1st Birthday Card

Good Monday morning to you all. A quick post from me todayThis birthday card is for my cute little neighbour, Ryan, who turned 1 a couple of weeks ago. The image is by Cr8H, coloured with Letraset Promarkers. Hope you like it.

I apologise for the messy post. I just updated my browser to Google Chrome and I can't find my way around!!! So far it feels very awkward and I do not like it! :-( Only half of the screen is visible to me, so it is a case of "blind typing"... my mouse is not working, only the keyboard.... this is not normal, right?! Anyone else experiencing problems with Google Chrome?

Pastels birthday card

You are probably wondering where I have been... Well, I am just taking a little break from crafting, that's all  :-) I haven't had the time, the need or the inspiration, to be honest, for the last month... And today I join the blog world again, just for a bit, to show you a card I made at the weekend. It is for my partner's little niece, who is turning 1 next week.
Nana's Nursery papers; image from Bugaboo. I hope you like it.

Onto some challenges:

Milk Coffee - Anything goes

All sorts - 3 in a row

Di's digis - Pastels

Paper Crafting Journey - Pretty pastels

Cute card Thursday - Happy Birthday

Have a nice week!

Newborn card 3

The last of my baby cards is similar to the previous one; the same digital image by TLC Creations was used, and so was the same backing paper, but the layout was altered slightly. I like trying different sketches and I thought it would be nice to move it around a bit :-)

Challenges:

CES - Check it out

Craft us Crazy - Anything goes

POodles parlour - Anything goes

One sitich at a time and Fab'n'funky - Use a digi

That's all for today

Have a wonderful weekend!

Newborn card 2

For my second card I decided to use this elegant image from TLC Creations. Circle and scalloped Spellbinders, pink pearls and ribbon; sentiment computer generated.

Onto some challenges:
One stitch at a time and Fab'n'Funky - Use a Digi

Diva's by Design - Anythign goes

Stamptacular Sunday - Diamonds or pearls
CES- Check it out
Craft us Crazy - Anything goes
Poodles Parlour - Anything goes

Newborn card 1

This week I was asked to make 3 cards for 3 different newborn babies. Here's my first one.
I used a cute Bugaboo image and coloured it with Letraset Promarkers; green coloured papers, buttons and star pearls from my own stash. The sentiment was computer generated.

Onto some challenges:

Stamptacular Sunday - Diamonds or pearls

One stitch at a time and Fab'n'funky - Use a digi

CES - Check it out

Cute Card Thursday - Buttons and bows

ABC - In pairs

Christening card

For this card I felt like using embossing folders rather than stamped or digital images. It is for a girl being christened soon. Since I had made a card with pink shades for her when she was born in September I opted for silver and white for her Christening instead.

Challenges:

Moving along with the times - Have a heart
Poodles Parlour - Anything goes

Diva's by Design - Anything goes

Pregnancy card

This was a request for a lady going on maternity leave this week. I coloured the image with Letraset Promarkers; the yellow gingham paper is from Ooh la la Creations; XCut border punch; pink and green ribbons from my own stash. Hope you like it.

Some suitable challenges:
Catch the bug - Anything goes
Alphabet Challenge - Y is for You can choose

Gift for newborn

Our dear neighbours recently had their 5th child - and this time it was a girl!! After 4 boys, you can only imagine how delighted they all are with the arrival of little Holly. My gift to them, apart from the card and the usual baby clothes, is a Memory box.





The card was made a few weeks ago, as soon as Holly was born, but I only got to make the box yesterday. [You probably remember this very same layout being used in previous cards for newborn.]

The box (23x23cm) is red, white and pink; I decided to deviate a bit from the usual newborn/baby colours, I thought this would be a nice colour combination anyway, and together with the baby image, matching the card, it goes fairly well in my view.

Hope you like both the card and the memory box.

Different views of the box:

Some challenges:

Crafty Cardmakers - Recyle (box)

Crafty Creations - Recycle

Incy Wincy Designs - Tic Tac Toe (red, flower, stitch punch)

Totally Stampalicious - 3D

Top Tip Tuesday - Tags

Stamptacular Sunday - Punch it

Paper Sundaes - Digi Image

Charisma Cardz - Cutesy

Thanks for your comments!

Christening cards

Second post for today.... :-)

I was recently commissioned to make 2 christening cards (a type of card I had never made before, btw).

When browsing for inspiration, I came across this fantastic template by Lauren Meader and decided to give it a go.  I must say that I love the result, but it took me h-o-u-r-s of fiddling around!! Which means that I won't be doing this onesie very often, I can tell you!! LOL! Still, I was delighted with how the two cards turned out and thankfully so were the recipients.

Let me know what you think of them! Your comments are always appreciated and helpful! :-)

The Crazy Challenge - Embossing

DYSU - Emboss it

Anything goes - Celebration

Baby Ishaan

Our friends D+D had a baby boy a couple of weeks ago; he was 5 weeks premature so I could not get over how cute and tiny he is when I went to meet him the other day. This card is for him, beautiful baby Ishaan.

Sizzix die cut; blue gingham paper; Circle and oval Nestabilities; polka dot embossing folder; Fiskars border punch; ribbon and pearls from my own stash.

