My best friend celebrates her birthday in June so I chose a tropical theme this year for her card using Altenew layering dies that have been in my stash and till now unused. I chose tropical themed papers and bright colourful coordinating card stock to complete the look. Once again I used a double swing card fold inspired by Sam Calcott on Youtube. I used double sided card for the card base that was lime green on one side and cerise pin on the other which made for a more dramatic look and used both sides alternately for the layered sentiments. All in all it made for a bright fun card which my friend loved.

Celebrating landmark birthdays calls for a special card, especially when it’s for a daughter. Pop up cards are always a popular choice, they delight recipients and make for a great display. I chose lovely shades of mint green for this card, it was one of three cards I was asked to make, all for the same recipient so I wanted to make sure they were all different styles and colours. I love layered flower dies and used a couple of different Altenew die sets to create this. Using pearlescent card for the flowers added that extra little touch of luxury too.

Another special request for a special birthday. This is only the second hat style easel card I’ve made. I love how realistic the hat looks when finished and it’s definitely a card that will stand out from the rest on the mantlepiece. Because of the dimensional aspect of this type of card it has to have it’s own box. What better than a matching hat box. For those crafters out there, it takes quite a lot of card stock to make the card and box, especially if our using A4 sheets.

I had a request for an explosion box card for a 60th birthday. I love making these kinds of cards, they have the ‘wow’ factor that you want for a special landmark celebration. For this version I used pearlescent cardstock to make the flowers in shades of pinks and purples to coordinate with the patterned papers I’d chosen. The sentiments were typed and printed out and then die cut.

Regular visitors will know that my sister is also a crafter. When it comes to her birthday, I always try to make something a little bit different. This time I chose a double swing fold card inspired by Sam Calcott of Mixed up craft I saw on youtube. My sister is also a keen gardener so I chose this as my theme and picked patterned papers and a stamp to reflect this.

My daughter asked me to make a special wedding card for her best friends’ wedding. Both the bride and groom are best friends of my daughter, they all met at university and have remained firm friends ever since. This was a very special and long awaited wedding, having been postponed twice over the last 2 years due to Covid and then the arrival of their baby. My daughter chose the quirky wording so it seemed natural to use the funny photographs of them as part of the card. The front photograph is of the wedding venue. A double shutter card makes a great statement and guarantees a star spot on the mantlepiece.

A 50th wedding anniversary is definitely cause for celebration and demands a special card to mark the occasion. My sister is also a card maker and so when she and her hubby celebrated their Golden Wedding anniversary in April, I had to make a special card. The double shutter card creates a great display when opened up fully. For details of dies used just click on any of the pictures.

My daughter asked me to make a wedding card for a friend of her boyfriend. She wanted something clean, simple and modern. I used a photograph of the wedding venue which I faded out and added some modern florals using the Sizzix Brushstroke Flowers #2 die set.