VW Beetle

Today I want to share a memory type book I was asked to make by a lady whose son was turning 21 and she just couldn’t find anything that summed him up.

She told me her son was VW beetles and VW campervan crazy and was actually rebuilding one in red, white and blue.

So that was my challenge

I knew I had some papers that were actually free in a Do Crafts magazine some time ago – Portobello Road, it had Union flags, postcards, stripes and of course plain colours red, white and blue.

I folded 2 A4 sheets of card in half and stuck one side to the other card making 3 work spaces on the front and the back.

I started on the front page which I covered with a flag paper, then die cut a mat using red card then a verse on a size smaller die, these were attached to the card using DST.

I used Google to search for VW and after finding suitable images I resized and printed onto matt photo paper, rounded the corners and added under the verse.

I printed out some VW blueprints and used them as backing paper for the inside left and right pages after 1^st inking the card. On the left side I cut out cogs using black card and added them randomly across the page and used some of the waste in the top and bottom corners.

On the right hand side I used some Tim Holtz tickets and  the end result said “Live The Dream, Wish Every Day, Story Of Love And Hope”

And then the centre page I made a collage of different sections of a VW Beetle, stamped Matthew onto white card then used red and blue distress ink to randomly colour the letters, then heat embossed with clear embossing powder and then stuck down the card. I used an MDF circle which I drilled holes in and used as a button, I stamped Happy Birthday on the button, rubbed over with versamark and clear embossing powder, I added some butchers twine and tied it on the top then stuck to the card, 21^st was stuck alongside the button.

On the reverse I made a collage using the blueprint and images, faded it out then stuck to a blue mat and finally onto the card. I stamped VW beetles and words over the paper and cut out a Happy Birthday panel from red, white, blue paper and stuck at the bottom.

The final sheet was another verse which I made long and narrow so it could go to one side of the page, postcard paper was stuck onto the card then a panel of red was stuck to the left side, the image cut out with scallop scissors and stuck over it.

I glittered an MDF star then stamped a VW Beetle onto shrink plastic, coloured it and trimmed before heating it till it shrunk to a perfect size. This was attached to the star then star to the card

Black peel offs were used along the spines with name & date of his birthday

The lady loved the card so much and has since passed my details onto several of her family and friends.

See you again tomorrow with another of my creations xxx

On The Shelf Lady Bus Driver

Good afternoon everyone

The card I have decided to share with you is one I made last year when my good friend retired as bus driver on our village bus.

The kit was by Carole Clark and is one of the on the shelf cards which are great fun and now there is one that’s suitable for nearly every occasion.

I printed the sheets onto matt photo paper and stuck it to 350gsm white card then began cutting out – I hadn’t remembered to have a backing paper for the back but luckily it wasn’t too bad left white

Before printing I had added text stating the bus name, her name and the retirement, on the inner panel I added the dates too.

I used various different gems to decorate the card, for buttons, on the clip board and the sentiments

Not normally one for printing out the envelopes I did this time as I wanted to decorate the envy front...

Elaine the retired bus driver loved the card so what more could I ask for?

Come back again tomorrow for the next card I share

xxx

Football Mini Book Card

Welcome to my Monday offering – today’s card is a football themed card with the club emblem added for the recipient

This is a kit from Craftsuprint and designed by Sandie Burchell, it is called Football Mini Book Kit and comes with several sheets which are main card, insert, mini book, sentiments and then a 2 part envelope.

My printer at the time I made this wouldn’t take card so I printed onto matt photo paper then stuck it direct to white card and folded, the insert has a verse added prior to the printing.

I cut the mini book page up and made the book following the very easy instructions, then I cut slits on the card front where the book was to go, I stuck the strap onto card and instead of using the paper buckle I used small metal one from my stash

The strap was threaded through the slits and fastened over the front of the book to secure it.

Because the recipient is a Tottenham fan I found the club emblem and shrunk it to fit on the card then cut out Tottenham Hotspur and stuck that on the book and also stuck the e

mblem in the insert too

Using one of the blank sentiment strips I typed in Happy Birthday Daniel and this was then attached to the card under the goal to finish

It’s a quick and easy kit to make and ideal for the footy mad man in your life!!!

See you all again tomorrow with another card to share

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Sorry You're Leaving

 Happy New Year to you all – I hope 2017 will bring you all love, friendship, gold health and much happiness

Its been a long long time since I was blogging on a daily basis and that is sad as I love to share my creations with you and reading all your comments, you love to read how I made the card.

So its New Year and New Start and my 1^st card is one I made for my partners work colleague who had found herself another job and I was asked to make a card that reflected Jodie and her personality, and here it is!

The kit was purchased from Craftsuprint but I am not too sure who the designer was, sorry!

 So I cut out all the elements and started with a white 8x8 scalloped card blank , I trimmed a sheet of aqua coloured card to fit leaving a border then the same with a lilac sheet. These were taped to the card blank using DST and then a couple of pieces of metallic lilac ribbon was stuck across the top left and bottom right corners. The main image layer was glued centrally using sticky pads and the 2 further levels were done in the same way. 

The decoupage elements were adding again using the sticky pads, next was the sentiment which I stuck to the top left of the card.

All that was left to do was decorate the front, to do this I added 3 lilac gems in a line at the 4 corners of the aqua card layer, placed tiny pink on the flowers in the background and then a hand tied bow to top right corner, and a few drops of glossy accents were added to the rain splashes and glitter to the wings.

I printed the insert twice, the left side was left so the card could be signed by work colleagues and the verse added to the other side,

And finally on the back of the card I added a naughty sentiment which really did fit Jodie perfectly!!!

I do hope you have liked the 1^st card of 2017, I have so many to share so you may even get a couple in one day!

Happy New Year everyone