My Second Nappy Cake

I really struggled for inspiration when shopping for this nappy cake. All the colours in the shops, were pink, pink, pink and pink and more pink, no lovely bright colours, so this was my best choice of all the pinks! and this is what I came up with. The little comforter on top has a cute brown bear hugging a pink blanket. I've taken this as it was the only other colour and found some ribbon to match which I've added to the top and middle tiers. These nappy cakes make such a wonderful gift, I don't know of a new mum who wouldn't love to get one! I got a real sense of achievement once it was all finished! The recipient was absolutely thrilled with it, I'm pleased to say! I'd love to make these more often, but they do work out to be quite expensive.

For Mum...

I made this card for my Mum's birthday back at the begining of September. I made it shortly after the Hawaiian card on my previous post. Its the first time I made these 3 page cards. I have used Summer Drigg's papers on this card and my trusty flower punches! The letters were cut by hand.

I also made this card for my step-dad to give to my mum. The papers and roses are Basic Grey, I've had them in my drawer for a long time but never wanted to cut them! I've added a few punched butterflies, some silk roses and a few pearls to finish.Thanks for looking.

Kraft Cardstock....what do you use?

Two posts in one day!! Another stash related post tonight. I've been using a lot of Kraft cardstock on my cards recently and just wondered what you all use. I've seen on a few different blogs, some people use parcel paper and old packaging. I have been using these folders which I bought from Staples

I think the pack I got had 200 in. If using them as a base layer for a card, I would say you could get 4 cards out of each, so all in all for about £5 you are getting a serious amount of cardstock! Anyway, just thought I would share that info!

Bye for now!

***EDITED*** Just a quick note to say that this Kraft is thin, I always layer it on top of a white base card. It's cheaper that way and lasts twice as long too! I wouldn't use this sort as the card blank itself, its not strong enough.

A Great Buy!!! .....DCWV Paper Stacks

I recently went to the Coleman Craft Warehouse we have here in Northants, just for a look, as you do! and discovered these 8x8" DCWV paper stacks, reduced from £15.99 to £8.99! I thought that was a fantastic buy! The Just for Boys one is fantastic, most of the papers are embossed and glazed. I love the plum colours to the Latte set.The also found these two scrapbook in a stack kits which were just £2.99 each! I thought they were worth that just for the plain card in the back! . There were lots more sets reduced too, but my husband wouldn't let me get anymore. I may have to take another trip backAnyway, just thought I'd share my find with you all. Back soon with more cards! I promise!

I'm Back...for a while at least!

My big boy Adam has started school now and all of a sudden I feel I've got a lot more free time on my hands! although I've still got James to look after! I thought I'd take the opportunity to get back on track and make a few cards.This card was made for an order for a lady who was having a Hawaiian themed party. I decided to use Beach Babe Lola from Pink Petticoat and have hand cut her a grass skirt! The papers are a Shabby Princess download. The numbers were cut out by hand as were the flowers which have been embellished with glamour dust and adhesive stones.

I have made a few cards now, so hopefully I can start updating regularly. I'm going to save some and not blog them all at once! I hope there might still be some people out there who will come and read my blog! Its been so long.

Goodbye pre-school and Thank You!

Well my little boy has officially finished at his pre-school now. He doesn't start BIG school until 16th September! as he's only just turned 4 and they stagger them starting by age here. So I now have him and his 5 month old brother to amuse for the next 8 weeks! arrghh!! I wanted to make each of the ladies a little treat as a Thank You from Adam. I was very much inspired by some idea's found here on Mandy Gill's blog quite a while ago. I have made each lady a notepad and matching treat bag containing a few choccies. Each notepad is personalised with their name and was cut out using my Sizzix Naturally Serif alphabet.
The little ladybugs are simply made using a few circle punches and a decorative swirl punch for the antennae. The black spots are just holes punched in the red card and then stuck onto a black circle. Much easier than trying to stick spots on!. I've made a smaller version for the treat bags.The sentiment stamp was from a Hero Arts set.
I packaged them all up in white paper bags and made matching personalised gift tags too! I made Adam give them all out, not sure I'd have been able to hold it together! It was very emotional!

Happy 4th Birthday Adam!!!

Following on from my last post, it was my son's 4th Birthday on 3rd July, and we've just had his party this weekend. I decided after seeing the idea on the Disney website to have a go at making these Toy Story Alien cupcakes. They turned out really well. I made 30 in all. The icing was a bit fiddly but worth the effort. I was glad when they were all done!I also made my own Toy Story party maze games, by buying a pack of 8 from the local pound shop and replacing the picture inside with a Toy Story image! The Birthday Boy! We spent his Birthday Weekend in the Caravan at The Waddington Airshow! We had a fab weekend, especially watching the Vulcan and The Red Arrows!Still not much cardage to report on though sadly. I'm getting a bit more time now so am having the odd dabble here and there!