Showing posts with label Birthday. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Birthday. Show all posts

Sunday, 4 August 2024

Fired Up 40th Birthday

 



Goodness me.... where did July go? We were really busy at work in June as it was our month end but July just seemed to disappear and before you knew it... we are in August!

At Kate Hadfield Designs there are so many fabulous sets it is really easy to get inspired to use them. There are digital stamps which you can colour, coloured versions you can scrapbook or make into digital layouts. Papers, patterned overlays and doodles galore. No matter what your skill level there are so many goodies to play with.


One of the most fabulous things about being in this Creative Team is that we have free rein to make anything we want to using the sets in the shop. This is amazing for inspiring creativity as there are so many amazing packs to play with. I feel very, very lucky to be able to have this opportunity.

A fireman friend of our was turning 40 and I wanted to make a card for him based around an image I had bought a while ago from The Paper Shelter. I used the Fired Up kit from Kate's store to feature as the front of a Z fold card.


The inside section was made using the number 40 candles from the Party Animals Kit


This was then surrounded by 40 candles which were from other kits Bring on The Cake & Lets Celebrate






The last section features the pre-coloured image Adorable Fireman from The Paper Shelter.


All sections of the card were matted and layered with red and black card to make it all look cohesive. I am really pleased with how it turned out


Card Details -


Size - 6” Z fold Card

Digital Images - Fired Up, Bring on The Cake, Lets Celebrate & Party Animals (Kate Hadfield Designs) Adorable Fireman (The Paper Shelter)



I would like to enter this card into the following challenges (in Alphabetical Order)

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Wednesday, 24 April 2024

A Horsey Happy Birthday

 


At Kate Hadfield Designs there are so many fabulous sets it is really easy to get inspired to use them. There are digital stamps which you can colour, coloured versions you can scrapbook or make into digital layouts. Papers, patterned overlays and doodles galore. No matter what your skill level there are so many goodies to play with.



One of the most fabulous things about being in this Creative Team is that we have free rein to make anything we want to using the sets in the shop. This is amazing for inspiring creativity as there are so many amazing packs to play with. I feel very, very lucky to be able to have this opportunity.



I have used the Chinese Zodiac kit to make a card for a young lady's 11th birthday. She has recently become the owner of a horse who looks very similar to the horse in this kit so it is the perfect horsey to use for this project.

You can purchase this kit as uncoloured stamps or pre-coloured images. I chose to use the pre-coloured as unfortunately I am still having issues with stiffness in my hand and colouring is an issue for me at present.


I used the current sketch from Cheerful Sketches for the layout and printed my image to suit a 6" card. I distressed the edges with an ink pad and popped it up on 3d foam pads.

The main background paper is a lovely glossy sparkly floral which has a large corner motif which I thought would suit the large amount of open space in the sketch. I chose some semi plain green papers to pick up colours from this and the darker floral paper picks up the brown and provides a contrast. I was VERY annoyed at myself when I realised I had stuck the paper on upside down. I don't think it is really noticeable but I know it is wrong :( 

The final thibg to add was the sentiment from my stash which I matted onto a scrap of brown card.

Over at Kate Hadfield Designs there is lots going on. Kate is really generous with her freebies which are readily available. If you sign up to the newsletter you get access to an extra subscriber area the Doodle Den where there are loads more freebies. There is a gallery full of projects by the Creative Team and customers and so much inspiration for crafters and teachers. I would highly recommend you pop over there and join in the fun.


Card Details -


Size - 6”x6”

Digital Image - Chinese Zodiac (Kate Hadfield Designs)

Designer Paper - Desert Blooms 6x6” & Love Letters (First Edition Paper) Green At Heart (Basic Grey)



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Saturday, 6 April 2024

Celebrate With Cake

 


This year I am trying to make a concerted effort to use my stash rather than collect it.

I have been making cards for at least 25 years now and in that time I have amassed a lot of supplies. Over the last few years I have tried not to buy too many new items, glue and consumables of course have been the exception from this.

So in an attempt to actually USE my dies and embossing folders especially I have pulled out not one, but 2 dies that I have not used before.... Go me!

