Mum's Birthday Card

It feels like simply ages since I made a card, but with Mum's 83rd birthday coming up on the 5th of August I knew I needed to make a start on things, as I expect I'll be making cards for her from my eldest DS and DIL and my youngest DS too!
As she's been through so much recently I wanted to make this a special card and so decided to use a Harrison Fisher image as they are her favourites. This one is from Joanna Sheen's fabulous Fashion Boutique CD and is just so feminine.
I have used some of the beautiful white tapestry card (from Joanna Sheen) to make this 8x8 card and mounted the image onto some miri card then onto some lace paper (again from Joanna Sheen), apart from the trimmings this could almost be a complete Joanna Sheen one stop shop card. Does anything give you the impression that I love the quality Joanna provides in all her products? The card was finished off with bits and bobs from my stash.
My scanner hasn't done a great job with this card and it has also cut off the corners a bit, but you get the idea.

Cards for my Mum

I haven't been about much lately due to the fact that my mum had a very nasty fall last week and is still in hospital, so I haven't really had either the time or the inclination for cardmaking. Today though I've got a "day off" from visiting so I'm trying to catch up with birthdays and card challenges etc. I made a couple of "get well" cards for Mum, one from me and the other from my sons and DIL.
I took mine into her last night and she loved it, these vintage ladies are her favourite images.

My Best Friend's Birthday

Well, that title is not exactly like the film but...
This is my latest card, and as the posting says is for my best friend's birthday at the end of this month. We don't get to see each other too often as she lives in Lincolnshire and I'm in Hampshire, but I'm always making bits and bobs to send to her.
This is another of those very large cards (about 9" x 10") and I used some gorgeous Stardream card from Joanna Sheen's shop for the base of this card (you can tell she must be special, just from this!). The edges were scored and stuck down to make the book spine effect again and then covered with some really "girly" scented drawer liners that I got ages ago and that smell divine! The main images are from a Daisie Company download kit that I've had for some time called "Ooh La La", the main one has been mounted onto pink glitter card and the little shoe tag was finished off with some Dior black chiffon ribbon. The card was completed by adding some strips of that gorgeous pink glitter card to the edges (again from the JS shop). I also used some more of the images, (a bubble bath and a bottle of perfume) inside the card.

NEXT!!!

I must admit that the last couple of days I've felt a bit like I'm on a conveyer belt, but this should be the last of the male cards for a while, hooray!
These two cards are for my nephew who will be 14 on the 20th of June (again the second one is from my mum).
The first card is from Cuddly Buddly's "Techie Teens" downloads and the only thing on it that isn't from Cuddly Buddly is my nephew's name which I printed from my PC.
The second card is from....you guessed it! this time it's those pesky footballers again with the logo from Shane's favourite team and a little sticker stating "sports fanatic", which he definitely is as he loves all sports and is very good at them all too.

June Birthdays

What is it about May and June? I seem to have so many special people to send cards to, obviously all the best people must have their birthdays in these months (not me I hasten to add!) My eldest son's birthday is 10th June and as his wife's was 31st May that makes them both Gemini, (or, if you happen to be a retired parent on a fairly tight budget, it makes them both inconsiderate) and this also makes it quite an expensive month. I've made two birthday cards for him as one will be from my mum.
My card uses some of the lovely Cuddly Buddly "modern men" downloads and as he loves to play the "Singalong" games on his PS3, I've chosen the karaoke singer. The card from my mum again uses Cuddly Buddly downloads, but this time it's the football range, finished off with his favourite team's logo. I usually find making men's cards quite difficult so I use the Cuddly Buddly ranges quite a lot for the younger men.

Changing Rooms

We've been in this house for about 2 years now and a couple of weeks ago we decided to have a bit of a change around. My DH thought that our table, chairs and dresser were a bit old fashioned for this house and so I suggested putting them in our 3rd bedroom (my craft room) and I would not only have a lovely big table to craft on but also I could use the dresser for my storage. What a good idea! at least I think so now, but we were both regretting the decision when we were trying to move everything upstairs phewww! Still, now it's done it's absolutely FAB! small but perfectly formed, perfect for me (or it will be when I get used to being organised and can find where I've put everything!). Here's a couple of piccies if you'd like to see.

A couple more birthday cards

My eldest son called me on Friday to say that he and DIL were popping over on Saturday (her birthday) and could I make a card for her from him, stopped making cards for sale and made his one. Then on Monday, my youngest son called to ask if I could make a birthday card for him for a female friend called Sophie, it was needed for...Tuesday morning! At the moment I'm making cards like there's no tomorrow as Sophie's partner has said he'll put a box of my cards in his gym, so I stopped again and made his card, and as she's such a lovely girl I made her another card from DH and me.
Both the above cards are made with images and backing papers from Joanna Sheen's Fashion Boutique CD and just a couple of peel offs, very simple. Using this CD, you really don't need anything else as the images are perfect on their own.
I think the marathon card making session is more or less finished now as I have a box full of cards for sale, it was quite difficult to make cards for all ages and both genders and try to make them non-specific so they are appropriate for most occasions. I didn't really enjoy it as I felt I was rushing instead of just making something specially suited to a particular person. Fingers crossed that I sell some now to help towards all the money I've been spending lately on crafty goodies!