Knitting Owl

A quick Happy Birthday card, using a digital image (comes already coloured or black and white), paired up with a retired pink card from SU, kraft card and some paper from a First Edition pad. The sentiment stamp is also from SU and the balls of wool are some of my latest dies.  I'm entering this weeks Allsorts challenge as it is 'Happy Birthday.'

Tie it up

The theme on this weeks CCT is 'Tie it up' - so I think this card fits the bill OK - with the oven glove and utensils 'tied up' in the corner.  The image is from a free set of toppers that came with a magazine and the aqua coloured card is 'pool party' from SU.  The pink gingham card was a scrap from the big untidy pile on the left hand side of my desk - I've been trying to use it up to save having to find a place to store it!  The sentiment stamp is from LOTV and the oval punches are SU, as is the tiny cupcake stamp (coloured with Promarkers).

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A quick post before I go to work this morning.  My desk has a big pile of clutter to the left (so you can't see that bit!) and I've been trying to use it up making the latest batch of cards.  I have  almost all my 'orders' up to date apart from a 40th card for someone who has paddled around Ireland in a canoe and its been pretty difficult to find a female canoeist image anywhere!  In the background are some finished 'mens' cards and a get well decoupaged one is just sitting waiting to be finished off.  My broad double-sided tape is visible - I tend to use a lot of it for sticking things down and the wee leaflety thing is info on Fibromyalgia - I have just been diagnosed and have been trying to find out the best way to manage this condition. 
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Paper pieced ties

Another male birthday card, this time using the Sweet Stop sketch again.  The stamp is by 'Great Impressions' and I used paper from the 6 x 6 Echo Park pad called 'Scoot.'  The sentiment stamp is from SU as are the punches used for the sentiment.  The card is from SU - 'Not Quite Navy.'

Sketch Saturday Birthday Card

I had to make a batch of men's birthday cards recently - so for this one I used this weeks Sketch Saturday design for the layout.  The red card is from SU  and the design is decoupaged - from a set of three - tractor, landrover and JCB I got at the craft fair in Belfast last month - really quick and easy designs for those tricky male cards!  I'm not sure where the red checked paper is from - I've had it for ages, as is the white peel off 'Happy Birthday.'  The grey ribbon is also from SU.  By the way, the 'spot' in the bottom left is not actually there in reality - it seems to be in all my photos lately - must be something on the lens of my camera!

Thank you

I nearly forgot to post this card in time for the I love Promarkers challenge - just a few hours to go!  The image was a free stamp that came with a magazine, coloured with Promarkers and Flexmarkers.  The pink card is from SU as are the oval punches used for the sentiment.  The lacy edged rectangle was made using a spellbinders die and the banner was made using a die, but I can't remember which company it's from.  The thank you sentiment is from a clear set by LOTV.  The patterned paper is from a Dovecraft 6 x 6 pack called 'Cupcake Boutique.' 

CAS birthday card

A CAS birthday card, using the Sweet stop challenge sketch for the layout and a SU stamp.  The colouring was done using Promarkers as usual. I'm entering the PFP challenge as well as it's 'Birthdays' this week.