Golf Swing

Another day another lili of the valley card, I am sure you will have noticed the theme, this one however is larger than the stamp size which made it so much easier to colour.

Chilling Gent

I was in my Lili of the valley obsession era when I made this and the subsequent cards lol. I do prefer the digital version but I do need someone to tell me why I still seem to make them the same size as if they were physical stamps lol. 

The Big Six Version 1

I loved this image as soon as I saw it and I might have persuaded the owner of the Greeting Farm to make the boy one available too lol. I had so much fun colouring this that the design of the card ended up being fairly simple so that the image could steal the show. 

 

Big Birthday

I might have made a few of these last year but sometimes the design is perfect for someone that got a different design last year so of course I had to remake it, lately I seem to be remaking a lot and I do think that after as many years as I have been making cards that is going to happen but I do feel I am stuck in a rut.

It’s not easy being cheesy

I wanted this stamp set as soon as I saw it and strangely it looks exactly as I expected and that never happens lol.

Rainbow Blender Brushes

This was the original version (more will be coming soon) and it started another of my obsessions lol, I went rainbow and loved how it turned out. Seeing this again is making me want to make more 

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. 

On the Farm

It’s almost Mother’s Day and I am just posting my mums birthday card from December, I wanted the image to stand out but I also wanted a background too, I went with one from creative fabrica and it worked a treat, I need to remember to do this more often as it really makes the coloured image pop.

First Birthday Boy

How weird that I am posting this little ones card on their grandma’s birthday! I went with a tried and tested design and I don’t know why but the papers printed brighter this time and I really like it. 

This was the only little one born in 2024 and there were none in 2023 in amongst my family and friends and hopefully there will be more in 2025.

Blast Off

Another card using older supplies, I found the astronaut stamp when I found the airplane one so I had to use him, in fact I have made several versions of this card for all the little boys turning 5. I wasn’t sure how to put the card together when I remembered the moon background stamp and that made the perfect addition. 

Crafty Gems

I have been trying to use some of my older stash, moving rooms has brought some gems to light lol, and this design is using only older stuff, the cover plate was a very well used and loved method before I discovered rainbow stripes and having bought the lili of the valley Christmas special digi stamps I found a real rubber one and knew I had to use it. Even the sentiment is an oldie, strange though because I think it all looks very clean and simple and modern lol.

Polly Pocket

I saw this set of stamps from The Sassy Club and knew immediately who I would make a card for, when she was little I used to buy her Polly Pocket and then I bought the newer version for her girls so it seemed particularly apt.

 

Daffodil Dreams

I made a similar card last year and then I misplaced the stamps and stencils for about 6 months lol, I found them just in time for this card and I might make a few more as daffodils are quite a few friends favourite flowers.

Comic Book Girl

I made a completely different card for me, its busier and had more stages than normal but sometimes you just need to keep adding to something lol. 

I have rediscovered my love of all things digi and long may that continue as I have a lot of them.

Blue Moon

Now you could be forgiven for thinking I made this at the same time as the last card but no, I made this for an October birthday hence why it is more complicated lol. Not sure which one I prefer and the sunset one is definitely quicker so maybe I should make a few and have them ready, I know my jokes keep getting funnier lol.

Magical Time

Sort of a revisited idea except I changed it up a bit, this image is lovely to colour and for those difficult tweenagers it’s perfect. I didn’t buy this stamp set for this image so I’m not sure why it’s the first one I used lol.

Dino-Mite

Not a revisited idea, woohoo, although I have made this style before but not with this set, it does make me want to make more with all the clearly besotted or jenoblade MFT sets lol.

Mario Kart Revisited

So another revisited idea, I was going to add the Mario to the switch die I have but I couldn’t find it in my craftroom move so I went with the same as I made previously, I can see this being a theme this year as the move has sapped my mojo and until the room is completed I don’t see it returning. I’m not moaning about the move but it has been more disruptive than I expected. 

Foiled Stripes

In the craftroom move you sometimes discover hidden gems and this background was one of those, I made it with tape and foil at an MFT retreat several years ago and I thought it deserved to be used not left in a drawer. 

New Home

I made a card very similar when a friend moved house so I had already designed it on my cricut so it was easy to recreate for a throughly modern couple buying their first house.

Make a Wish

Quick and simple card but sometimes the image does all the work and can I just say these rectangle dies are fabulous, I love the deckle edge and I might have been a bit obsessed lol.

Follow the yellow

I might have already made an almost identical card to this but I knew this person would love it and they did lol. Sometimes I revisit ok often I revisit cards I’ve already made and it helps to kickstart my mojo, I find the lead up to christmas means time is more precious so designing a layout etc is not on the agenda but colouring and making are.

Vintage Watch

Now this is an unusual card but it was for a guy who collect retro/vintage watches and during his birthday last year he received a Casio watch and he loved it so much that when I spotted this digi stamp I knew it was perfect, I even coloured it to match the vintage watch.

Driving Test Pass

Another card made last year in fact this one is August, my friends daughter had a very big week, she passed her driving test, passed her A levels, got into her first choice University and turned 18, like I said quite a week and resulted in me making quite a few different cards so this one got missed lol.

Cookies for Santa

 I think this is the last of the christmas cards for 2024, posting them does make me want to make more and guess what I still have some cookies left lol.

New Designer To Me

 I discovered a new to me designer and as we share a name I had to buy a few designs, I love the expressions on the little ones and will definitely be revisiting the store this year and in case you were wondering its "Amanda Jane Designs" on etsy

More Cookies

I took all these cookies to florida with me in November and I was cutting them all out not realising that I had miscalculated and didn't need half of them but I had coloured them and cut them so I decided to use them for my Friends christmas cards too.

Mum Christmas Card

 This was my Mums card this year and I really think I might make more next year as I loved how it turned out

Playday Christmas Card

 I need to apologise because I thought I had shown all of my 2024 christmas cards and then whilst uploading a birthday card photo I discovered loads on my camera, I know you probably don't want to see them but if I don't post them here I will forget I made them lol.

Pink Cocktail Anyone?

Another card using the same stencil but a very different image, I think it kind of looks like a sunset when turned this way so I went with it and grabbed an already made image and bush bash bosh it was finished. 

This image is from a new to me company “Stamps by Me” and a range called Quattro d, it includes stamp, die, stencil and embossing folder although I didn’t use the enbossing folder as I was struggling to work out the sandwich on my ebosser and my big shot was buried in the moving room piles lol.