Happy Birthday Aunty

One of my Aunties is turning another year older tomorrow and so I made a card to send up to her. I used my die-cutting machine to emboss the background card and used some paper flowers that I bought from Hobbycraft aaaaages ago and have been in a craft drawer for too long. (You can read about my gorgeous die cutting machine in this post.)

I printed the greeting onto white card and stuck it onto the embossed card. I used glue dots to attach the flowers. I really hope she likes it! It is quite simple but quite elegant I think. 

Extra special birthday cards

I've had a really productive morning so far. I've completely finished two birthday cards for my Grandma, one from my parents and one from my brother and I. I think they're two of my favourite cards! And they just sort of happened, without loads of time thinking about what to use or planning a design. Sometimes I think cards that are made this way are the best. Anyway, here is how they turned out:

I feel so proud of these haha! My parents love them and I know my Grandma will just adore them. You can't really tell in these photos, but the Grandma card has "generations of love" and "hugs and kisses" written on it, and on the Mam card it has the definition of 'cherish'.

I love it when I have a lot of nice things to use that match so well! It makes life much easier =)

xx

Christmas Craft Fair!

I spent today over at Emmanuel College with my Mam running my Purrfect Papercraft stall. It was nice spending the day with my Mam and I got loads of sales. 2 of the girls from teacher training came over with family and friends especially to see me, I felt so honored!

I've been waiting ages for this stall ( I was actually very lucky to get a stall, it's such a popular fair) and it was really worth the wait. We took it in turns to go around and look at the other stalls, there was loads of great things for sale and lucky for me there weren't many other stalls with cards. It was a great day x

More Easter cards!

This year my Mam asked me if I would make special Easter cards for my Grandad, Grandma and my cousin Rachel. It was easy to make my cousin's as I'd bought the cross stitch kit a while ago especially for that, but it took some getting going for my Grandparents' cards. Anyway, after trying a few things out and making a big mess (!!) this is what I came up with.

You can't see it very well in this picture, but I attached a piece of cream card which I had punched with my Daisy border punch as a little extra detail.

I stitched the little bunnies in around 1-2 hours, I couldn't quite believe how little time it took! It was really enjoyable, it's been a while since I did any sewing like this and it made me want to do more of it!!

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It's about time!

Iiiiiiiiiiit's Photodump time!!!!!

Hey everyone! So sorry I have been M.I.A as of late. I have been totally scooped up and carried away by life and my poor blog has been left a tad neglected. But never fear! I am BACK and am going to really try and keep a regular update going =)

So, without further ado, here is a collection of cards that I have made between my last post and this one. Here we go ...

This one is a New Home card that my parents ordered for their friends who recently moved away.

I made this for my brother when he got his first ever job!

One of the cards from my new collection.

One of two thank you cards I now have in my stash =)

This was ordered from a Church friend when her nephew turned one.

I put this one together for my boyfriend's birthday

I made this for my friend who lives in Canada!

And last but by no means least, a card my parents asked me to make for my Uncle.

I promise there is more to come, so watch this space! And by the way, just because I haven't been able to update my blog, that doesn't mean I haven't been able to keep taking peeks at yours!! =)

xx

You wait ages for a birthday and 3 come along at once!

Last night my Mam reminded me that she needed three birthday cards for today!! Nothing like a bit of short notice to get the heart racing haha!! I had already put the cards together, I just needed Mam to pick out verses for each of them and then stamp the backs. After a panic about the lack of wireless connection I finally got hold of some lovely verses and got them printed and stuck down. And here they are, all finished and ready to go!

This first one is for my cousin from our family. She has Autism and my Mam alway's says to her "Who's favourite Niece is this?" (Pointing to my cousin) and she laughs and says "yours".

This next one is for my Mam's work friend. Her birthday is a week away, but she's going on a cruise at the weekend and we'll be on holiday when she gets back. So Mam wanted to drop it off for her today. I love those flowers, I think I'll be buying lots more of them!

And this card is for another of mam's work friends! She's a popular lady is my Mam haha!

What do you think?

xx

Update 4 - Ruby Wedding

My Aunt and Uncle celebrated 40 years of marriage on the 20th of June, and my Mam put in an order for an "extra special, sentimental" anniversary card. This is the finished result, and I have to say, I love it! (Big headed as that sounds!)

My Mam was delighted with the result, and my Aunty and Uncle loved it. they said they're going to keep it forever =D It's the most work I've put into a card yet, it took me aaages!

Thursday is nearly Friday! =D

Today I've made a few cards, and taken photos of the cards I'd realised I had missed! So, here is a biggish photo update for you all!

My friends Hollie and Rachel have just bought a house really near to me!! I'm so excited!! Now I'll get to meet thair puppy and play with him and walk him etc etc! I put together a little card to celebrate their new home.

I've cracked on and made another couple of Father's Day cards. The second card i have already posted, but I have since jazzed it up with a little bow so thought Id post it again =)

It's my Uncle's birthday in mid June and my Mam asked me to make a card for "Special Brother-in-Law." It was my first attempt at making a rosette and I have to say, I quite enjoyed it! Look out for more rosettes coming in the future!!