Rock on...

This is a card I've put together using the sketch at Cutie Sunday. It's a card for Grandma to give Laura's boyfriend James on his birthday tomorrow. He likes rock music so I'm hoping he likes the card. Gran will put some money inside I'm sure so he's sure to like that!

Still got my card for him to make - all those gorgeous House Mouse stamps that Laura got me for my birthday have not been used yet! Sigh - I really don't think I can get away with making a card with House mouse in a tutu on for him even if I made it a blue tutu!! Why are men so difficult? They've no taste have they (I'm totally excluding any male crafters in that statement or any male reading my blog cause they obviously have really good taste)?

I used a great stamp which I bought in the recent Docrafts sale for the image on this card and the papers are from the Rockstar pack by DCWV. That paper has been so useful for making cards for Laura and Shelley's friends.

New Home...

Here's a very quick card I made for my daughter and her boyfriend to give to his brother who has just moved into his own place. As I didn't get much warning I had to create something fast - this personalised door was pretty quick and easy to do.

I designed the door in Serif home office just using basic shapes. The panels were printed twice so that I could use my Scor-pal to add depth and also matt them onto gold mirri card for a bit of oomph. The letters (complete with real address) were also created in Serif Home Office. I love messing about creating little extras like these - so much fun.

Apparently Neil was over the moon with his card as was his mum who told him in no uncertain terms that he was not to throw the card away as she wanted to keep it. Isn't it lovely when people really appreciate the things we make?

As the challenge at Cute Card Thursday is new beginnings my card is perfect for their challenge and I do hope that Neil's new beginning continues to be a happy one for many years to come.

Pink Elephant Day...

Yeah it's Pink Elephant day and this week we are cooking with a recipe from Ella's kitchen using these ingredients...

two squares
one ribbon (mine is very subtle and has a heart shaped button stitched on to it)
and something sparkly (the star on teddy's T-shirt is a sparkly gemstone).

Fantastic set of ingredients - can't wait to see what the rest of the team have come up with!

To create my card I used the brill sketch at Papertake Weekly, which proved just perfect for combining with the Pink Elephant's ingredients. The image is one from a collection of number digis by Pollycraft. There is a set suitable for girls and one for boys - both really useful. Love them.

As my card is for a friend's little boy's first birthday it also fits the challenge at Stampin' for the Weekend where the challenge is baby themed including baby's first birthday.

Thanks for looking and don't forget to check out the Pink Elephant to see what my teamies have come up with. Hope you'll have chance to play along too.