All posts in "Cardmaking" category
New Baby Card
Our very first grandchild was born on Saturday, June 19th. Millie arrived 5 weeks early and is very tiny and, currently, full of tubes and monitors and is living in the special baby care unit. Because it was a surprise, I was not ready with a card so had to make one in a hurry. I had recently bought...
80th Birthday Star Book
My lovely next-door neighbour, Harry, recently celebrated his 80th birthday so I made him a special card. He really does deserve something a bit special – he is the oldest paper-boy in the district . He always gets our weekend papers for us and we do appreciate that. I’ve made several variations...
Birthday Cards
I’m awaiting a hospital appointment to have some hand surgery so I decided I’d better get my birthday cards done ready for the next few months. I hope to keep posting here every-time I complete a new one. I’d better not label them just in case the recipient sees it on here before...
Mother’s Day Card
We learned this card making technique at an all-day class (well, in one half of the day!) and I decided it was time to put the ideas into practice. My Mother-in-Law has a very green lounge so I decided to use green papers for this card. You can see in the photos below the 12×12 scrapbook papers...
Bookatrix and Brooch
I’ve had the Bookatrix board for quite some time but really don’t use it often enough! I was never happy with the cutting-out around the edges of the ‘book’ but I think – since I was recommended to use decorative scissors to cut around the edges – I’ve liked those that...
Tri-Shutter 60th Birthday
A very good friend of ours, one of our GoldWing buddies, was sixty in December so I decided to make him a special card. It took me hours just looking through all our photographs to find suitable ones to use on the Tri-Shutter Card – partly because I get sidetracked very easily and get involved in...
Christmas Cards 2009
A few years ago I decided to go green and not send Christmas Cards – instead I donated the money to charity. A couple of years later I decided that I really did enjoy making cards too much to carry on being green so I’ve gone back to old ways. This year, I had all my cards made by early November,...
Joseph’s Coat
Joseph’s Coat is an interesting technique involving the laying down of colour onto glossy card in various layers. If you Google it you’ll find all number of examples (try “Joseph’s Coat craft technique” or you’ll get links to the Technicolour Dreamcoat!). I started...
David’s Birthday Card
My boys don’t like birthday cards (or Christmas cards, get well, congrats……) but, ‘cos I like to make them, they get them anyway! David rides his bike everywhere, his only form of transport, so I decided to use the pushbike image on this card. His birthday is next week, I suppose...
10th Birthday Card
Mold Rubber Stamping Club has been running for ten years so we had a small party! We had cake with our coffee and our homework from last month was to make birthday cards to be kept in the book which Gloria is using for our keepsakes. For my card, I stamped the number 10 with a Versamark ink and embossed...
Stamp Club Challenge
I’m trying something different…… throwing out a challenge to the ladies at my local Stamp Club. We meet once a month and I took a whole bunch of items with me last month and shared them out giving everyone two months to see what they can come up with. The items I took were empty cat...
Glitter and Confetti
I hate glitter! I can’t stand the way it gets everywhere, is so full of static that it sticks to everything except what you want it to stick to, is so hard to clean up……..but I do rather like the way it looks. I saw a suggestion, can’t remember where unfortunately, for putting...