Some new cards

 Yes, I still make some cards and do some classes, but patchwork also takes a lot of my time!

Here are some recent makes!

Our grandson, Max had his 5th birthday recently so I made this card for him.

I used a CTMH stamp set and die cut several of the stamps. The card is a triple pull up card, with the centre part of the card pulling two different hidden panels up. The greeting is on the back of the card.

I used silver embossing on the background of the card and the stars on the front.

One of our neighbours celebrated her 80th birthday recently so I made her this card. 

The flowers were stamped and cut with a stamp/die set from Stampin' Up - Art Gallery. The stamp set includes two layers for each flower stamp so I used a light and dark shade for each flower. I cut an oval in the front of the card and backed it with Julep card (CTMH) and inserted a gold striped acetate with some small beads as a shaker element. 

The sentiment was gold embossed.

A delightful couple we have got to know since we moved to Lincoln recently celebrated their 65th Wedding Anniversary - a remarkable achievement.

I used a Cascade card svg from Dreaming Tree to make this card. I used cream cardstock and gold glitter cardstock for some of the detail cuts. 

This is one of my favourite designs for very special cards!

A New Year - 2019

Another new year - already into February and I have not posted anything yet!

Well I have actually been making cards this year and here is one that I did recently for one of my lovely neighbours.

I was very happy with the colours I used for this card.  I made the card base from Slate cardstock and layered with Sorbet (both Close to my Heart base colours) and one of the patterned papers from Charlotte, a Close to my Heart set from a couple of years ago.

Finished the card off with the die cut from AliExpress and the stamped sentiment, also from CTMH. Pearls added the finishing touch.

The inspiration for this design was from Pinterest. 

Stay posted for some more cards I have done recently!

Special Birthday Card

This weekend we attended a special birthday party for a good friend .

To help her celebrate, I made this box card using an svg file from SVG Cuts. 

I used various colours of card from my Close to my Heart collection - perfect cardstock for cards with multiple layers. To create a bit of texture, I used the Swiss Dots embossing folder in my Cuttlebug on several pieces. The greeting was stamped on the banner and attached to the front of the card with foam tape. 

Check out the files available from SVG Cuts by clicking on the SVG cuts link on the right side bar here. 

Taste of Summer

This month at Close to My Heart, the Constant Campaign is for a pack of beautiful summery papers, all double sided and 2 of each design, Taste of Summer.






There is also a cute set of stamps that coordinate with the paper pack, making it a great resource for keeping summer memories in a scrapbook page or making a special summery card.







I decided to make a mini album using the paper pack - and I still had 4 sheets left after making the album so I will be doing some cards with those ones!


I have made a short video showing my latest creation using these colourful papers.

Enjoy and do let me know if you want some of these lovely papers or the stamp set before the end of May.