When I saw the current sketch from Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge I had already decided to use the sentiment die to make a birthday card for a neighbour. I had the perfect piece of paper in my stash to suit the background so the sketch was a brilliant starting point for this card.


The image was cut from white card and coloured with a combination of Promarkers, fine liners and a Spectrum Noir glitter marker.

This was then mounted onto black card cut with the scalloped outline die and popped up on 3D foam for dimension.

A sheet of card was used for the base and I added some cardstock which was in my coloured scraps file. It came in a mixed bag of scraps from Craftwork Cards years ago and was 8' square so I was really pleased to use it after so many years. Each colour is embossed with different textures.

The small butterflies have been cut using a Martha Stewart punch. I love how detailed it is despite being small in size. I cut the bottom layer from scraps of a green paper. The top layers were cut from scraps of a striped paper from DCWV which I lined up so that it would be symmetrical on each wing. These butterflies are stuck down in the centre and the top layer wings folded up.


The large green butterfly was cut from a perfume box that I saved as it has a really sumptuous flocked texture and was far to nice to throw away. This particular die has an outline that is attached to the main butterfly and you can stick it down and leave the wings flapping.

I have found some amazing tools called Teeny Tiny Dauber Sticks which I bought from Hunky Dory Crafts. You get loads in a pack and you can wash them to re-use. They are perfect for gluing very fine detailed dies and I am really pleased I have tried them. (I am not affiliated in any way, just a very happy customer)


Finally I have added some small gems to the body of the butterflies and some star gems dotted around the card.

Card Details -


Size - A5

Dies - Celebrate With Cake (Crafter’s Companion), Kaleidoscope of Butterflies (Crafter’s Companion)

Punch - Butterfly Stamp & Punch Set (Martha Stewart)

Colouring Medium - Promarkers, Fine liners, Spectrum Noir glitter marker

Designer Paper - Embossed card from Craftwork Cards, Butterflies The Glitter Stack (DCWV)

Embellishments - Self adhesive Gems



I would like to enter this card into the following challenges (in Alphabetical Order)

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Saturday, 4 February 2023

Becky's London Birthday


At Kate Hadfield Designs there are so many fabulous sets it is really easy to get inspired to use them. There are digital stamps which you can colour, coloured versions you can scrapbook or make into digital layouts. Papers, patterned overlays and doodles galore. No matter what your skill level there are so many goodies to play with.


This card is for my youngest niece who is 27 today! I have no idea where the years are going to. She has gone to London for the weekend with her parents so I thought a London themed card would be appropriate for her. 

I started off with the plain blu paper from Red White N Blue and made a border top and bottom with strips of the striped paper. 


I then added the crown border from the Jubilee Freebie. You can download this here


The rest of the elements are all from this great British & London themed pack Cool Britannia. I selected iconic landmarks, played about with the placement and then added text boxes. This was printed out with a black border and then added onto to white card base.


Becky sent me a message this morning to say she absolutely loved it so I am a happy Aunty right now.

Becky was born with learning difficulties, autism, ADHD and suffers with narcolepsy (that girl can literally sleep anywhere!) She works full time as a carer, has an amazing career despite being told she would never amount to anything. She has the sweetest disposition and we could not be more proud of her. Her childlike sense of wonder is so pure, she is just a happy person to be around and I love her to bits.

Over at Kate Hadfield Designs there is lots going on. Kate is really generous with her freebies which are readily available. If you sign up to the newsletter you get access to an extra subscriber area the Doodle Den where there are loads more freebies. There is a gallery full of projects by the Creative Team and customers and so much inspiration for crafters and teachers. I would highly recommend you pop over there and join in the fun.

Card Details -


Size - 6” Square

Digital Images - Cool Britannia (Kate Hadfield Designs)

Digital Papers - Red White n Blue & Jubilee Freebie (Kate Hadfield Designs)



I would like to enter this card into the following challenges (in Alphabetical Order)


 

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Thursday, 24 November 2022

21st Birthday Celebrations

 


This is my final week as a Guest Designer at Krafty Chicks this month. What an honour it has been to join in the fun at the hen house. 


