Another 1st birthday card!

This card is for another of James' little friends - another James this time.

I've used the 'Sketch and Stash' challenge #26 sketch (just about!). The papers are from Nana's Nursery pad and the hippo is a stamp (can't remember what they're called, but it's from the same pack as the monkeys on George's card - the details are on that blog post). I've used promarkers (all 5 of the cool greys and cornflower for the writing and stitching).

Thanks for looking, Claire x

New Year Card

I made this for the Sketch and Stash challenge, but silly me forgot to check the closing date and I'm too late. Doh!

Anyway, I've been rather frugal with this one... the Laura Ashley papers were a freebie with 'Carmaking and Papercraft' mag and the bird template is from this month's 'Quick Cards made Easy'. I've used up some peel offs and bits of ribbon to complete it.

Must check the dates for challenges in future!

George's Birthday Card

This is the card I've made for James' best friend, George - it's his first birthday next week!

I've used Hero Arts Playful Animals stamps, promarkers and Mat Stack coloured card.

I've used a previous sketch from Moving Along With The Times, although a haven't a clue when it's from, I just copy them all onto bits of paper when I do the challenges and keep them all in a box!

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year to anyone who happens to have (probably accidentally) stumbled onto this blog. I haven't posted on here for ages as I haven't made any cards for a while. I'm back at work now and have to do quite a bit of work at home, I hosted Christmas day for 14 and New Year's Eve at ours, and with those things and looking after James, I've had very little time for crafting.

I had a flurry of excitement at the end of 2009 and won a couple of things (something that I thought would never happen!):

• I won a competition in Quick Cards, to make a card based on a christmas film, which bagged me £100 worth of Mr Men christmas card making stuff. The huge package arrived a week before christmas, but my Year 10 class loved making cards in their last lesson of the year (random, I know, but it was better than showing a film!). The card should be in the next issue of Quick Cards - I thought it would be in this month's but couldn't find it when my copy arrived.
• I won a Clare's Challenge and got a georgeous set of Forever Friends stick ons.
• I won a Passion for Promarkers challenge (although the prize never did come through, but never mind)
• Finally, I got a massive pack of beautiful christmas peel offs through the post on 22nd December (!) after winning a competition in Cardmaking and Papercraft.

I've entered loads of competitions in the last six months, and just when I was about to give up after not winning ages, my luck seemed to change. I'll be back on all the challenges and competitions as soon as I have a spare moment!

Poinsetta Card

I've made a couple of these cards for my Grandparents this year - I think they'll like the vintage look.

The decoupage poinsettas are from Anita's, and came in the doCrafts goody bag. I've used stickles glitter glue in green and platinum to highlight.

My husband's christmas card

This is the card I've made for my husband, Gary this Christmas.

I've made an aperture, which is backed with acetate for the window and the front also has a 3D window ledge. I've folded over the other side to hide all the 'workings'.

The image inside is 'Alex and Felicity with mistletoe' from Digistamp Boutique, which I've coloured with promarkers. The holly and robin stamps were free with a magazine recently.

I've used stickles on everything as usual!

My baby's first Christmas card!

I'm so excited to have made my baby's first ever Christmas card!

I've used stamps from Anita's Christmas range for the christmas tree, rocking horse, train, presents and sugar canes, which I stamped using pale brown and gold ink (except from the tree, with which I used three shades of green). I've coloured them all using promarkers. The papers are the Daisy and Dandelion ones (again!). I've used rather a lot of glitter - the borders are glitterations and I've also used stickles glitter glue for James' name and highlights.
James will be 11 months old this christmas, so I'm hoping that he's just about old enough to have some grasp of the excitement, even if he's more interested in the boxes rather than his presents!
Thanks for looking, Claire x