Anniversary Card

A super quick post and howdy doody :)

My BF asked me to whip up a card for her in-laws 60th Wedding Anniversary. With such an amazing achievement I decided an OTT card was required to mark the occasion!!

So out came the Spellbinders, the Stickles and, of course, the Silhouette!!

Here is the result:

The fern wreath was cut on the Silhouette and then Stickled in Diamond ......appropriately enough!

American Craft Thickers,Anna Griffin stamp and a couple of Spellbinder Dies. I even dug out some little blooms :)

Thanks for popping in today,

Ali x 

Happy Day My Darling Dad

Thought I would pop in and share the card and present I made for my Dad. By the time this schedules I will be with him, celebrating his special day, along with DH and his girls and now SIL and his son :0) Happy, happy Father's Day to you all.

Heidi Swapp 'No Limits' and Studio Calico 'Classic Calico' 6 x 6 papers and lots of Silhouette action!

my Dad's a gardener, so I thought this tin would come in handy....then an idea was born!

I made a seed packet

wrote instructions on the back using seed packet lingo

the 'seeds' spell out his present.

When the seeds are put into the right order they tell him that he and I are going out to Beth Chatto's garden for lunch, a stroll around the gardens and then on to their nursery where a particularly unusual plant he has been hankering after will be waiting for him to collect :0)

Hope all the men in your lives have a special day today.

Thanks for popping in,

Ali x 

A couple of cards

I haven't had time to do any layouts recently but I have been able to spend a little time playing with paper as I have needed some cards. Here are a couple that I didn't have time to share.

The first one was for DD#1's birthday

MME The Sweetest Thing paper, various butterfly punches, jar cut on Silhouette and inked with Dreamweaver brushes, MME and Hero Arts stamps

The second one is for my Mum on Mother's Day, already been and gone over here.



Birds are cut from MME papers on the Silhouette as is the speech bubble



Thanks for popping in today,

Ali x 

A little someone has been keeping me busy :0)

Hello, hello it's been forever ....at least it seems that way!!

I am popping in quickly to share my good news and a card that I whizzed up to celebrate our new arrival......my absoluteley gorgeous DGS!!!

I stamped and typed onto the white card, then ran it through an embossing folder. Stuck a star and a bow on, matted it and voila!! Super simple....but that's my style....just as well as time is precious at the mo ;0) Still if it's a choice between crafting and cuddles....cuddles win hands down!!!



and relaaaxxxxxx :0)

 Thanks for popping in, I will be back in a couple of days to share some of the bits I have been making for this little chap's bedroom :0)

Ali x

Happy Birthday DD#2

My babe is 25 today....how did that happen???!!

Having a lovely day celebrating with a pamper session for her and me, then dinner and Mastermind Quiz with everyone tonight ...she does love a quiz this girl of mine!

this was inspired by a picture I saw on Pinterest. The papers are all My Mind's Eye Miss Caroline Howdy Doody

PLS tag and WRMK chipboard sticker; chipboard A and a bit of a Glitz Card

GCD Studio Epoxy Sticker; PLS 25 tag and Elle Studio Snippet

Crate Paper chipboard hearts and Hero Arts stamp; clay star tag...my new stuff to play with!!!

Thanks for popping in today, and happy birthday my darling girl if you are reading this :0)

Ali x 

Happy Valentines Day :0)

Valentines is not a big deal in my house but as I had created this die cut on my Silhouette...I know, get me!!!....I thought it would be mean not to attach it to a card and give to DH :0)

glossy accent heart

inside reads.....tomorrow and forever.

Hope you have a lovely day, thanks for popping in,

Ali x 

Happy Birthday BFF :0)

It's Sue's birthday today and in a bit I will be meeting her for a lovely girlie lunch, a glass of wine (or 2!) and a natter......I can't wait!!

A super sweet and simple card for her.....but that sums her up....simple and sweet!!!!....only joking old girl ;0)

MS punch, punched about 7 layers of card to make it chipboard like, stamped and glittered the cake. MS PATP and then typed tag.

The inside reads...you deserve a day sprinkled with fun......courtesy of Hero Arts :0)

Thanks for popping in today and Happy Birthday my lovely friend,

Ali x 

Birthday Boys....a couple of cards

Both my Godson and DH celebrate their birthdays next week and here are the cards that I will be sending them :0)

this idea has been pinched from the PLS blog. Paper weaving with old Basic Grey papers and a bit of kraft and a PLS journal card stuck onto a homemade tag. A Spellbinders die cut label, edged in white gel pen and stamped with a Hero Arts stamp and a Anna Griffin star.

weird angle I know but the camera wouldn't focus with all that white! Another bit of lifting from Etsy ;0) I did the graphics in Word and then overstamped. Punched some holes for the tag and then matted onto pop dots. The stamps are Hero Arts and American Crafts...the little insignificant stamps that you don't take much notice of on a sheet!!

Thanks for popping in,

Ali x  

Happy Anniversary Sue and Raj :0)

My BF and her husband have just celebrated their anniversary and this is the card that I made them.

DD#2 was playing with my Pro Markers and having not used them for years I thought I would stamp an image and play too!!

Stamp is from Jolly Nation, the map is an old Road Atlas that was in the car and heading for the recycling bin and then I thought hang on a minute.......!!

