Happiest birthday

The last post talked about me being obsessed with this layout but I hadn’t realised it was the first one I had showed so now you will start to see the pattern lol.

Shoes again version 2

Last of these for a while, not permanently though cos I made a few lol. I tried to make these look different by changing the inside colour but I am not a fan, so the next ones I went back to the original colours. 

Gone but not forgotten again

Can you see a theme lol. I had the stamp in my misti so I stamped a few more, as usual I tried to match the hair colour of the recipient and I know this card was really liked and they commented that they wished they had a cardi like the one here lol.

Shoes Again

Recently I showed a lady with this very background and this is the card that the background was left over from. I do love a two for one deal lol. And again you might recognise this stamp set but not this colour combo. I have a large group of friends from bingo and as they have never seen any of my prvious cards it makes it easier to recreate a favourite and of course I get to make a card that makes me smile.

Gone but not forgotten

Another nod to a classic design and even a classic stamp too, I went with very different colours this time and the design panel was already on my desk so kit seemed a shame not to use it.

I think everyone has had this lady stamp now, it was a firm favourite in 2020 thats a fact lol. when I stamped the image out I was reminded that the card magazine it came with is no longer in circulation and that made me sad, I can't believe how many magazines have come and gone since I started this hobby back in 2005.

Hockey Gnome

This was a very different type of card for me but I will say I loved making it, it’s a lot of layers but the instructions make it so easy and clear. I might have to make more.

Merry Stripes

I had to have this set from Kristina Werner and of course I had to try my striped background, I made several versions and the stripes seemed to get straighter on each try. It was such an easy and quick card to make and of course the word  die cut wasnt wasted either.

Snowman Wine Glass

Sometimes you see something and know that its perfect for a person or in this case couple, I couldn't wait to make this card and I made three designs of the possible 4 so you know I am itching to make the other one now.

This came together so effortlessly that I began to wonder why I waited to use it. Both the background stamp and die are from Alinacraft and I haven't used that brand before but I will be back.

Nutcracker

 I am not sure why I absolutely had to have this die but I really really did. I made all my crafty friends cards from my two craft groups with this die and I had a blast. I decided very early on to mix and match the colours and that made it easy to batch produce, of course I was in the zone on the first one and forgot the teeth but I think he looks less scary without them.

I am hoping to post daily in december but I made the bulk of my cards with leftovers from last years cookie cards and I forgot to photograph them and of course I posted them before I realised!!!

New Home for Old Neighbours

My next door neighbours recently moved and I  knew I needed a card so I made this way in advance as I knew I would be too upset closer to the move, we have been neighbours for over 21 years so it hasn't been easy, of course it does help that they are only two streets away lol.

Big Birthday Again

I am still on my two cards one sitting although as this card was made in February and the post written then as well that may well have changed lol. The size of these ladies is so perfect for this birthday die, although I think I might have made them for everyone now lol.

Magnificent Seven Boys are 4

This is the boy version of the magnificent sevens cards this year, I only discovered this digital stamp company in December 2024 but I can already see me using them often, I love the expressive faces on the characters.

I was struggling for a layout when I remembered how much I liked this one from kendra card challenge 10, so I reused it and because it naturally makes three panels I might have another two ready to go for another image lol.

Spotlight Foodies

I was looking for a can stamp for a February birthday card and I came across this set from MFT, so I had to stamp all the images and make cards with them, I already had the deckle edge die and the spotlight sentiments on my desk so a set of quick and cute cards was born.

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.

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. 

Striped Christmas - MFT

Two cards from Stacey Yacula at MFT, these are an older set but this gives them a new lease of life. 

Striped Christmas - Jumpers

 Another day another set of striped cards, I think this might be my favourite set so far. Not sure why I didn’t think to do other colours of stripes but maybe soon lol.

Striped Christmas - Elves

This set is from Sugar Pea Designs and I really want to colour them now, there is another design but it was to fiddly to fussy cut so that is next year. 

Striped Christmas - Gnomes

Yet another Mangocraft set and this time there are some circle sentiments, and before you guess yes I stamped them incorrectly and had to compromise and I really like it lol.