Happy 70th Birthday

 Hi Everyone, 

This week I have made an exploding box card for my MD's 70th birthday

He loves L39 jets so I thought he would appreciate a jet themed card.

I always struggle like many crafter's making male cards but I think this one turned out pretty well and I was told he was very impressed 

Happy birthday Steve!

4" x 4" Box

Pockets To Hold The Sentiments & The Screw Heads Are From Tim Holtz Ideology Range

I Cut The Wood Embellishments Using My M1 Xtool Laser Cutter

Close Up Of The 3 Jets


Thanks for looking craftyem x

Beautiful !!

Hi Everyone,

This week I have made a cushion using photos of my beautiful fur baby 🥰

I printed the images using my new sublimation printer which I got from Ink Experts.

Ink Experts are a great company and the customer service is brilliant....check out the following link to see what they have to offer:

https://www.inkexperts.co.uk

Also I used the cricut heat press 3 and a sublimation cushion blank.

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Happy Birthday Moi

 Hi Everyone, 

This weeks card is for my MD's wife for her 70th birthday. 

I started by choosing a colour palette from the Sarah Renae Clark colour catalogue.

The colour catalogues are becoming one of my favorite crafting tools, it takes all the thinking out of choosing colours for your project.

Once I had the colours printed  I set to work making the card. 

I started by making the shadow box frame as this was the most complicated part of the card, once done I then made the card to fit it, this turned out to be a bit more tricky and I had to make it from A2 card stock (16.5" x 23.4").

I then made the card insert and envelope which held the sentiment, once this was done I made the embellishments, the wood ones I cut on my laser cutter another favorite craft tool!

The roses are a die set from Heartfelt Creations (classic rose) I then coloured them using my pink pearlescent PanPastels.   

I hope she loves it as I certainly enjoyed making it!  

Happy Birthday Moi x  

 

This Is The Colour Palette Used Get Yours Here https://sarahrenaeclark.com

8.5" x 8.5" Book Card 

This Is The Front Of The Card

All Embossed & Finished With A Bow & Faux Pearls  

Inside Of The Card 

 

Finished With A Handmade Box & Tissue Paper


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Happy Father's Day

 Hi Everyone, 

This weeks card is a quick card using Lili Of The Valley simply print digital stamp. 

The pre-coloured stamp is called  Sunday Papers. 

I matched up the stamp with some backing papers and set to work making the card. 

The stars were cut using my Xtool M1 laser cutter. 

 

8" x 8" Card 

Image From Lili Of The Valley Digital Stamps 

Stars Cut From Plywood Using My Xtool Laser Cutter


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Happy Birthday Roxy

Hi Everyone, 

This week I have made a card for my niece Roxy, she has just turned 9 and loves the Kuromi character.

I downloaded the image from the Vecteezy website and set to work making my base card 

I decided to make a shaker card as they are my favorite card to make and Roxy loves receiving them too!

As I was taking her girly shopping I thought she would need a shopping bag, so I made one for her using my new sublimation printer, and another image downloaded from Vecteezy.

Happy Birthday Roxy x 

8" x 8" Shaker Card

Using The Kuromi Character downloaded From Vecteezy

Lots Of Sparkle

Cute Shopping Bag


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Happy Easter

 Hi Everyone, 

Happy Easter!

This week I have made these cute little Easter ornaments for my nieces & nephew. 

I found the cutting files through Xtool projects design find, although these were made to use with the Xtool S1, they cut beautifully on my M1. 

The creator of the files is Frenchiefirm they have some beautiful cutting files for the laser cutters.

If you would like the files you can find them here: https://www.designfind.com

Cutting Files From Frenchiefirm @ designfind.com

 

 

 

 

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Happy Birthday Hilary

 Hi Everyone, 

This weeks card is made for a friend's, sister's 70th birthday. 

She loves fairies and pinks and purples so I set to work picking out the perfect image. 

I found the perfect image on Esty.com from a lovely shop called Nightingale Craftery and this image come from a set of 10 images called Jewelled Fairy Clipart 

You can find the image here: 

https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/1817598543/10-jeweled-fairy-clipart-gorgeous 

Happy Birthday Hillary x 

This Card Is Called A Easel Drawer Card

Image From Esty.com (See Above Link)

As Always It Wouldn't Be One Of My Cards If There Wasn't Faux Crystals!

Hidden Inside The Card Drawer Is A Box Of Chocolates

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Happy Birthday Little Brother

 Hi Everyone,

 

 This week I have made a card for my little brother's birthday  

 I used a image from a shop called Pretty Prints on Etsy.com, one of my favorite designers.

 Using my trusty craft artist software I picked out the colours from the image for the background papers.

 Plain and simple, but I  know he will very happy with my finished result.

 Happy Birthday Little Brother!

 

8" x 8" Card

Image From Pretty Prints @ Etsy.com

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Congratulations on the birth of your baby girl

 Hi Everyone, 

This week I made another exploding box baby card in pink.

I made this for a friend to take to a baby shower and they loved it! 

I love making exploding box cards and will continue to make more for a variety of occasions... Watch this space!

Thanks for looking craftyem x 

Happy Birthday Mum

 Hi Everyone,

Another card made this week .......this one is for my mum!

Using a pre-coloured digi stamp from Lili Of The Valley I set to work making the card.

I picked out some backing papers that actually co-ordinated quite well and then I fussy cut a second image so I could decoupage the bouquet of flowers. 

I am going to enter my card into the following challenges:

https://digichoosday.blogspot.com

https://polkadoodle.blogspot.com

https://pinkgemchallengeblog.blogspot.com

Happy Birthday Mum xx 

8" x 8 Card

Image "James Bouquet" From Lili Of The Valley Simply Prints

Flower Decoupaged, Glittered & Finished With Faux Pearls

As Always Finished With An Handmade Box

Thanks for looking craftyem x