Vintage retro style birthday card made using various dies including: Heartfelt Creations Vintage floret dies for roses, Altenew Jumbo Garden Picks and Garden picks dies for leaves, unbranded dies for berry foliage, Tattered Lace sentiments 2014 for ‘Happy Birthday’ Sizzix Thinlits Elle Upper and Lower case Alphabet dies for name, Cardmaking Magic Petunia Wrap die for lace background, Poppy Stamps Devyn Butterfly trio dies and Tattered Lace 3D Pretty Party Dress Die Set. Frame made with WRMK Mold and paperclay.
Masculine Box Easel card I made for my daughter’s partner using various dies including Creative ‘Happy’ sentiment, unbranded birthday sentiment dies, Spellbinders Die All The Tools Toolbox Essentials for Paint brushes, paint cans and paint rollers, Background created using Creative Expressions Sue Wilson Necessities – In The Tool Box Die set. The large ‘K’ was hand cut and the remaining letters cut using the Craft Buddy Nested Lowercase alphabet die set.
This is one of my most popular cards for ladies’ special birthdays. Pink Prosecco themed Pop Up Box card made using various digi-stamps from Craftworld Premium members free digi-stamps cheers collection, dies including; Card Making Magic Die Sets solid & overlay number & suffix, i-Craft Cheers & Happy dies, embossing folder and stamps from Issue 161 of Simply cards & Papercraft magazine and Gemini Expressions Uppercase and lower case Alphabet die Sets.
This is the third of three cards, all made for the same recipient to be sent from different members of her family. This one is an Extra Large Pop Up Box Birthday card made using various dies including Sizzix Thinlits Die Set Fabulous Everyday Shapes by Debi Potter, Sizzix Originals Shadow box numbers, Sizzix Thinlits Elle upper and lower case Alphabet dies, Card Making Magic All occasion sentiment dies and patterned backing card.
Card 2 of three cards all made for the same recipient. This one was sent from the recipient’s Grandparents. This style of card is great for a special keepsake for special celebrations, I’ve made them for Baby births, Christenings and special landmark birthdays. It was made using numerous dies including:- Spellbinders nestabilities elements Lacey circles dies, Sizzix Originals Tags, Scallop Combo Cutting Dies #654991, Tag, Scallop Pocket Sizzix Die 381132, and large scallop tag die, Nesting plain and stitched circle dies, layered flower dies, Tonic ’30’ die, Paper Boutique sentiment dies and cuttlebug embossing folder for the outer cover.
A Special birthday demands a special card. It’s always a challenge when asked to make multiple cards for one recipient. All cards need to be equally as special but different too. This is the first of the three I came up with. I used a number of dies for this including ‘Happy Birthday’ sentiment from Tattered Lace sentiments 2014 dies, ‘Niece’ sentiment from 3 Die-mensions handbag die set, layered flowers dies and Card Making Magic Die Set Solid Alphabet Letters by Christina Griffiths.
My sister had her long awaited hip replacement surgery and of course, I had to make her a get well card card. I absolutely adore House Mouse images and used two different ones from Joanna Sheen’s CD Roms to make this super cute Box Easel card.
When my daughter and her partner bought their first house together it called for a special card from mum. I used a 3d card frame from Tonic which I stamped with a Do Craft wood grain stamp and inked with Tim Holtz distress ink. I used various dies including house die from Simply Cards & Papercraft issue175, trees from Sizzix thinlits set 662839 build a landscape and clouds from X Cut build a scene die set. Elements highlighted with glossy accents. I like the idea of these little pictures as greeting cards as they can be used as wall decor long after the ‘card giving’ occasion has passed.
I made this One Of A Kind Epic Concertina Card for my grandson’s 2nd birthday based on his favourite song Baby Shark. Please don’t ask me to reproduce this, it took a couple of weeks and many hours scratching my head to work this out. I used so many dies making this its hard to list them all so apologies if I miss any, but for those who are interested, here goes :- Sizzix Bigz Sassy Serif Numbers die, Cardmaking Magic Sentiment dies, Unbranded alphabet dies with shadows, Tattered lace Tiny tubs die 59 for shark fin, Sizzix colorise thinlits under the sea #2 665378, Underwater Friends die set from an old issue of Die Cutting Essentials I think, nesting ovals dies for shark bodies, small bunting die and grass die from Sizzix thinlits great outdoors set 661228 for sharks teeth, stems cut using die from Sizzix Susan’s garden, flower lilac 659253 die set, stems from the Lifestyle crafts Wildflower limited edition kit and the little boys were made using dies from the Studio Light Karin Joan Missees range. I’m happy to say that my grandson absolutely loved his card and still loves it over 6 months later, he uses it like a book as he sings and does the actions to the song. Well worth the hours of work invested. Apologies for the quality of the photographs but this was huge when finished and difficult to get the whole thing in one picture ( 21cm tall x 2.376 metres wide. = 8 x A4 landscape joined together).
I made this Karaoke themed Block Easel Card for a friend who had to wait 3 years to celebrate her 40th birthday due to Covid. Yes I got the maths wrong but she was still delighted with her card and said she’ll be able to put it up again next birthday when the ‘Plus 4’ will be more accurate. I made this using my favourite card base, the block easel card, as ever, inspired by Sam Calcott. I used various dies including; Studio Light Missees Dies and stamps, unbranded sentiment and alphabet dies, Creative Craft Products Happy birthday sentiment dies, Memory Box music border die, Golf ball and tee from spellbinders Golf die for the microphone. Background card was from Kanban Topper and backing sheets. Lettering highlighted with Glossy accents.
