50 Golden Years

Here's a triple easel card I created last year for my parents 50th Wedding Anniversary along with a matching box. Took a while to work out the sizing to make the max use of A4 but not too complicated after that. The fancy border is a Martha Stewart punch, I cut the 50 on an Ecraft and also used Spellbinders after printing the photos onto card. The flowers were from Wild Orchid Crafts.

Lovely Lady

Here's another card along similar lines to one I've posted before (Die Cut Magic) but with a much more dramatic look.
The lady is a Marianne Design Creatable Charleston Lady LR0140 die and the small motifs are from Spellbinders Renaissance Hearts. I find a 6" square card format is great for this look.

Felt Flowers

Here are a couple of cards with felt flowers as the focal point. They were cut with the Tim Holtz Sizzix Tattered Florals die. The flower centres are made with Papermania DIY brads and the backgrounds from Spellbinder dies and various embossing folders.

See through greetings

Here's one I made for my Mum's birthday in March.
The card was from an idea by Phill of Docrafts. I think you can find the instructions on the DoCraft site. The pic isn't great, the acetate is a nightmare to photograph. The card hangs down inside an acetate tent.

I'm afraid the card is no more as the new puppy got to it. Wee Rosie is so cute though you can't be too hard on her.

Retiring again...

It's a while since I posted any cards I've made. Must do better!

This is one I made for a contractor at work who leaves every now and then to retire but comes back.  He has a boat now to keep him busy hence the theme. Even the knots are correct thanks to the time I spent with the scout group my parents ran in my youth.

The wording was cut out on my Craftwell Ecraft machine using Sure Cuts a Lot to set the text up.

Die Cut Magic

Thanks go to Eileen and her blog for this idea using Spellbinders Fleur de Lis pendants. I shaded the backgrounds using Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Milled Lavender and the grasses were also stamped onto Spellbinders Diamond Nestabilities with Marvy Heritage ink in Lavender Fields. The lavender pearls and ribbons from my stash.
I ended up with the muscles of a lumberjack after cutting the many shapes through my old Wizard but it's still quite an easy card to do. Thanks, Eileen.

Just Juicy

These grosgrain ribbons from Fantastic Ribbons are stunning. They are 10mm and I've used them with Marianne Design Creatables LR0109 die cut ribbon flower 2. The background is from the embossing folder, Dots & Swirls, that comes with the Sissix Texture Boutique. Unfortunately you can't get it separately, I've checked with Sissix.

Still not sure whether to put a gem in the middle of the flowers or not...