Happy Birthday ~ Cupcake

Hello bloggers I hope you had a good day yesterday.  We had some snow here in the UK and it was very cold too.  Today's card is a quick sweet cupcake birthday card.

This card began as a white 5x7 card blank.  First I took some cupcake patterned paper and cut it down to 5x7.  This was then adhered to the card blank.  Next using some red striped paper I die cut a mat for my sentiment using Spellbinders 'floral doily motifs' die set.   The mat was then adhered to the centre of the card.  Finally I hand cut a happy birthday sentiment from a sentiment sheet and adhered it to the centre of the mat.

Happy Crafting xx Hazel

Happy Birthday ~ Marvel Spiderman

Hello bloggers I hope you all had a great day yesterday and managed to get some crafting done.  Thankfully I was well and managed to attend a craft fair and get a card made for you.

This card began as a sheet of red card stock that I cut and scored to make a 5.5" square card. The topper was cut from a Marvel topper sheet.  I then cut a mat from black card stock and adhered it to the topper.  Then topper was then added to the card blank.  Finally I added a sentiment from the same topper sheet to the top left hand corner of the card.

Happy Crafting xx Hazel

Knitted Squares ~ Blanket Of Love

Hello bloggers I hope you all had a great day yesterday.  I was terribly ill all day so sorry no card today but I do have these knitted squares to share with you.

They are knitted using double knit wool and when there are enough they will make a 'Blanket of Love' which will be given to people with cancer.  Hopefully I will be much better tomorrow and able to make a card to share with you.  

Happy Crafting xx Hazel

Engaged Is A Wonderful Place To Be ~ SWALK

Hello bloggers I hope you are all well and had a good day yesterday.  Thankfully I was well enough to do some crafting which resulted in today's card.

This card began as a white 5x7 card blank.  First I stamped my topper onto white card stock using vintage photo distress ink and Crafter's Companion SWALK  'engaged' stamp set.  Once stamped this was die cut using Spellbinders 'labels A' die set.  Whilst still in the die I inked through with tattered rose distress ink.   Next I die cut the ribbon banner using Spellbinders 'ribbon banner LG' die set.  Whilst still in the die I inked through with tattered rose distress ink.  I then stamped the sentiment with the same stamp set as above using Victorian velvet distress ink.  Next I cut some pink handmade paper to 5x7 and laid it over the card.  I then adhered the topper and sentiment to the handmade paper. I then added adhesive to the handmade paper but only in the areas that the topper and sentiment were so that the adhesive didn't show through the handmade paper.  Next using some red handmade paper I die cut two hearts using Marianne Creatables 'hearts' die set.  Once die cut they were adhered to the top of the card.  Finally I coloured the hearts on the topper with a red ProMarker to give the topper a little colour and to tie in with the red die cut hearts.  My original idea was to colour the topper but i then decided it didn't need it.            

Happy Crafting xx Hazel

Sending Lots of Smiles Your Way ~ Polka Doodles

Hello bloggers I hope you enjoyed your weekend, unfortunately I have been ill again, but did manage to put together a quick card for you.

This card began as a white 5x7 card blank.  First I adhered some floral decorated paper to the front of the whole card.  Next I stamped my sentiment onto some of the same patterned paper but in another colour  way using Polka Doodles 'sensational sentiments' stamp set and black staz-on ink pad.  The sentiment was then die cut using Spellbinders 'labels one' die set.  Using some silver textured holographic paper and Spellbinders 'labels one' die set I cut a mat for the sentiment.  The sentiment and mat were adhered together and then attached to the card.

Happy Crafting xx Hazel

Marvel Captain America ~ Invertage Decoupage

Hello bloggers I do hope you had a good day yesterday, unfortunately I was ill again 3rd day in a row so not so good for me.  Today's card is an invertage decoupage card for the men in your life.

This card began as a white 5x7 card blank.  First I adhered some blue patterned paper to the front of the card.  This was in my stash and had been printed from a CD-Rom a while ago so can't remember which one off top of my head.  Next I adhered a strip of Marvel Captain America paper down the left hand side of the card.  The invertage decoupage was popped out from the Marvel invertage decoupage sheet.  I filled off the locking pips and then mounted it all together using foam tape.  The complete topper was then adhered to the bottom right hand of the card.  Finally a sentiment from the decoupage sheet was cut out and adhered to the card.

Happy Crafting xx Hazel

Catch a Wish Believe ~ Stackapage Fairy

Hello bloggers today I have a fairy stackapage card for you.

This card began as a white 5x7 card blank.  First of all I cut down some decorative card stock to 5x7 and then adhered it to the front of the card.  I then cut a mat from some brown paper to 4x6 and adhered that to the card too.  The fairy stackapage was popped out of the sheet and adhered together using foam tape.  I reserved the bottom of the stackapage and used that as a stand alone topper. This was adhered to the bottom right of the card.  The stackapage was adhered to the top left of the card.  Finally some self adhesive sentiments were adhered to the top right and bottom left corners.

Happy Crafting xx Hazel