One topper sheet - five cards!

Finally got round to making the 'sympathy' cards asked for by the Events Co-ordinator at the home my mum is in.  Only the two largest ones are for her as they need to be large enough for all the care staff to sign etc.  Having made the two larger cards I didn't want to put the last few toppers in a drawer where they might get forgotten so I set to work making some smaller cards which may sell in the Charity Shop I volunteer at.  It was quite a challenge to use the last tag, but I can honestly say that only the debris left after removing the toppers has gone in the bin. 

Card number 2 ...

Card number 3... a 6" by 6" scalloped edge card.

Card number 4...another scalloped edge card slightly smaller than A5.  Lacy oval die by xcut.

Card number 5... last but not least using the very last thing on the sheet of toppers.  Embossed lilac vellum creates background for sentiment topper.

Phew that was a challenge just uploading all those!!

Now for the Card Challenges...

• OLLCB - use a pre-coloured image
• Pixie's Snippet Playground - last card surely must count as using up a snippet!
• My Time to Craft - Sympathy cards
• Allsorts - more than two die cuts - cards 1 and 2 have two sizes of flower and a flourish.
• Simon Says Stamp - Let's get sentimental - card 1 and 5 have sentiment as main image.
• Crafty Cardmakers - make your own background - card 5 has embossed background.

Have a great day all.

Ann xxx

Still celebrating...

This is the card I did for my mum to send Laura.  A really simple card to do - well you leave it till the day before to make the cards quick and simple is definitely the only way to go.
I got the idea for this card when scrolling through Pinterest and planned the design using Serif Craft Artist.  I've found that you can plan the printed part on Craft Artist and then copy and paste to the Silhouette screen to plan the cut out parts in this case the numbers.

I actually used odd bits of card from my bits box to do this and the hardest part was calculating how to get the numbers on the small piece of card on my mat avoiding the flowers that had already been punched out for a previous project!

Challenges...

• Simon Says Stamp - anything goes
• Come and Get it - Make a card for a female
• One stitch at a time - for a special lady ( my daughter Laura)
• Pile it on - for a lady
• Crafting from the heart - anything goes
• Pixie's Snippet Playground - use your snippets

Have a great day .

Ann xxx

Happy Birthday Laura...

Oh my 30 today - yikes!!
So hard to get a good photo when using mirri card, but this shot of my card for Laura is not too bad.  I used a cutting file bought recently from the Silhouette store cut it out of gorgeous purple (not blue in real life) mirri and matted it on to a printed sheet of acetate.  Then I attached the acetate to silver mirri card using gem brads.
Another layer of purple and then all matted onto a black scalloped edged card.  Load of gems added and a black organza ribbon to finish.

Challenges...

• Seize the Birthday - last day of birthday cards - be quick if you want to enter.
• The ABC challenge - Inspire us - show us your style (at the moment I'm into cutting files, but I'm sorry to say I flit from style to style so it may be stamping next week!)
• Simon Says Stamp - anything goes
• Come and Get it - Make a card for a female
• One stitch at a time - for a special lady ( my daughter Laura)
• Pile it on - for a lady

Well off to create some party food now.  Have a great day whatever you are up to.

Ann xxx