Hello everyone, aren't we having some fabulous weather at the moment?  I'm so glad it stayed nice for the Olympic games, didn't Team GB do well? and the closing ceremony was awesome. I hope the para Olympics have the same good weather.

So what am I going to show you today?  Well its a card I made for my niece's 18 birthday last month.  Just  before this I had attended one of Jules great training days where we did this card as one of the make and takes and I thought it was so unusual that it was perfect for my niece.  Here it is closed:

and this is it open:

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You can see that it is a play on folds, similar to Origami, but it gives the wow factor to it as well.  The colour scheme I went for was all the new in colours for 2012/13.  I just love these colours don' t you?  They are so vibrant, its enough to make anyone who receives a card like this smile.   I have teamed the card with the  papers from the Sweet Shop collection... remember ladies you can only order from the Summer Mini Catalogue until the end of August and we don't know what, if anything, is going into the new Catalogue so don't delay in ordering.  The numbers and wording are die cut and the Balloons are from Party This Way.  I've used flowers from the Boho Punch to anchor the balloons down,  

The Band that holds the card together is again Calypso Coral with papers from the Sweet Shop Collection.  Some of you clever people may have spotted that there are different colours on the Party this Way slogan.  To achieve this effect I used the In Colours markers and only coloured in certain areas of the stamp.  I think it gives a lovely effect.

To  make the flower I punched out about 5 shapes using the Fancy Flower punch.  I scrunched the shapes up to break down the fibres and then added a Rhinestone Brad through the centre to secure the flower.  To keep it all together I used Calypso Coral ribbon. 

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Take care until next time

Hugs

Tracy -x-

Products used:Medium Sizzlits Timeless Alphabet dies and Alphabet Simple Numbers

Big shot with 

Scoreboard plus Diagonal plated

Punches- Boho Blossom, Fancy Flower, Decorative Label

Card- Calypso Coral, Lucky Limeade, Wisteria Wonder, Pool Party, Island Indigo

Inks - Lucky Limeade, Wild Wisteria, Pool Party

DSP - Sweet Shop

Accessories - Rhinestone Brads, Linen Thread, Adhesive Rhinestones, Piercing tool and Mat Pack

Markers - Calypso Coral, Lucky Limeade, Pool Party, Wild Wisteria, Island Indigo

I can't believe we are still having this lovely weather yet I haven't sat out in it at all, what a waste...lol.  In my last post I showed you all the birthday card I did for my daughter for her fiance.  Well today I'm going to show you another card that I did for him.  Now the funny thing is I can't remember if we gave him this card or my other daughter, Kirsty, did as I didn't take a photo of the other card... how daft is that?  I've asked Nic to look and see which one is Kirsty's and to take a picture for me so I can put it on here. I am pretty sure this is the one that we gave him... well I hope so....

The colour combination is Concord Crush, Peach Parfait, Pear Pizzazz and whisper white,  I just love the Elebration stamp its soooo cute.  I've used the markers to colour the cake and balloon, I've tried to match the balloon to the ones he got on his Birthday...lol.  The other products used are the big shot, Scallop Circle die, Lace Ribbon Border punch, alphsbet simple numbers die, Rhinestons and corner punch. The birthday sentiment is from the very versitile hostess set Happiest Birthday Wishes.

Thanks for stopping by and having a look.  Please leave a comment as I love to read them.  If you would like to buy any of the products or become a demo please get in touch and I'll be happy to chat to you about things.

Hugs
Tracy -x-

21st Mocha Morning card

Hello everyone,

Today is my future son in law's 21st birthday and I was tasked to make his cards from both my daughters.  Here is the one I made for Nicola, his fiancee, to give to him.  I wanted it to be different from ones he would normally recive so I made this......

I have glued two  5" cream cards (not SU) together to give the concertina effect.  I just love the Mocha Morning speciality papers as they are ideal for male cards.   Below are close up of the pages. 

On the front page I have used Soft Suede card as the base and added Very Vanilla card that has been embossed with the Square Lattice embossing folder.  I have used the black satin ribbon to cover up the join of the paper and card.  Lees name has been spelt in Basic Black card using the Timeless Type Junior Alphabet dies with Rhinestones on the L to highlight it.

The middle page is again Soft Suede as the base card and then I have used the reverse side of the Mocha Morning Paper that has been used on the other pages with Very Vanilla on top.  The same alphabet set used to spell "Lee" has been used for the "Today" letters but the 21 is spelt using the Aphabet Simple Numbers dies.  Again Rhinestones have been added to highlight the 21.

 The final page is the same as the front only reversed.  The edges of the Basic Black card has been created using the Scallop Trim border punch.  The sentiment is from the Hostess set, Happiest Birthday Wishes,  which you could earn if you hold a workshop and have sales above £150, and then punched out using the Decorative Label punch.

I was pleased that Nicola liked it and so did Lee when he received it today. We all went out for a meal last night but Lee thought it was going to be a nice romantic meal with him and Nicola so it was a big surprise for him that when he got to the restaurant there was me, hubby, Kirsty and Alex all sat waiting for him lol. Here is one of the pictures of Lee last night.....

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Believe it or not when we left the restaurant he tied the balloons to his trousers and walked to the pub with them like that, it was so funny as he still got asked for id at the bar....lol

I'll be back tomorrow to show you another card made for Lee., I'm off now to make mine to give him later, Kirsty's is already done thankfully !!!!

Hugs
Tracy -x-