Christening Card

Hello, and thanks for stopping by. Goodness, has it been that long since I was blogging? Ooops! I've been so busy doing stuff that I haven't had time to talk about it! A good complaint for sure :D

Here's an A5 card I made a while ago for my nephew's Christening.

 I die cut the centre piece, then inked the edges. I created the "Christening" paper from some wrapping paper, as I had nothing with any Christening connection on it.

 

To add a bit of interest, I used a printed vellum at the back of the banner with Darragh's name on it.
I added a button and some ribbon to three hearts, and used a "Congrats" sticker.

Hope you have a great day,

Eithne

3rd Birthday!

Last week my eldest daughter celebrated her 3rd (eek) birthday! Can't believe how time is flying by! I made this card for her big day -

I am very happy with how the card turned out, especially considering I started the card three times! I had awful trouble trying to think of a card to make. All printed paper I had was too old for her, so eventually I found some polka dotted paper I could work with.

I cut out an oval scalloped edge from a silver pinstripe board. I then used my Big shot to cut out the digit 3 from foam. I also used the Big Shot to cut out all the letters for Sarah. I put the jewels on the letters, and stuck the flower embellishment onto the centre of the flower.

For variety, I used an unusual fold for the card. It is kind of hard to work out from the first photo, so the photo above might give a better angle.

For the middle panel, I embossed some pink card and stuck it down. My embossing folder was not long enough to emboss the full height of the card (210mm) So I embossed both ends of the pink card and matched them up, or as close as I could get. I then stuck my silver scalloped oval on top.

We had a great birthday party, and really enjoyed making the card when I eventually decided what I was doing!!

I am entering this card in the following challenges -

LEJ designs - Happy Birthday

Sassy Cheryls Challenge 136 - Happy Birthday

Best Wishes

A few weeks ago I made a card for my sister, who was expecting a baby. I couldn't blog about the card until now, as she lives in Germany and I didn't want to ruin the surprise! Well, thankfully I can report that she gave birth to a healthy baby boy :D We are all delighted for baby John's parents and can't wait to give him a BIG squeeze!!

This is the card when it is "closed". 

I embossed a scalloped circle, and stuck a circle with the stamped sentiment on to it.

 I used some washi tape on both the card and tag. I punched a hole through the flower and used a brad and some silver elastic to keep the card closed.

This is when you open the card -

I used my cricut to cut out the lady, and I used the shadow option also for the brown background layer. I cut out the dress onto some matching pink paper. I cut out some letters for 'Liv' and stuck everything down.

A close up of the little embellishment on her bag.

The card then opens as per a normal card, where I wrote a message.

I hope to enter this card into the challenges below:

Link up for Pink - 2nd annual link up for pink

Ladybugs Crafts Ink Challenge - flowers and embossing

Through the craft room door challenge - ANYTHING GOES CHALLENGE #39
Crafty Sentiments challenge - Anything goes

365 Cards - Double the fun

Hope you have a great day, thanks for stopping by.
Eithne

Love

This is a card I made using a collage affect for the background.

I cut out two dies at different sizes and used the larger size as a mask for the ink onto some torn vellum. I then used the same ink to ink up the edges of the die cut out and stamped the sentiment on.

I used watercolour crayons and used a paintbrush to paint the heart.

I got three buttons, to tie in with the colour scheme.

I used four brads, once for each corner to hold the vellum in place.

Hope you have a great day, thanks for stopping by :D

I'm hoping to enter my card in the following challenges:
Flourishes - Think Pink
The Stamping Boutique - Pink Pink Pink
Through the Craftroom Door - Challenge 38
Link up for pink challenge
Eithne

All You Need is Love

My good friend got married in August, and I made this card for the happy couple.

For something different, I decided to do a four panel card. The first panel I die cut out a scalloped square, and embossed a section of the front.

The second panel, I covered the background, and added a little sentiment. I got a stamp awhile back with "All You Need is Love!" As I am a HUGE Beatles fan, (and while in school I made everyone else listen to them as well, so all my friends had no option but to like them also!)

This is the embellishment I made with a few die cuts, flowers and a button. I also stamped another sentiment on, "love love love". On to some vellum I stamped silver flowers and put them onto a grey scalloped strip for behind the embellishment.

This second element I made again, from die cuts, printed vellum paper, and leaves. Again, I stamped the words "love love love". (carrying on from the song!) I covered this panel with a similar coloured paper to the first panel. Rather than a scalloped square, I cut out a plain square.

 This is at the back of the card, but when the card is closed you see it. I added some gems to break the plain look!

This is the view looking down on the card when it is standing up.

The "love love love" here is printed in silver ink onto plain vellum. When the card is closed it can be seen through the different size cut outs. I used two brads to hold the vellum in place, and knotted ribbon through also.

 

This is the last side of the card. I used printed vellum, iridescent card, flowers, gems, beads etc.

I am hoping to enter this card in the following challenges
Stamp n Doodle - anything goes
Simon Says Stamp Challenge - Emboss it
365 Cards - Patterned paper and a stamp on the inside


Thanks for looking, hope you have a great day.
Eithne

Blog Candy!

Hello! No card today :(   I've been busy for the past few weeks with non creative things :( :( But next week is going to be full to the brim with creating!!

For an early birthday present from my darling husband, I am going to a mixed media workshop on Saturday. It is so out of my comfort zone, I'm actually really excited about it!!! Counting down the days until it starts!

While reading through some blogs I follow, I noticed this AMAZING blog candy over at The Craft Barn!! Why not pop on over and enter.

Hope you have a great day.

Eithne

Bachelorette Party Card

This weekend I am attending a bachelorette party.

Well actually over here we call it a hen party, but this was the closest for the theme I could find paper for!

I bought this paper quite a few years ago, and the cover got lost in the many years of storage!

I used Spellbinder dies and a flower embossing folder to cut out and emboss the black card. I used a silver grey card for the smaller size and heat embossed the message on.

I used some paper flowers and skeleton leaves from my stash, and used a button and brads as the centres.

I had hoped to enter this in a challenge, only that after a week of technical difficulty and baby difficulty, I missed the deadline! I'm thrilled how it turned out, and hope my friend likes it.

Thanks for stopping by, hope you have a great day :D

Eithne