Another Birthday Card

Hello!,
The hot weather is keeping me  out in the garden doing my best to get it back into shape after a few years of neglect. I've been doing tasks like digging up plants, clearing away ivy and brambles and even painting gates and doors. This means I haven't been doing any crafting. However I was commissioned to make a card

It's another variation on the previous background less cards I made for my brother and son shown in previous posts.

This time I only cut the front part of the card. Front section is mounted onto some white linen card that I run through the embossing machine with a butterfly embossing folder.
I print and cut  the fairy and matted to her card. I also print and cut two layers of each flower and bee pinched the petals of the flowers and bee wings to give dimension and layered them on top of the base shape.
I finished the card by adding glitter, wink of Stella shine and gems.

I have one more over grown flower border that needs clearing so once that is done I can get back to crafting!

Thank You teacher card tutorial

The end of two of my grandchildren's first year at school is fast approaching so its time to make some thank you cards. Given that
one grandson has  5 staff in his class and the other has 2 making 7 in total I decided to make all the cards the same. It would be easier doing it that way. this is the card I decided to make. Adding the teacher's name makes it more personal.

As usual I designed the card using my Silhouette Studio software, but it could me made without the software. I typed and printed out the "thank you" on the bottom half of an A4 white linen textured card in red.

I then traced an apple from clipart, coloured them and typed the teacher's name inside. I used the print and cut option in the software to cut out the coloured apples.
I also  cut out the nameless apples out using the white linen card.
I used the software for all these stages but could have printed them out in a word processor and cut them out by hand. Alternately I could have layered the coloured apple by using coloured card/paper and stamped the teacher's name in ink.

The last stage was to fold  the A4 card in half and placed the apples underneath the "Thank You" using foam pads to give the card dimension. I finished the card by using some Wink of Stella glitter onto the coloured apple.

Here is a tutorial video on how I used the Silhouette studio software to make the card

I've left the inside blank giving space for the grandson's to write their own message or draw a picture, whichever they want to do.  If you would like to download the nameless version of this card you can do it HERE. As usual the zip file contains the .studio and .svg formats and is for personal use only.

The fairies has arrived!

A following on from my last post:-  The fairies have arrived and moved into the  grandkid's fairy garden. Their reaction has been so delightful  it will be a treasured memory for a very long time, I just have to share their reaction with you! It was recorded by my daughter and their other nanny. This has been a project that was well worth doing! Whats my next project??


hmmm.. it's back to card making again. Its close to the end of the school year so guess what cards I'll be makng?......