Christmas Cards Bonanza!

Here are a few that I made this weekend

- more later!

Birdthay Card for a friend

Here's a quick card I made - I've been making lots of Christmas cards recently and I was exhausted, so I made this one quickly using my Cuttlebug and a Spellbinders die.

Birthday Card from a guy in love!

A friend asked me to make this card for his wife for her birthday. I found the inspiration online - I'm so sorry, I can't remember where! I had the paper around for some time - and it just seems perfect for this card. The charm adds just the right amount of bling!

Bride and Groom Favour Bags

I've been a bit obsessed with gift bags and favour bags recently! I've found so many great templates online. I created these two as possibilities for a wedding - one type for the guys and one type for the gals!

Bridal Shower Gift Bag

Here's a gift bag I made recently for a bridal shower. I used my "A Rose is a Rose" stamp set from Stampin' Up.

Apologies if the photo is a bit out of focus. I guess I need steadier hands!

Karate Thank You

My Karate Club held a summer camp over the past couple of weeks and we needed a thank you card for someone who helped us a lot by acting as out rugby coach. Here's what I came up with. I printed the image from my computer's Clip Art, and I added some interest by cutting out the image using my Nestabilities dies. I also created some texture with one of my Cuttlebug embossing folders. Inside I added a picture of the kids as a reminder for the coach.

Hand made paper flower

I'm always looking for inspiration on the web - I was thrilled when I came across a tutorial for making this flower on You Tube. It was created by Jen Lowe of Jen Lowe Designs. Here's the link in case you want to learn how.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wq13kni7eBA

Anniversary Card

This one is special - for a friend who is celebrating his second anniversary - he wanted something nice for his wife. I was stumped - and finally got some inspiration from Amy Sheffer at Pickled Paper Designs - I love her stuff! Here is the link to her blog

http://pickledpaperdesigns.blogspot.com/

Graduation Season

It's graduation season! I made this card using the Cricut, Cuttlebug to add texture to the background - and some dimensional stickers.

Sympathy Card

A simple card - but I thought it was just right for the occasion. I've been making a lot of over sized cards recently - it gives me more room to play with the designs. This one measures 6X8 inches. I cut out the sentiment with my Cricut, and that's a dough calla lily to complete the front. It comes in a matching gift box to protect the delicate flower on the front.

I'm back! Finally!

It's been a while - I've been back to work and just haven't had the time to be on my blog. But I've been making some projects that I'd like to share.

This is a thank you card I made for someone. I did it using my Cuttlebug and Nestbilities dies - some pretty patterned paper I had lying around and a pink ribbon. And of course a few pearls to add some pizzaz!

Anniversary Booklet

I did this one for a friend's in-laws. It was a bit difficult to shoot one page at a time because it's bound at the top, so we shot two pages at a time.

Wedding Invitations

A friend of mine recruited me to make the invitations for her son's wedding. I did a few samples for them to choose from. I love them all - I'll let you know which one they eventually choose....

Pink and green birthday card

Here's a simple card I made recently. I had the pink and green ribbon for ages, so when a friend of mine asked me to make a card using pink and green, I knew it wasd the right time to break out my unused ribbon. I used my Cuttlebug swiss dot folder to add texture to front of the card, which I cut out using Nestabilities labels die. I added some bling with Stickles on the Happy Birthday sentiment. The papers are from my collection.

Love in Bloom

Here's a sparkly wedding card I was experimenting with - I used embossing with pigment powders, Stickles to add a bit of sparkle to flowers and butterflies I cut out using some of my craft punches, and of course lots of jewels and pearls. I wanted to create the effect of cascading blossoms in a garden. The sentiment is stamped in gold from See-Ds that I've had for a long time, but never tried.

Another one!

I also borrowed from Crafter's Kitchen for the background paper for this one. Love those papers! The blossom is another freebie - this time from "Fred She said" - lovely isn't it? The "Mom" is cut using my Cricut - I added a bit of ribbon as well for some drama. Card is oversized as well - 6X8 - a new size for me. I love working with this size - of course it comes with a gift box to protect it.

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http://crafterskitchen.blogspot.com/

Mother's Day

Almost time to go back to work - been off for a while getting some rest. I'm using my last few hours making a few last minute Mother's Day cards. Here's one I did using Jak Heath's instructions for handmade, hand-painted flowers on her blog "Crafter's Kitchen". Thanks a million! It worked brilliantly. I increased the size of the flower and the oversized bloom is quite dramatic - paper and sentiment from a selection I was just waiting to use.

Giveaway from Twiddleybitz

http://twiddleybitzdt.blogspot.com/2009/04/fantastic-giveaway-right-here-on-our-dt.html


Here's a great giveaway from Twiddley Bitz! Click on the link to enter. Good Luck!

Celebratory card for someone expecting twins

This is a card for someone who's having twins. It's all Cricut. Found the images on Stretch Your Imagination cartrigde. I wanted to so something special for the packing, so I made a gift box - got that image from my new Lyrical Letters cartridge, which I just got last week.

Wedding Day Card

A young couple I know are getting married soon - the day after my anniversary, actually! Their colour scheme is blue and orange, so I decided I would make this card using their scheme. They also used a tiger lily as their theme on their invitations, which I helped them make, so I made a tiger lily blossom from scratch - from a template I created freehand - and decorated with lots of Stickles. The background papers are called Marrakesh Vines by Bo Bunny and WorldWin translucent vellum in papaya, both of which I got at scrapbook.com.