Birthday card

My busy birthday month (April) is closing in fast

so I am trying to get ahead.

This card is for my eldest Grandson Oliver but this one is from

his Great Granny. So I need to come up with another version for him lol.

For this one I have used a Mo's Digital Pencil image.

The background papers are old ones from my stash,

and he has been coloured up using markers.

I added his age and a sentiment using Nitwits

and my computer.

I would like to enter this into

Krafty Chicks - masculine

Everybody-Art - for a boy

Unicorn challenge - boys/men

Love to Scrap - anything goes

Love to Craft - anything goes

Mirtillamente - anything goes

Mix it Up - anything goes option layers

Double angled pillar card!

I was inspired to make this card when I saw a lovely card my crafty friend

Carol made recently. Carol had followed a tutorial from Iced Images

for a right angled pillar card.

So I went to check it out and as I watched the tutorial this designed

popped into my head so I went about making a double angled

pillar card.

The first one I made is a 2" x 2" panel but I thought it stuck out too much

so I went back to the drawing board and came up with this one.

See how my pillar is half the depth of the previous one?

It also still folds flat even with the two angles

and fits into a 6" envelope.

I have a tutorial you can watch to make this particular one

with the double angles and smaller pillar

Measurements needed to make one

Card Base

One by 5 1/2" x 4 1/2"

Score short side at 4" 

One by 5 1/2" x 6 1/2"

Score long side at 1/2", 2 1/2"

One for pillar by 5 1/2" x 4 1/2"

Score short side at 1", 3", 4"

DSP to decorate

four pieces at 3/4" x 5 1/4"

two pieces at 3 3/4" x 5 1/4"

two pieces at 1 3/4" x 5 1/4"

Items used from old stash

Papers - delightfully eclectic (SU)

Stamps - Daisy Lane (SU)

Daisy punches,

Bumblebee card and ink (SU)

Glossy dots (SU)

I would like to enter this into

Beautiful Blossoms - anything floral + option mood board

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - anything goes

Fab 'n' Funky - all things bright and beautiful

cardz 4 Galz - anything but square

Little book of inspiration!

I made this little book for a little girl I don't see very often,

maybe just 3 times a year but she absolutely

loves to drop by and do some crafting with me.

So I thought this little book would be nice for her.

She is ten years old.

It is full of little quotes, butterflies and tags

with space to write little notes, some paper clips,

sticky notes and some cute page markers.

All tied up with some ribbon.

You can watch a quick run through here

Items used

Stamps: butterfly gala, yay you (SU)

Punches: butterfly punch, tag punch

Inks: memento, bubblebath 

Papers: Delightfully Eclectic (SU)

I would like to enter this into

The Outlawz - anything but a card option try something new

Love to Scrap - anything goes

Love Those Pretty Papers - anything goes option fun fold

Another cold and frosty day. Minus 4 here today and a heavy

fog to top it all off!

Missing my walks!!!

Accordion Journal with pockets!

I came across this great tutorial on YouTube from

Pink Monarch Prints.

It has accordion pockets on one side and

the opposite side flips into a journal style!

I'm a bit of a stationery lover so this was right

up my street!!

Perfect for saving money, receipts etc throughout the year

and keeping a log of your entries too!

I added elastic closure to mine and decorated it up with brads

and stickers from Bo Bunny (very old).

The papers I used are from Delightfully Eclectic (SU)

Stamps used are from EC month stamps and

I used an eyelet and elastic thread from my stash. 

You can watch a quick walk through here

I would like to enter this into

 

Football Crazy!

It was our Grandson Sean's 11th birthday last week

and as always, I like to make a box of some sort to gift

him some money and of course chocolate!

He is very much into his Gaelic and supports Man United

FC so I went with the football theme and their colours.

Inside it holds two bars of chocolate and a loop in the middle

allows you to pop in some money.

It closes using some Velcro dots.

You can watch the tutorial here

Measurements needed to make one

Card - 7" x 4 4/8"

Score long side at 3" and 4"

DSP to decorate

two pieces at 2 6/8" x 4 2/8"

one piece at 6/8" x 4 2/8"

Pockets - two pieces

5 4/8" x 2 2/8"

Score at 2/8", 4/8" on 3 sides

Money Band - 1 7/8" x 5/8"

Score long side at 2/8" on both sides

Closure - 7/8" x 2 6/8"

DSP - 5/8" x 2 4/8"

I used a stamp set from The Stamp Man called Football Mad.

Everything was stamped then coloured with markers.

The papers are called Delightfully Eclectic (SU).

I would like to enter this into

Ally's Angels - anything goes

Creative Fingers - anything goes

Classic Design Challenge - anything goes option no cards

Gem of a Challenge - anything goes

The Outlawz - no cards I went with P

pockets, patterned paper

Dragonfly Dreams - anything but a card

Stash Buster 1

As some of you know, I am in the process of using up a lot of

my stash making mini albums, cards and boxes.

So this weekend I decided I would hunt down

some very old tutorials by various artists,

which I will give credit to of course,

and remake them with my stash!

So my first one is from The Crafty Thinker from way back

in 2017. It had no video tutorial so I thought I would do one.

As you can see this makes up into a cute gift package for

some kit kat bars.

It uses one sheet of card and a strip of fancy paper.

You can watch my video here

Measurements needed

Card - a4 x 11"

Score long side - 3", 3 1/2", 7 1/2", 8"

Score short side - 2 1/2", 3", 5 3/4", 6 1/4"

DSP - 1 3/4" x 8"

White paper for inside - 2 1/4" x 3 3/4"

I used old olive card, Love this Moment stamp set (SU)

and papers are called Delightfully Eclectic (SU).

Image has been coloured using markers.

I would like to enter these into

Mix it Up - anything goes option smooshing

Creative Fingers - anything goes

Crafty Catz - anything goes option Autumn colours

Dragonfly Dreams - anything but a card

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - anything goes

Lovely fresh morning here. Washing is on

and a bit of crafting maybe then hopefully

a trip to Omeath!!

Have a great week.