First birthday…

It was my friend’s little girl’s first birthday a little while ago.  She is such a little cutie!  I can’t believe a year has gone by already since she was born - they grow up so quickly don’t they? 

He asked me to make a card for Olivia as a keepsake, so I used lots of pastel, sherbet colours to make this flip album …

It opened up to reveal her name and a space to write on …

And again with a space for a pic …

I left lots of space in the centre to add photos, and added labels for some journalling. 

He and his wife loved it! 

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Nifty fifty…

My daughter’s future mum-in-law had a big birthday recently – this is the card I made for her …

 

I love this colour combo.  I added basic pearls and some dazzling diamonds to bling it up a bit.   

 

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Number one dad…

When my mum was alive, she often made rosettes for my dad’s friends to wear to the football match, especially if Liverpool were playing a big game.  She would hand-stitch satin ribbon to circles of cardboard and add ribbon tails. 

Her rosettes were absolutely brilliant, everybody wanted one, and she must’ve made hundreds over the years! 

I took inspiration from my mum’s rosettes for the centre piece of this Father’s Day card ……

I used sticky strip to attach the ribbon instead of stitching, but I think the effect was very similar.  

I mounted the rosette onto a “shield” made from the top note die that had been embossed with the square lattice folder. 

I just  love this effect!

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Happy 60th….

 

 

I know it’s not the usual type of 60^th birthday card but I thought it would be fun for my brother-in-law as he is still young at heart … and I know his grandchildren will love it!  I guess it will be the only card he receives likes this anyhow! 

 

These fun lolly-ice, or popsicle, cards have been round for a while and there are lots of examples on the web. 

I followed the tutorial on Angie’s blog  to make one as a topper for my card, attaching it with stampin dimensionals. 

The lolly also opened to reveal a birthday message…  

I did some stamping on the inside too… 

 

Stampin Up supplies used:

Cardstock: crumb cake, whisper white, real red; Inks: real red, crumb cake; Stamp sets: tart & tangy, party this way, schoolbook serif numbers, afterthoughts (hostess level 1 set), heard from the heart; Punches: scallop edge, scallop circle, 1 3/8” circle, 1¼” circle, corner rounder; Accessories: stampin dimensionals, stampin write markers in real red and certainly celery, real red striped grosgrain ribbon (retired), lolly-ice stick from my kitchen.   

 

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