Something different

Hello everyone, 

I hope you have all had a nice Easter and you are ready to go back to work tomorrow?. 

Today I'm going to show you a card that I made for my mum to give to Kirsty when she turned 21 in February this year.  As it was a memorable birthday I wanted to make a special card that she could keep.  I'm not sure what the style is called, and I think I made my first on like this at one of Julie Kettlewells' training, but what I do know is that its very fiddly to make.

The main body of the card is made from one sheet of 12x12 card-stock and the DSP Patio Party (pg 165 main catty).  You will need an additional strip of 12 x 12 card-stock to make the band.  Using the cotton Ribbon (pg 35 summer catty) I stamped the Happy 21st Birthday message in Night of Navy with the stamp set Memorable Moments (pg 139 main catty).  I have also used one of the quaint little charms from, Tea Time Trinkets,  (pg 1 of the summer catty).

When you remove the band holding it all together it kinda spring open like an Explosion box.  As you can see I have decorated all of the inside edges too with matching DSP.  I have used the retired Just Perfect Alphabet stamp set to stamp out Kirsty's name and a stamp from the now retired, but wasn't when I made the card, Sale-a-bration set called Vintage Verses.  Both my mum and Kirtsy liked the finished product,

I hope to be back soon as I have lots of cards to show you and, maybe ,a sneak peek for the end of the months scrapbook pages.    If you would like to purchase any of the items I have used please do not hesitate to ask and I will gladly order them for you.  Likewise, if you would like to participate in one of my classes then please get in touch so that we can arrange somethings.

That's if from me so until next time take care and happy crafting,

Hugs
Tracy -x-

Time flies..

..When you are having fun doesn't it?   I have been so busy with work, family life and studying ( I have 2 courses on the go at the minute, I know I must be mad...lol).  Anyway believe it or not I  have done some crafting among all of the aforementioned activities and I would like to share one of them with you today.

Its not really a card more of a mini scrapbook.  I made it for Nicola to give to Kirsty on her 21st Birthday in February.  Kirsty like purple so I had to use that colour and what goes well with purple... pink.

To make this mini scrapbook you need 5 Stampin' Up! envelopes.  You cut the overlay off the envelopes and punch holes on the sealed edge leaving the opening at the front.  Once this is done you measure a piece of card, punch holes in it to match the envelopes and thread ribbon through to secure.  You end up with 10 sides to decorate inside the book and, if you wish, you can make extra pages to fit into the envelope itself as the opening is at the front.  In there you could put photographs, money, a cheque etc.  Needless to say with all that was going off at the beginning of February I didn't do this..lol


This is the front cover and I have used that stamp set "You are Loved" which I thought was appropriate.

For the first page and I  used the stamp set "Amazing Family" as I wanted Kirsty to know how her sister feels about her, although this is sometimes debatable...lol

Next I wanted to give Nicola somewhere to write a message to her sister so I used some of the papers from the Storytime DSP . I think this went down well as its more personal than just a verse.

On one of these pages I used the lovely paper Doilies from the Spring Summer catalogue and the stamp set "All Dressed Up".  I stamped the 21st with the new set "Memorable Moments .  Don't you think we've have some wonderful sets out there at the moment?

Next page saw me using some more paper from Storytime DSP.  I then used "Sweet Cake" and "Fabulous Phrases stamp sets to signify what Kirsty means to Nicola.... again sometimes debatable !!!!




However, for the last page I had to sum up the child Kirsty really was... and that  was ....





but in a nice, funny way that always made us laugh.  You could never stay angry with Kirsty for long.


Thank you for taking the time to read my posts.  If you wish to purchase any of the aforementioned items please do not hesitate to get in touch and I will gladly place your order.

Til next time folks

Hugs

Tracy -x-