Mike

Mike goes in for his eye operations this coming week, and finally, after over 12 months, he should be able to enjoy his little MX-5 with the lid down and the sun shining.

He has had to pretty much live permanently in sunglasses, both indoors and outdoors, as the light hurts his eyes too much.

When I saw this image, I realised it was perfect for the occasion. I particularly love the art deco feel of it, and therefore chose a font for the type written notes that fell into this theme

Good Luck for Tuesday Mike, we'll be thinking about you. xx

Scottie Dog

This lovely little chap was a free download sheet from Printable Heaven. It's a lovely little website, and often offers free down loadable images if you register with them.

I particularly loved this one, as we had a Scottie dog for many years, before we got Fred.

A Fishy Dilemma

There are only so many cards for fishermen that you can come up with, and this is my latest attempt.

I gave the person who asked for the card, a few other standard birthday cards to choose from along with this one, and happily, she chose this to give as the birthday card from her.

I used watercolour pencils to get the pale colours needed to finish the image off.

Pam's Special Day

It is Pams birthday today, and I wanted to give her a very special card. A design that I have never done before, and that I had been tutored on at a craft demo a couple of weeks ago (see my other blog)

I took a standard card blank with envelope, and folded the front and back leaves back on themselves.

I then used a circular cutter to remove the centre and add the cutaway corner effect.

The centre circle was cut from silver mirri card and topped with matching backing paper to what had been used on the side panels.

Some peel off stickers finished the effect. The centre disc was then suspended in the centre of the cut out using matching embroidery cotton. This cotton was then hidden using some of the hearts from the papers.

Happy Birthday Pam. I hope you have a great day xx

For Tracey

It was my lovely friend Tracey's birthday last week. She is a constant source of inspiration for me, and is an avid crafter herself.

I did this lovely little girl for her, and was really please with how well the card came out and how special it looked when it was completed.

Happy Birthday Tracey x

A Bear for Karen

It's Paul's sisters birthday, and I put this together especially for her

It's an offset pyrimage set on an A5 card with matching backing papers and gold mat.

The insert matches the external of the card, however the picture is a little muzzy - sorry

For Barney

My boss has had to go into hospital for a couple of operations, that will be staggered by 3 weeks apart.

He is certainly the life and soul of the office when he comes in to see us, and we are missing him while he is off..... He is such a sweetie.

I put this A5 card together so that we could all sign it and get it off to him.

The dotty background covers a white card blank, and there is a deep navy velvet ribbon down the left hand side.

The wording are rub ons, that were placed onto black mats (I did not have any navy) and they sit on 3d foam to give a raised effect.

The image is from my lovely Popcorn Bear Men's CD-ROM.

Get Well Soon Barney x