Big Birthday 2025

This year there aren’t very many big birthdays well not as many as last year anyway, I was going to do a shaped card but the eclipse won. 

I have been on a real colouring kick lately and I’ve been enjoying it a lot too. 

I can’t believe I started making cards the year this young man was born, I think I’ve made him a card for most of his birthdays, at the start of my card making journey I didn’t make to give just for the pleasure of making and it took a while to discover copics and colouring and then I wanted to make cards for all my family and friends.

Daffodil Delight

As most of my family are Welsh and daffodils are the national flower expect to see them often on this blog lol. Craftstash had a sale and this was one of the items I purchased and I forgot that craftstash stamps are on the larger side but I made it work.

I also cut a background from Sugar Pea  that I have had for a while, I do like using stuff when I find it on this craftroom reorganise.

What do you make the man who has everything

Another day another revisited design, sometimes I think if something works why try to reinvent the wheel. I did change the die shape and I really do like these decked edge rectangles ( expect to see many more lol) they add so much interest to a simple card. The spotlight sentiment from MFT is an old favourite too and I might have made several more in a similar style lol.

I do find making cards for people who don’t drink and don’t have hobbies more difficult than I thought I would, it’s so much easier if they like golf or cars lol. 

LOTV Make - up

At the same time as I printed the shopping ones I also printed the make up table version, I started using a lacy die but I didn’t like it as much as I had hoped so I went through my stax and found the arched dies from MFT which I am ashamed to say I haven’t used in forever.

LOTV Shopping

This is a very different card from me and involved no colouring, when LOTV lili of the valley had their special offer I also purchased the pre printed version so that I could make some quicker cards, I do think that it works but I’m not sure they were much quicker to be honest lol. I made 4 of this design as the sheets print 4 images per page. 

A different big birthday

A very different big birthday card this time, I’ve used the eclipse and shaped version for this family previously so I knew I needed something different and I saw this design out on Instagram and thought it worked perfectly, I wish I had saved who made it though so I could give credit where it’s due.

This is definitely one I will use again and just changing the colour will make it look so different

Window Scene

I bought this magazine just to make this card, I had an idea and for once it worked exactly like I envisioned it. Of course once I had made the scene I had no idea what to do next so I went simple so the scene stands out. I really want to make more but it was quite the labour of love.