A tried and tested design and one I am sure I won't get tired of, I did emboss with clear the background and in real life its subtle but you can see it. I am enjoying making cards for people who have never seen any of my designs as I can recreate some favourites.
This was the first christmas card I made in 2025 and i was trying out a new set of dies that are postage edged, I do like them and I should have used them more but maybe next year will be their year.
This die set was one that looked easier than it was, its not difficult but it was trickier than I expected, still I did use it several times.
What an absolute bumper year of big birthdays, I don’t think I’ve ever made this many before or will again for 10 years lol.
I had to finish on an old favourite although this is a new colour scheme for me, it’s the first time I’ve used navy and I really like it.
My cousin has two tone hair that’s why I’ve coloured it blond and dark in case you thought it was a hat lol.
We are almost at the end of 2024 and the end of this years big birthdays, I definitely think the eclipse was my most used technique but I did try different images/ colour combos. This card is very elegant and although it is a style I’ve made a lot using a new colour makes it look and feel different at least to me.
I made these cards before I knew how to refill my copics properly so the colouring is a little splotchy, I was also in my simple card style phase, it’s always interesting when you look at something you made 6 months ago with fresh eyes.
This time I went with a tried and true design and even though I’ve been making this style since 2020 I still really like it.
The only change to the original is the scalloped mat layer, I attended a virtual crop and create in 2022 and this was part of the lawn fawn set and I can’t seem to put it down lol.
This year you will be seeing a plethora of big birthday cards, I have a lot of friends and family celebrating big birthdays and the eclipse and shaped cards will be my go to. Unless of course I discover a totally new technique lol.
This isn’t the first big birthday card I needed but it is the first one I made lol. I used this image on a shaped birthday card last year so it seemed fitting that I try it with the eclipse technique.
There are 4 baby boys all turning 1 amongst my family and friends so you can expect to see their cards on here.
Normally I have a tried and tested design for these cards however I needed to change it up a bit as two of the boys have older brothers that I’ve used my tried and tested design for so I changed it a little lol.
This card however was the first one I needed and I went with an animal theme as that was the theme of his party, of course the party couldn't go ahead like his parents envisaged but he doesn't know that and I am sure we will make up for it next year.
Ingredients
Image: Kai redux from Mo's digital pencil
Dies: XXL stitched squares from Crealies, simple stitched hillside from lawn fawn, number from hobby lobby and letters from spellbinders
Card: Aqua mist from papertrey ink
Papers: baby boy from Echo park (snap click supply digi version)
The only stamp sets I have bought this year have come from Clearly Besotted and I have loved them all and strangely enough used them all.....well that is certainly different to normal years.
You may or may not know but I am a Welsh lady living in England and I love anything with sheep on it.I bought this set to make cards for my fellow welsh people but instead made them to send to Florida lol. Oh well there is always next year lol. Maybe I could get a headstart on those cards.....don't worry I almost fell off my chair laughing at that one too.
Simple cards following a design I made last year, I do seem to have said that a lot this year but if it ain't broke don't fix it ( my self proclaimed motto lol)
Ingredients
Image: "bah humbug" from Clearly Besotted
Sentiment: creative stamping
Dies: Lawn fawn snow globe, bleuprints 20 and 29 from MFT stamps
Card: red by recollections at Michaels
Stencil: falling snow from simon says stamp using Bobunny paste.
Now I was about to make an identical card to the other joy one when I thought about using the paper pad I already had on my desk. I have had this paper pad for year and years and I absolutely love it and will be so sad when it is eventually all gone.
Image: hello bluebird
Card: red by recollections from Michaels
Paper: Doodlebug
Dies: blueprints 20 and 29 from MFT, stitched hillside from Lawn fawn, alphabet from Stampin Up
So this card is a little different to my normal way of doing things and a hark back to my first days of crafting. I saw the MFT lightbulb kit and thought OMG i need that and then I remembered I had bought the lawn fawn light bulbs when they first came out and never used them, ok but what about the sentiment.... I had bought some spellbinders christmas words from Hobby Lobby clearance but it didn't have the ampersand so I was making another card using a retired MFT set with bottle cap letters and I spotted the perfect sized ampersand and the rest is history. I loved making this card and I made 4 during this sitting but I think it is one I will make more off as it was so much fun.
This card was inspired by one my friend Mary was making on a Zoom call, I thought I have an alphabet that I can use and images that would work and I even completed the card whilst on the call, ok the call lasted three hours but still lol.
I have an idea to make one that spells "snow" I wonder if I will get to make that one too.
Ingredeints
Image: Hello Bluebird
Alpabet: retired stampin Up
Dies: mft blueprints 20 and 29 and lawn fawn stitched hillside
Paper: doodlebug
Card: recollections from Michaels and red glitter from The Works