The inside reads.......'here's to many more happy miles together'...clever eh? Even if I do say so myself!!! LOL

Thanks for popping in today,

Ali x 

...and yet more cards!!!

I really can't remember the last time I made so many cards!! Thought I would share the wedding one I made for my friends and also a couple of commissioned ones :0)

Apologies for the wonky and, frankly, not brilliant photographs. I am so tired that I appear to be viewing things on the squiff!!

Super simple! I embossed all the card using various folders and then hand cut the cake tiers, added some pearls and ribbon and did a bit of stamping :0)

Anna Griffin paper put through the printer for the custom sentiment. 

I really like the way the flags came out on this one!

Thanks for popping in today,

Ali x 

A sweet card for a treasured girl :0)

Super swift post in between packing, dog walking, cleaning and all the other stuff!!

Off in a minute to to stay over in Norfolk as DD#1's graduation ceremony is at 9.30 tomorrow morning and here is the card that I made for her. Not the usual graduate card, I admit, but personal to her as she begins her new teaching job in September and she is an absolute star as far as we are concerned :0)

I have finally broken into the Graphic 45 pad I recently found tucked away...do you know the worst thing? I had it shipped over from the States as I was so desperate for it.......shocking waste of money!!! Still that tiny bit of sum paper along with the story card from Pretty Little Studio was perfect for a teacher :0) The red star paper is Pink Paislee and the felt star was cut on the Cuttlebug.

Thanks for popping in, off to see my girl reap the rewards of a very long and hard working year...yay!

Ali x 

A handful of 'girlie' cards

My Mum has put in a request for some feminine cards 'Whilst I like your 'grungy' look I don't want it on the cards I send to my friends' LOL

Hope she likes these ones, especially as I have used my cherished MME Follow Your Heart!! It takes my Mum to bring me to the point that enables me to put scissors to them :0)

Thanks for popping in,

Ali x 

CKC Kit Scraps = Cards!

Hello,

thought I would share a handful of cards that I made with the last few bits of paper I had in my kit. I have to be honest and say that I brought in some additional bits :0)

The additional bits are: the original Cosmic Shimmer Chalkboard Mist I was going to have in my kit, the Hero Arts stamp, the twine and the negative of the star I used on another card!

The additional bits here are: Glitz Design stickers, the twine and a button.

A different washi tape, the Fiskars stamp and the Copsmic Shimmer Spray...again! Do you get the feeling it was a  'what is sitting on my desk?' kind of a card!

A piece of unadulterated chipboard, the star and some Glitz rub ons. The frame was cut using a Nellie Snellen die.

Thanks for popping in.....nearly at the end now :0(

Ali x 

A Birthday Challenge

It is MIL's birthday today and every year DH takes her to London for a meal and a show. I decided that this year I would format the invitation a little differently.

We used to have a show in the UK called Catchphrase and you would guess the phrase from a series of pictures and 'say what you see'!!!

So I decided to do exactly that for MIL:

do you get it????? Ewe R invited 2 a Meal & Dream Boats and Petticoats

 Had the best fum making this and figuring out how to put it all together.... a happy hour!!!

Thanks for popping in,

Ali x 

May means busy birthday month!

Hello,

I don't know why but May has got to be the busiest time for birthdays, so that means lots of card making :0)

Here are a handful that I made yesterday, most are inspired by Pinterest (thank goodness for the big P - makes life sooo much easier!)

using my MS magnetic punches for the first time.....I was beginning to wonder if they were a waste of money!! Hero Arts stamp.

MME Miss Caroline papers, stamped twill, Fiskars 'wish' stamp

more MME Miss Caroline and the good old MS butterfly punch (now that was money well spent!)

Anna Griffin stamp and a collection of random bits

Letterpress embossing folder 'inked' with glue and then gilded. MME  butterflies stamped with glue, gilded and cut out. Anna Griffin stamp

I bought the Indigo Blu 'FlitterGlu' a while ago along with some of their gilding flakes and I have to say it is as fabulous as they say it is! The photo really hasn't captured the beauty of the gilding :0(

So off I go to make yet more cards.........I have had to write a list on my blackboard just to keep track! Because I make DD#1's cards I am having to make up to 3 per family member although I am going to have a crafty day with DGD tomorrow so that she can make her own......Cricut Paper Dolls here we come!

Thanks for popping in,

Ali x 

and more to my style......

Good morning,

here are a couple of birthday cards I have made that are more like me!

I love this stamp from Graphic 45 

I paper pieced this little lovely using OA scraps

Pink Paislee twine and a heart pin

This is an old stamp from Jolly Nation that hasn't been used in years! Handmade Washi Tape and some Bakers Twine

Thanks for popping in,

Ali x 

Layers of Loveliness - Anna Griffin style

Good morning,

more cards today. These two are for my Mum and Dad - one to say thank you for taking me to the spa yesterday and one for a birthday.

These are not my normal style but I was making them to my parents taste and actually I really like how they turned out :0)

Everything is from the Francesca collection - so beautiful but rarely used!!

Everything on this card is from the Willow collection. Loving that I am finally using things that have been sitting collecting dust!

Thanks for popping in,

Ali x