Sunday, August 22, 2010

The birthdays keep a-coming!

Hi,

It's been a while again. What with spending my days off making cards there is no time to edit & blog them. Also I was sick last week and Mum had an op this week (Hi Mum, MWAH!) so life has been rather busy. I work tonight but woke up early so have been madly loading pics to my computer. This will be a quick post but thought that was better than my usual 'no-post' LOL.

Firstly, Mum's b'dy card. I finally borrowed it from her. The photo is not vey good as I took it tonight, but it gives you the idea. I CASEd it from the fabulous Nancy Riley who unfortunately is taking a break from blogging as her daughter was in an accident. Thoughts and prayers to you Nancy!




This was a labour of love as you know how much I love cutting out (not!). I want a punch for these flowers! Mum likes the colours in the Cottage Garden DSP (as do I, will miss it so much when it retires) so I stuck with that. I love the 'Vintage Vogue' set too, hope it hangs around for the next few years. The sentiment is from 'Well Scripted' a US SU set. I love the Little Leaves Sizzlet die. My Big Shot has been used so much more since we got the SU dies over here :-)

My good friend Ang turned 30 in August and she made me a beautiful card for my birthday. I agonised over her card, wanting something special. Ang seems to make cupcakes for all their occasions and made her 1yo a giant cupcake for her b'day, so went with that for inspiration. I made a Side-step card, based on ones I found on Splitcoast, esp this one which directs you to a great tutorial, and this one.




And this pic shows it more side-on so you can see the 'steps'.

Sorry, the pics have come out a bit dark, problem with quick editing! I am going to miss this Sweet Always DSP, it is especially great for girly cards. Maybe I should order one last pack before it retires (in 9 days!!). I used the lovely 'Crazy for Cupcakes' stamp set & the cupcake wheel. The numbers are chipboard inked in Regal Rose & then liberally covered in glitter. Does anyone else find that they are as sparkly as the project after using this gorgeous glitter??? I added 2 little tags using 'Teeny Tiny Wishes' and the little tag punch. Love these little tags, you can add them to any project.

Anyway, this has turned out rather long for a 'quick' post so I better get moving. Hope you've had a great weekend. I am hopefully getting to catch up with the lovely Lavonne (my US stamp 'dealer' LOL) tomorrow. She is out here visiting her family. It is always wonderful to catch up with her.

Cheers, Fi xox



3 comments:

Lee-Anne said...

Stunning, these are both gorgeous. You have put so much work into them, I do know what you mean about cutting flowers, it's not my favourite thing to do either.
I love the colours and design for the one for your Mum, so very pretty.
And the sidestep card, again...so much work, it is beautiful. Great choice of colours, stamp set and papers. Very, very pretty.
Thanks for sharing Fi, hope you enjoy the rest of your week.
Love
Lee-Anne
xox

Andrea L - EnchantINK said...

Wowsers! These are gorgeous ... and I can see the love that has gone into both! I wonder what goodies Lavonne has for you??? Surely ... she wouldn't have come empty handed??? You lucky girl ... having access to a friend in the US who is so generous in sharing her SU! goodies! Hugs Andrea xxx

Unknown said...

I really think the Cupcake Side Step card is great and I just have to case it.I first saw your card on Stampers Connection.

 
Blog Templates by Delicious Design Studio