Some challenges:

Digital Tuesday - Get out the gingham

Cupcake crafts - Boy Oh boy

Aly's Sunday challenge - All about kids

The Crazy challenge - Monochromatic

If the shoe fits...- Pearls

Totally Stampalicious - Anything goes

Twins card

This is a commissioned card for a set of twin boys. The second I received the order I knew what image I wanted to use - I just love these peas in the pod from Bugaboo!!

The backing paper is a download; image from Bugaboo stamps, coloured with Letraset Promarkers; Fiskars border punch; sentiments were computer generated; ribbon and pearls from my own stash.

Onto some challenges:

Cupcake Crafts - Boy oh boy!

Aly's Sunday challenge - All about kids

The Crazy Challange - Monochromatic

One stitch at a time - Tag it

If the Shoe fits... - Pearls

Totally Stampalicious - Anything goes

..and the last one for today

...another baby card - so many babies around!! :-)

This card is for my partner's little niece who was born a few weeks ago. They are visiting us this weekend so we are all looking forward to meeting the little one.

You probably remember a card of mine with the same layout and similar papers and embellishments. I received so many compliments for it that I decided to re-use the same formula - if it is not broken, don't fix it! ;-)

I am entering the card:

Woodware USA - Die cut/punches

Die Cutting Divas - Tag

Paper Romance - Tag

Papertake Weekly - Spots/stripes

Ladybug Crafts Ink - Anything goes

Happy Easter everyone!

Another baby card

Yesterday our dear neighbours had a baby boy - this afternoon I had a bit of time to myself and managed to make a card for them. They knew it was going to be a boy and decorated the nursery in white, cream and beige colours so my card follows the same shades; the cute teddy I got for the baby has also these colours, so all well coordinated!

The backing papers are from different sources, all downloaded; the elephant die cut is a Sizzix; the border punch is X-Cut; ribbon and pearls from my own stash.
Hope you like it.

The sketch is from Mojo Monday. I also would like to enter the card onto the following challenges:

Woodware USA - Die cut/punches

Die Cutting Divas - Tag

Paper Romance - Tag it!

Papertake Weekly - Spots n stripes

Creative Inspirations - Pets/Animals

Little Claire Designs - Animals

Ladybug Crafts Ink - Anything goes

Quick baby card

An urgent card request for a new baby girl. It is a small square card using a Cuttlebug embossing folder, pink gingham paper and a few pearls. A clean, simple and quick card.

Onto some challenges:

Cupcake craft - Lots of Layers

Totally Stampalicious - Keep it simple

Whoopsi Daisy - Free and easy
A Spoon full of Sugar - Let's Celebrate
Top Tip Tuesday - Open challenge
Ladybug crafts inks - Anything goes

We are having smashing weather in Ireland this week; I hope you too are enjoying some sunshine wherever you are!

Baby girl

Here's a CAS card for a friend of the family who is having a baby girl this week.
For it I used the Sizzix elephant die cut; Nestabilities oval and scalloped oval; Docrafts polka dot embossing folder; pink papers from OLL; stamp from Honey and Hugs, Papermania; pink gingham ribbon from my own stash.

My card enters the following challenges:
Crafty Calendar - New beginnings
Do you stack up? - Patterned paper
My time to craft - Emboss
Inky Impressions - Emboss it!
PaperPlay - Layer it up
Delicious Doodles - Spots or stripes
Crafts4eternity - Polka dots
The Sisterhood of crafters - Anything goes

Newborn card and Album

Hi there
I finished this commissioned job last night: a card and an album for a cute newborn (the photo has been blurred a bit for privacy reasons).
I played with cream, blue and olive green colours in both the card and throughout the album (the album has 12 pages, which have been decorated with punches and stamps and have room for the parents to include photos of their new baby). The die cut frame is Frameabilities Spellbinders; Circle and Scalloped cricle from Nestabilities; alpha stamps from StudioG and the baby's details were created in Word; the digital giraffe image was coloured with Letraset Promarkers.

I would like to enter my project onto the following challenges:
Creative Belli Blog - Numbers
Lexi's Creations - Picture perfect
Pear Tree Designs - Celebration
Create with Connie and Mary - Anything but a card (my project consists of a card AND and an album, so I hope that's OK)

Thanks for your comments!

Welcome Little One

Happy evening to you all.

One of my lovely neighbours has become a grandmother. This is my card to congratulate her on such special occasion.

The fabulous teddy digi stamp is a freebie from Wendy, mounted on 3D pads; the sentiment stamp is from the Honey and Hugs collection by Papermania; new Docrafts Polka dots embossing folder; Circle Nestabilities; Xcut border punch; buttons, gingham paper, blue and yellow cardstock from my own stash.

Onto a few challenges:

Totally Gorjuss - Baby baby

Die Cut Dreams - Gingham

Charisma Cardz - Teddy bears

Meljen's Designs - Clean and simple

Pixie Dust Studio - Cute as a Button

Baby Card

About time I blog! Yes, indeed. I can't believe it's been three weeks, time flies! Today I finished a couple of orders - all baby cards, so I decided to check what challenges were out there.

The card enters the following challenges:

Creative Inspirations - Monochrome

My Time to Craft - Xtra Special
Busy Beauties Creation Station - Anything goes

Sorry it's a quick post again; I am tired and looking forward to going to bed soon! :-)