Winston's 21st

Gosh, it's already the 15th of January, so without any further ado

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

I often find once Christmas is over, I feel quite weary and the little gray cells need a break from crafting as well.   At the beginning of January, I headed up the coast to my home away from home for a few days where the only crafting I did was colouring in "The Enchanted Forest" book I was given for Christmas.   This is such an easy way to craft, where the hardest thing to decide is which picture and what colours to use.

Now I'm back home and feeling refreshed and ready to go again!

Let me just go back to last year and to the 21st birthday card I made for a nice young man.

This was the first time I had used this stamp from Dylusions and I was really happy with the way it turned out.  I stamped Winston onto white card and fussy cut around the whole image.  I then stamped it again onto white card as well as blue shimmer paper.  I coloured the bow tie and waistcoat with markers, fussy cut all the pieces including the sleeves, front of jacket, lapels etc and put them all back into place on the first image.  I guess this is what you would call paper piecing?  Winston was attached to the card with dimensionals.

The sentiment is also from Dylusions and was stamped directly onto the card.

This stamp is from my stash which I found again when I was looking for something else.

Our friend seemed tickled pink with his card.

Thanks for looking today and I'll be back again soon with more craftyness!

Happy Crafting!

Happy 21st Birthday

This is a month for birthdays, fourteen to be exact; however that doesn't mean everyone receives a card.  Some get a FB message, some a TXT message and a couple of unlucky ones get ...er... forgotten! (gasp, horror)  Then there are the 21st birthdays, three this month who will all receive an appropriate card.

This card was a quick make on Saturday morning before we headed off for lunch celebrations.  Luckily I'd made a similar one only a week or so ago (using "Gooseneck") and so this card came together very quickly using "Heart throb" instead (both from Stampotique).

Heart throb's balloons, hat and gift are from Tim Holtz "Crazy Things" and co-ordinate quite well. All the images were coloured, fussy cut and either glued or popped up on the background paper.  To make up for not having a 21st stamp, if you look closely you will see that the wrapping on the gift has tiny 21s all over it.  

 Silly me forgot to take a photo of the other card, along with two Doctor Who cards that were also made at short notice!!!  (Must be old age creeping up?)

Oh well, back to the drawing board ............

Happy Crafting!!!

A Crafty Weekend!

Earlier in the week, I realised that I hadn't sent a birthday card to one of my friend's daughters, so with my new stamps at-the-ready, I created something just a bit different for a 21st.

The stamps are a set called "Zinouk du jardin" from Carabelle Studio and are stamped & embossed before colouring with Gelly Roll pens.  The sentiment is from SU.

I'm still not sure how appropriate this card was for a 21st, but I hope the 'Birthday Girl' enjoyed it nevertheless.  I can be certain she wouldn't have received another the same!

I spent a lovely day out yesterday with my BFF at the Craft & Quilt Fair which is being held again this year at Glebe Island.  We wandered up and down aisles, oohing & aahing over all the lovely goodies that are displayed and stopping to buy a few bits & pieces along the way.  There was quite a display of handmade quilts, some of which had won prizes.  The amount of work that goes into them is astounding, not to mention the amount of patience required!

As my BFF is in Sydney this weekend staying with her mum, the three of us enjoyed a lovely dinner out tonight at a local club ..... mmm, very nice!

Until next time, 

Happy Crafting!

 

21st Birthday

A few weeks ago, you may remember I helped my friend and her daughter make 21st birthday invitations.  Well, the 21st Birthday party was on Saturday night, which unfortunately I wasn't able to go to as I was away  for the weekend.  As it was a family invitation my DH, DS#1 and DS#2 joined in the celebrations and a good time was had by all.

This is the card I made for her 21st.  I continued the invitation theme (a masquerade cocktail party) with the same colour card and mask (she had cut tiny masks without the feather which were put onto each invitation) and made an easel card.

Although it is hard to see, next to the key stamped in concord crush is the word 'Congratulations' from SU "Well Scripted".  The mask and dress came pre-made and just needed attaching to the card.

The Mother's Group girls and I had a lovely relaxing weekend away at Terrigal.  The weather was perfect for autumn and we had lunch at the beach, went for a couple of leisurely walks and visited a fruit winery, very different but quite nice.

This was the view overlooking Terrigal from the verandah of the house where we stayed.

Have a crafty day!

21st Birthday

In early February, DS#2 celebrated his 21st Birthday.  We had a lovely lunch at a local italian restaurant with 22 family and friends to help celebrate his special day.  The day was perfect, brilliant sunshine and blue sky.  Considering that this summer has been one of the wettest on record, the weather couldn't have been better.

This card was made using glitter paper (Big W), shimmer card (own stash), and Bashful Blue card (SU), with the numbers being popped up on dimensionals.  'Congratulations' was stamped randomly across the shimmer card using Bashful Blue (SU) stamp pad.

Time has whizzed by, our boys are turning into young men any parent would be proud of!

Have a crafty day!