Floral Cards (1)

I've had a card making pack from Let's Get Crafting magazine that has been in my crafty stash for some time now and it never actually had a chance to see the daylight. I dug it out and recently I've just been card making. Quite intensely, I'd say - I ended up with the 21 new cards :))) Yay! Before that I'd set myself a challenge - to use up all card pack elements and create as many cards as I could. I just needed to make some fresh greeting cards for the oncoming occasions plus I wanted to restock my box with some spare greeting cards, which I like to use whenever something crops up.

These are the first two floral cards - I made for 2 female colleagues at work. One has gone on her secondment, the other one has just retired.

These floral cards are a thematic follow-up to the yellow floral card from this post.

I love poppies - their redness is always so vibrant and they feature on each card so gracefully :) Quite pleased with this red-yellow poppy card. I used a Spellbinders ornate frame die and some red and white relief paste for the 3D dotes all around it. I've been in love with the fish tails recently - they are so trendy! - so I couldn't resist tucking under some fish tailed ribbon!

For the retiring lady I made a green card with a big daisy flower card topper. Daisies are such positive and cheerful flowers popping out on the lawns everywhere :)

Some Spellbinders shapes layered here and embellished the the white relief paste.

And the stamped badge implies it's about time to retire and put the feet up :)

More floral cards to follow soon! :) This is just the tip of the iceberg!
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Retirement cards

Hi. Back online again. Haven't been very good with updating my blog recently. Somehow I fancy crafting but not necessarily blogging and archiving. Today I've decided to put on some new pics for you to have a peek.

Just before Easter I offered to make some retirement cards for a colleague. One was a rather "fancy" card to hand in, which everybody at work signed with their wishes and names.

The second card was more of a joke and mostly constructed at the workplace. We love to give each other joke cards :)

Hope the cards were well received :)

Dots again

And back to dots again :) This time 3 big cards - two for birthdays and a retirement card for the boss.

A paper doily is the main element of the background here. I thought it would introduce a nice texture to the card. I also used Lilly of the Valley circular badge stamps and Core'dinations Chocolate Box Papers. The dotted paper has been machine sewn.

And the three cards together:

In case someone wondered what this huge shadow of a buttefly is doing here in the picture - no, don't worry, I don't have any giant butterflies around my place :) it's just a shadow of a big acetate butterfly suncatcher I've got on my window that comes out when the sun shines straight through my windows.

So glad it's Friday evening now :) Time to  relax by doing some crafts - something I always wait for the whole week to do and enjoy.  A very busy and crafty weekend lies ahead of me. I'm planning to sew some more Cheeky Chickens to sell on the oncoming summer fair! :) Wish me luck! :)

Retirement Card for Brenda

A colleague has retired recently and I thought I’d make a card for her to say “thank you” on the behalf of our school unit :) I wanted to create something leafy and flowery in some soft girly smokey pinks and browns. Hope she liked it :)