Birthday Card and Present

I finished off the last of my friend's birthday present today. First off is the card. I used PTI's Lovely Layers for the background and a birthday sentiment from a set that I can't remember the name of!

As an extra little gift, I made a cosmetic bag using this brilliant Halloween pin up fabric from Alexander Henry. She will love it!!

This bag is quite a bit bigger than my usual ones, but the print is so big that it really needs that larger size. It's nice and roomy, so I think I might start offering this size in the shop.

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Framed Cross Stitch

I know I blogged about this cross stitch way back at the beginning of the year, but I'm only getting around to framing and gifting it now. For shame! It was intended as a Christmas present for a friend, but by the time I got round to seeing her, I totally forgot about it. As her 30th birthday is this week, I thought I'd include it as part of her present.

 

I got the 7x9" frame from a local discount store and added some pretty pin up ladies. I bought these laser woodcuts for making brooches for the shop. These ones are a bit to narrow to work with though, so I kept them for scrapbooking and projects such as this! My friend is a big pin up fan, so I hope she likes it!

Please excuse the shine off the glass!

 

 

Close up detail of the ladies.

 

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Ikat Birthday Wishes

 

I made this fun and colourful birthday card, using one small stamp from PTI's Ikat stamp set. I seem to keep going back to pink and green as a combo. It just makes me smile!

I had every intention of getting some serious sewing done today, but my craft room was so untidy, I just had to clean it. My fabric stash is quickly outgrowing it's current storage space, so I had a scout around for some ideas. I saw a lot of talk about using comic book boards. You can see an example in the photo below. I think it would be the best use of my space, if teamed with a Billy bookcase from Ikea.

Aren't they pretty all lined up!

Photo credit: Smashed Peas and Carrots

If any other fabric fanatics have some suggestions for storage, please share!

 

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Purple & Green Birthday Wishes.

This Lovely Layers stamp and die set really hasn't seen very much action I'm afraid. It was one of those sets that I wanted instantly, and then when it arrived I was in a bit of a crafting hole. I'm really loving the little details on the leaves. Purple and green are two of my favourite colour combos and these were the colours that were used on the birthday girl's cake. Hope she likes it!

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Birthday Wishes

A quick card made using PTI's Rainbow background stamp and half and half die.

 

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Birthday Wishes.

Another quick birthday card using scraps. Absolutely love this patterned paper from Basic Grey, so pretty. I also used a half and half die cut and Beautiful Butterflies dies.

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Happy Birthday!

This was my first time breaking out my PTI Background Basics Rainbow stamp. Predictably, I absolutely adore it. I stamped it with Hawaiian Shores ink and then added a few elements that I had spare from other projects. It took all of ten minutes seeing as I had most things die cut and stamped already.

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CASED Card

I saved an image of a card from Dawn McVey so I could case it, but I can't find the link back to it now. Found the link! I can't see myself ever getting tired of this stamp set...EVER!

 

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The Sweet Life

I got my new PTI order today, perfect timing as I have a ton of cards to make. This one uses The Sweet Life cabbage rose set. The flowers on the right are a bit wonky, as I didn't have the patience to practice stamping them first! I love this set, the flowers are super pretty.

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Ethan is 4!!

 

My post for today is my take on a Kristina Werner card that I saw on the Simon Says Stamp blog. It just looked really fun and I thought it would be perfect for Ethan's 4th birthday card.

Here is Kristina's card.

And here is my one. Excuse the poor lighting but it's late here!

I got rid of loads of scraps on this one :)

It feels very satisfying to slowly work my way through that box!

 

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Rosie Posie Cards

Just adding two cards I made for my mum's birthday using Rosie Posie. I love how versatile the images are, it's definitely a  favourite for me. 

The Kraft Journal Challenge

I had to do a 60th birthday card, so I tried to incorporate it into a challenge. I haven't participated in any challenges for ages, so I thought now was the time! This one is for The Kraft Outlet blog and the aim was to use Kraft cardstock and use up your stash. I've had this green ribbon for an age, and the scrabble tiles are something that I haven't used much at all.

Use Your Stash Challenge- The Kraft Journal

21st Birthday Card

This is another order I received today. I used my Beautiful Butterflies set again, along with Big Birthday Wishes. I am completely in love with my new PTI Hawaiian Shores ink, so pretty! The patterned paper is Echo Park and the chipboard letters are from American Crafts. The lighting is a bit poor here I'm afraid, so apologies for the photo!

Scrapbook Pages

Just wanted to upload a few LO's I've done in the past few days. The first 2 are done using the same Scrapbook kit. The pictures are from Ethan's 2nd birthday.

I put Glossy Accents on all the candle flames on this page. It looks really nice IRL but it was hard to capture on camera.

The paper, chipboard accents and letters are from an American Crafts kit. The fence is punched with a MS border punch. The clouds are die cut from a Papertrey Ink die.

The scalloped edge is punched with a EK Success border punch. The stamped sentiment is from American Crafts.