CARD PROJECT - LITTLE FAIRY IN MY GARDEN

Hello Little Roos,

I have been spending the last few nights on a paper crafting project that has been a vocal secret. I’ve been making something special for my friend’s daughter’s first birthday party. She knows I’m up to something but she has no idea what, and I do love to tease.

However, I am a believer, especially when it comes to children, it is important to get your present and card delivered for the actual birthday. Little Amelie was born a week to the day after my son, Vincent. She is more like a sister to Vincent, and her mother is one of my closest friends. So, although I have a special something for her party which is the following week, I have also made her a card.

I decided to route around on Card Making Downloads and came across this lovely little card by Card Buddy Designs. The only addition I made was the glamour dust on the card and envelope.

Rating:-
Design: Whimsical
Level: Beginners
Additional: This is very easy to cut out except for two little curls

[caption id="attachment_41" align="aligncenter" width="675"] The finished card and envelope[/caption]

CARD PROJECT - BIKINI BOTTOM WIGGLES

Good afternoon little Roos,

The sun is out after a sudden down pour and I’m secretly feeling smug knowing my neighbour hadn’t long left to go to the park with her baby, son, and dog, when the heavens opened. I, of course, was terribly sympathetic and sent her several text messages asking if she was getting wet and a few haha’s attached. I’m such a lovely neighbour. She know’s I’m only teasing.

Keeping with the wet theme – I told Stephen he was allowed to choose Vincent’s 1st birthday party theme as this year will probably be the only birthday whereby Vincent hasn’t really a preference. Stephen chose Spongebob Squarepants – nuff said. By the time it was Vincent’s birthday, however, he had discovered a love for The Wiggles so I was able to convince Stephen to let me
make a Spongebob and Wiggles card. So here it is.

[caption id="attachment_36" align="aligncenter" width="691"] The Bikini Bottom Wiggles Pop Card.[/caption]

Hand drawn and coloured in using promarkers. The above is a detail of The Wiggles part of the pop-up card. The illustrations of Captain Feathersword, Henry the Octopus, Wags the Dog, and Dorothy the Dinosaur were the hardest part of this whole card as they are in fact ever so small.

[caption id="attachment_38" align="aligncenter" width="691"] Detail from The Bikini Bottom Wiggles Card[/caption]

CARD PROJECT - SUGARPLUM DAISY

Hello my happy crafters

And my obsession with crafting CD-Roms begins. I decided to have a look at Polka Doodles Sugarplum Daisy CD-Rom.

[caption id="attachment_13" align="aligncenter" width="300"] In addition, I used my lace edge punch and a ribbon from one of Cupcake’s collections[/caption]

I wasn’t let down. I love Nicky Hall’s style but as a designer and a crafter I would have prefered to have had stacker options, decoupage options etc. Now, you can decoupage and stack but you have to either print out loads of sheets or be able to use some sort of graphics program. Not a problem for me but I am aware of many crafters not being able to use graphics programs at all or
much past a basic level.

[caption id="attachment_11" align="aligncenter" width="300"] I made this for my Nan’s 96th Birthday[/caption]

That aside, I have made several cards using these designs and I have to say, I just LOVE the colours and it is a call to use glamour dust – I never go anywhere without my glamour dust – I have, in effect, decorated the house in glamour dust. The sofa is covered, and too is the floor. I wear it often as body glitter – not out of choice, of course – and so does Vincent. It’s everywhere. I am sure mythree male cats hardly appreciate the campness I have forced upon them, trotting around the garden like 70s glam icons.

Hugs