I've still kept it fairly flat as it had to go in the post. As all of the artwork for this card was on a USB and used within My Craft Studio I thought I would head over and join in the CD Sunday challenge this time, it's anything goes.

Thank for taking the time to look and your kind comments which are always appreciated.

Sue

A Big Mistake

The other day I showed you an Anniversary card made for our Nephew and his wife on the occasion of their Anniversary. I also made one for Father-in-law to give to his Grandson. However if you read what I've put on the sentiment (FIL is blind so didn't see my big mistake) you'll understand why I had a phone call from an amused Sister-in-law pointing out my mistake. As I was making this card for our Nephew I was reminded that it was also my Daughter's Wedding Anniversary coming up on the 1st March, so I made her card from FIL at the same time. Yes you've guessed it I made the same mistake on that card too. So my job today is to see if I can alter the sentiment without having to remake the card. Hopefully my mind is getting back to normal and I won't be making any more stupid mistakes on any future cards. Papers and Dies for this card were from Tattered Lace Keep It Natural.

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 Sue

Celebration Time

Bet you don't believe this, twice in two days. Will she be able to keep it up? I hear you saying.  This week the challenge over on the Allsorts Blog is Celebration Time. The other week I showed you a Golden Wedding card that I made for my S-I-L & Hubby at the time I told you that I had to make more than one for this event, this card is the one that I made for my Mum to give to them. I used Tattered Lace dies and charisma from the Peaceful Picture Decoupage collection for this card along with All Occasions Dies for the sentiment.

 Thank you for taking the time to look and your kind comments which are always appreciated.

Sue

Flowers

My card today is for the Allsorts Challenge which this week is Flowers and/or Showers. For me it has to be Flowers all the way and I used the new Tattered Lace Collection Picture Decoupage. I had great fun making this card using the USB for the backing paper and beautiful base dies before choosing which colour way to use. The sentiment die is from one of the The Paper Boutique collections. As this was New and Unused I am going to pop over to the NBUS challenge as well, all that they ask is that you use something that is new and unused before, everthing on this card qualifies.

Thank you for taking the time to look and your kind comments which are always appreciated.
Take care and stay safe
Sue

November Rudolph Days

Well this year has certainly flown by, I can't believe that this is the last Rudolph Days challenge before Christmas. Firstly I want to apologise as I'm not going to be around for a couple of weeks to comment on your blog posts. My card/s for the challenge this time have all been made using Tattered Lace dies and Charisma decoupage called over the Mantelpiece, even the large sentiment dies are from Tattered Lace too. All are 8x8 cards and have several layers, it's a good job that these are going to hand delivered. I do hope that you can join in with the last challenge this year, I know that Maureen has a wonderful prize for the lucky person chosen at random at the end, so do pop over and check it out.

Thank you for taking the time to look and your kind comments which are always appreciated.

Sue

Anniversary Card 2

A couple of weeks ago I showed the card that I had made for my Sister-in-law and Brother-in-laws Wedding Anniversary. I'm back again today to show you the card that I made for my Father-in-law to give to them. For this card I used the downloadable papers from the Tattered Lace magazine Issue 68 and the die that matched the Charisma download. I'm glad to say that she loved both of the cards that I made them and they had a great day celebrating 49 years. The card is 8x8 and uses two matching background papers along with several layers of the decoupage. As I used downloadable papers and a graphics program for this card I'm off to join in at CD Sunday this time.

Thanks for taking the time to look and your kind comments which are always appreciated.

Sue

Embossed Christmas Card

Sparkles Christmas Challenge this month is Embossing Heat or Dry so this card that I've made using Crafters Companion's embossing folder should be just right. I started with a piece of Sheena's stamping card first embossing it and then with three different shades of blue distress oxides covered the card. I then sprinkled some water over and blotted off before adding some silver gilding wax to the raised area. I added a couple of sprigs of holy die cut using a Tattered Lace die. Finally I added to a piece of silver wrapping paper that I bought in Lidl but was just too nice to use as wrapping paper and added to a white card base. I'm also going to enter this into Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge which is anything goes with the option of glitter.

Thanks for taking the time to look and your kind comments which are always appreciated.

Sue

Wedding Day

As I'm sitting here at my PC writing this post Princess Eugenie and her groom are standing at the alter. My wedding outfit is hung upstairs ready for me to change into as today is also the day the my Niece gets married. I just wish that the weather was a little kinder to them both, especially after the wonderful weather we had at the beginning of this week. My card that I've made for the wedding is an 8x8 card base and silver card for the layering. I then used white card and Tonic dies along with stamps and dies from the Heartfelt Creations Dogwood collection. The swirl die cuts are from Tattered Lace. All my good wishes go to both Brides and Grooms for a long and happy life together.

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Sue

Back To Basics

Back To Basics is a fairly new challenge blog this being their 11th challenge and seeing as Decoupage is a favourite technique of mine to do it would have been rude not to have taken part in it. This card has been made for My sister-in-law and her husband who are celebrating 48 years of marriage next week, so for their card I have used a Debbi Moore CD - Art Deco Decadence and this lovely image (I use Debbi's CD's a lot for Anniversary Cards as her images lend themselves so well to this type of card). I've matched the backing paper to the image from the same CD and the flowers were made using a Crealies die. The sentiment is from The Paper Boutique and the swirls are from Tattered Lace, the ribbon was recycled from a cake that was brought from my Birthday a couple of months ago.

Thanks for taking the time to look and your kind comments which are always appreciated.

Sue