Today is a colleague's birthday and he was asked what he wanted to do for his birthday & he (like most men) said "dunno"... For whatever reason he was watching the Moulin Rouge 'Lady Marmalade' cover version & he said "I'd love it if I could have a party where all the girls dressed like… Continue reading Moulin Rouge Birthday Card!
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Birthday Card for my Step Sister
Today is my Step Sister's birthday - her first since the loss of her older brother. I wanted to make her a card that was feminine but a bit elegant and different. I love the impact a black card has - not the first colour you would reach for for a birthday card, right? But… Continue reading Birthday Card for my Step Sister
Father’s Day Card
Because of the recent sad loss of my step brother I wanted to make a very clean and simple Father's Day card for my step father. I used a white 6" x 6" square base card. I had some metallic papers in my stash from when I was at University in Liverpool that I purchased… Continue reading Father’s Day Card
Birthday Present Tag
Eeek! It's my Step Dad's birthday tomorrow and his present only arrived today! He has a share of a Narrow Boat and so I thought it would be really nice to get him something to remind him of his boat, so I got this pitcher from Black Country Metalworks. Because the pitcher is a bit… Continue reading Birthday Present Tag
Engagement!!
Squeal!! Another one of my old school friends has become engaged!!! I just want to say a HUGE congratulations to my friends because they celebrated their 10 year anniversary this year & this is just the most lovely news! I went to another school friends gig last night, and before I got there I was… Continue reading Engagement!!
Christmas tags
Well I don't think I can hide from it any more - it's almost Christmas... So this is just a quick post to show you the tags I've made for my nieces Christmas presents using IndigoBlu Snowflakes stamp and Distress Ink 'Festive Berries'. I used my Tim Holtz 'Tag & Bookplates' die (Sizzix movers and… Continue reading Christmas tags
Movember 2012
Several of my gentleman friends have been growing a 'tash for Movember, raising money for cancer research. It is a great cause, but I couldn't donate to all of my friends, so I decided to make them some cards instead... I started with a kraft base card and envelopes. I stamped a single moustache from… Continue reading Movember 2012
Birthday and Anniversary!
Wow! I haven't done much crafting other than my scrap book for ages and then suddenly lots of important card-worthy events loom up on the horizon!! I must excuse the photography - the flash on my camera has died and so for some reason it seems unable to take good photos, I must get a… Continue reading Birthday and Anniversary!