Amelie's birthday card

Amelie turned two on Sunday and we had a party for her on Saturday. For some reason I decided to make her cake myself - a pile of "building blocks" with the letters of her name on:

I also did her a digital card, which just happens to tie in with this week's Papertake challenge of using downloaded items on a card - in this case, the papers are from Scrap Girls' "Birthday Party" collection and the main image is one of the Numberjacks (one of Amelie's favourite TV shows) downloaded from the CBeebies website and coloured in on Photoshop.

And last, but by no means least, here's a pic of the birthday girl herself at her party. When I've got time I'll put some more party pics up on Facebook for those of you who are interested!

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Mum's Xmas Card!

I know my mum reads my blog, so hadn't originally posted this card - however, I missed the post collection on Saturday (official last posting day) so I have no idea if it'll make it by Christmas! Therefore, I've posted it here so Mum can at least see it before then LOL!! I'm also entering it at the last minute for the Papertake Challenge, which is monochrome. The embossing folder is the Cuttlebug Lace Tree, highlighted with gold glitter and a gold ribbon on white pearl card that has a hint of gold to it.

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Triple Challenge Christmas Card!

Wow, I think I managed to combine three challenges in one card! The theme is "Let it snow" for Papertake, the layout follows the sketch for Saturday Sketchers and the colour scheme is monochromatic (well, almost, as the papers have a touch of yellow and the snow couple's noses are orange!) for the Penny Black challenge. The snow couple stamp is PB and coloured with watercolour pencils and a touch of pearlescent chalk to give the snow some sparkle and the papers are from Dovecraft's Winter Wonderland pack. I've used the wording on the paper in place of an extra sentiment as I don't think I need to add anything else.

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Another double challenge card

My Christmas card for this week and another card that covers two challenges - Papertake, which is a sketch this week, and the new Forever Friends challenge blog - their challenge this week was to use three different papers in a card. The papers I've used are all from the FF Christmas Snow pack. The central paper includes the image of the bear, and I've then used two extra sheets of that paper to decoupage the bear to give him a bit of depth.

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Baby Girl sparkly card

My step-sister Kathryn had her baby girl, Darcey Kate, on Thursday morning, weighing in at a health 8lb 2oz, a little sister to Dougie who'll be four in January, so this card is for her and her family. It also qualifies for two challenges, Daring Cardmakers and Papertake, both of whose theme for this week is sparkle!


The letters were die-cut from plain white on my cuttlebug using my Sizzlits Round-a-bout alphabet set. I then passed them through my xyron sticker maker upside-down and coated the sticky surface with Pink Champagne glitter. I added two thick coats of dimensional glaze to give an epoxy effect. I then passed them back through my xyron the right way up to stick them onto the card - the xyron is great for sticking awkward shapes as it just puts a layer all over the back and it's a lot stronger than wet glue. The main card photo hasn't picked up the colours or glossy finish very well, so here's a slightly better close-up!

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Wedding Card

This card was for my cousin Lisa's wedding yesterday and is also my entry for the Papertake Weekly Challenge following Katharina's fab sketch. I had a bit of a nightmare with this card and it just wouldn't come together until I discovered the rose-patterned white and silver vellum I've used behind the image. As a result, it got finished about 10 minutes before we got into the car to leave for the big day!! The main image is a rub-on, not something I usually use but one of the few wedding-themed images I had in my stash. I'm quite pleased with the results, and just hope the happy couple like it!


And here are the happy couple - the new Mr and Mrs Hannaby - along with a pic of my little munchkin looking very sweet in her pretty dress before it got covered in chocolate ice cream at the reception!

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Papertake Weekly Challenge - Katharina's Sketch #9

Another Lili of the Valley card, this time for the Papertake Weekly Challenge, which is a sketch by Katharina this week. The card itself is chalked to match the colours of the fairy and the matching background papers.

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