Week 4 of the monthly challenge schedule is All Occasions. This can be a specific holiday like Easter, St Patrick's day, Valentine's day or in my case a special birthday.

 I was asked to make a special card for a 21st Birthday. The brief was girly and cocktails so I think I ticked those boxes. I do love making cards in general but it is always an honour and so satisfying to make with a specific person in mind with things that are so personal to them.

The base of the card is in the brightest of pinks. The purple paper is a handmade paper I got from a craft shop in Stratford Upon Avon a million years ago. It has silver metallic threads running through it and the raised dots are like silver brads. It was sold as a sheet of wrapping paper but it is way too posh to waste on wrapping a gift!

I used two of my most used dies on this card. The shaker element is a die from Crafter's Companion. The weird thing is that I never specifically bought it as it was in one of those sale goodie bags so you don't know what you will receive. I have used it so much and for so many different occasions so I am really glad I was lucky to get that one. I used some acetate for the window and filled it with seed and bugle beads in colours to match my main design. I have found one of the best ways to make a shaker card is with sheets of childrens craft foam which is easy to die cut. This gives the necessary depth for the shaker part without the fiddly cutting of foam pads to fit your shape.

The second die is my scalloped edge square die from Nellie Snellen. It is just the right size to make a decorative sentiment panel. I simply type my sentiment on the computer in a box and then cut when printed.

I added some glittery foam number stickers and a square gem to finish the bottle. As a final touch I added a cocktail sticker I must have had for about 20 years. I remember buying a mixed packs of Stickopotamus stickers from Ebay and it was amongst them. 

I have been making crafting and making cards for years and have amassed a lot of supplies on that time. I follow the Totally Tiffany 4 section system way of organising my craft room. All my crafty supplies like stickers, papers and embellishments are grouped together by theme so if I want to create with alcohol for instance they are all bagged up together, all balloons together, all sport etc. It takes a long time to get your stuff together like that but saves me so much time as I can pretty much go straight to whatever I need. As long as you are disciplined in putting things back you never get yourself into a mess. I have been doing it for over 7 years now and it is fair to say it has revolutionised the way I organise and more importantly has kept me organised. I also catalogue all my dies, punches, stamps and embossing folders in Evernote. This has been an absolute game changer as you can file things away but easily find them. 

I do hope you will join me and the team in the Hen House at Krafty Chicks.

Card Details -


Size - 6” x 6”

Dies - Square Die MFD006 (Nellie Snellen), Prosecco Celebration (Crafter’s Companion)

Paper - Handmade paper with silver threads and dots.

Embellishments - Seed & Bugle Beads, Stickopotamus Sticker, Glitter Foam number stickers, square gem.


I would like to enter this card into the following challenges (in Alphabetical Order)


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Thursday, 3 November 2022

Rabbit Gift Krafty Chicks GDT

 


I was absolutely delighted to be asked to be a Guest Designer at Krafty Chicks this month. What an honour to join in the fun at the hen house.


Week 1 of the monthly challenge schedule is Stamp Act where you can use any rubber, polymer or digital stamp image.

I have used a digital stamp I have had in my collection for years from Zlatoena Designs. Her Etsy store is not selling anything at the moment. She has the most adorable rabbits with huge ears and this was perfect for my hare loving Brother in Law's birthday card.

The image has been coloured with Promarkers. I selected the colours from the background paper which has been recycled from an old birthday card. A family friend was moving house and a huge box of cards were given to me to recycle. It was like Christmas looking through them and snipping away at the elements I could use in my card making. 

I love bold geometric patterns and this screamed 'male birthday card'. I used a combination of Promarkers, pencils and a blending pen to colour the bunny and his huge ears.

The base of the card and the matting layer is a linen textured navy blue card which has a slight sheen to it and gives it a luxury feel. Finally I added a sentiment from my stash layered onto a scrap of the card.

I do hope you will join me and the team in the Hen House at Krafty Chicks.

Card Details -


Size - A5

Digital Image - Rabbit Gift (Zlatoena Designs)

Designer Paper - Recyled from an old Birthday Card

Colouring Medium - Promarkers, blendind pen, Arteza pencils



I would like to enter this card into the following challenges (in Alphabetical Order)


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