David Turns 90 Card

An extra special card order this month for a gentleman who celebrates his 90th birthday, who I believe is a member of the Rotary Club.

I was provided with a copy of the Rotary Club emblem and asked to have this included on the card  with a character figure.

Using the Cricut Gypsy device I set about creating the emblem first, which I started using a sun image.  I created a shadow to my sun in blue card. Then using a circle I created a blue section for the wording. The letters used were from Don Jan Cricut cartridge , these were cut out from the circle created and then re cut in yellow card to insert in the blue section.

Finally triangles were position on the yellow section and cut out, smaller white triangles were then cut and glued in position to allow the blue shadow from the base to show through.

Finally smaller circles were cut in blue, yellow and white card to create the centre section.

Not knowing what clothes to choose I decided on well dressed suited gent, the order also indicated he wore glasses so to include these to.

As a larger card was requested, the Rotary Club emblem measured 6" x 6" on a white base matted onto yellow and blue card. The main character was matted onto similar card and colours and overlapped the Rotary Club image slightly. Finally a special message was printed and matted to the lower section of the card.

Lets hope David has a wonderful Birthday.

A Card for a Fisherman

A card order /request this week for a man who has a special birthday who is a keen fisherman. The request was for one of my Character cards.

 

Using the Cricut Everyday Paper doll cartridge, I cut the main character and fishermen's clothing.

 

I cut the fishing rod out in black, light grey and brown cardstock. The grey section was the base, the black section has the line removed only and the brown section had the line and reel removed. All three sections were glued together which made the rod more sturdy.

 

White card was cut and layered onto green card as the base of the card. A small strip of blue card was fixed across the bottom on the card for the water.

 

Using Sizzix 'Grass' extended Decorative strip , I cut two sections of grass, both parts were cut in half. Two sections were glued to the base card on the blue section above and below where the joins are , the additional strips were attached using 1mm 3d foam pads.

 

The fisherman was positioned between the two grass layers.

 

Three fish were cut and attached together using a black brad to the hand of the fisherman.

 

A personalised message was printed and fixed to the top of the card to finish.

 

Lets hope Ray had a great special birthday. 

 

Caving Birthday Time

Time to make a birthday card for my son's friend who was having a Caving party this year.

I wanted to make a character card but had to think how to create a tunnel or cave effect.

I decided to create graduated ovals on my Cricut Gypsy device, and cut each layer from 6" x 6" card in shades of grey, with the largest oval section cut from white card. These sections were layered up using 1mm 3d foam pads to create the image of a hole/tunnel.

The main character image was cut from the Cricut Everyday Paperdolls cartridge, I adapted the skateboarder helmet on my Cricut Gypsy to make it a front facing helmet as opposed to the side view option on the cartridge.

I added a stamped Sizzix face to the head section and stamped again onto white paper. The eyes were cut out from the paper and glued to the main head.

The character was fixed into the ovals and positioned so his hands were popping out. Black card was fixed to the base of all the layered sections.

Decorative corners were cut from black card to add detail to each corner.

Finally a personalised message was cut and layered onto black card and fixed to the base of the card.

Lets hope Luke had a fantastic party and birthday later this week.

A Thank You Card

 

This was a card to the Consultant/Surgeon who operated recently on my Dad.

 

The Consultant explained the operation fully to my Dad and I, this was early in the morning at

7.30 am, to get the consent form completed, it was going to be quite a complex operation. Unfortunately due to an emergency , my Dad was not operated on til 2pm that day. The consultant personally phoned me at 6.45 pm that evening to give me an update on my Dad and how the operation had gone.

 

So the Consultant had been worked at least a 12 hour shift at this point. Luckily the operation went well but was one of the worst he had done (his words not mine), and Dad is now on the road to recovery .

 

In view of this and they way he treated my Dad, I wanted to create a card to show him our appreciation, my Dad had been poorly for quite some time.

 

I decided to create a character card of a surgeon, it helped as I had met him so I knew what he looked like. He is a general surgeon and although I didn't see him in his surgical uniform this was my interpretation of what he would look like. The character pieces were cut from the Cricut Every Day Dolls Cartridge. I cut out eight plasters out also to add detail to the card.

 

A personalised Thank You message was printed and fixed to the base of the card.

 

 

 

A Birthday Card for Margaret

A birthday card required, this time for our close friend Margaret.

Using a Joanna Sheen House Mouse CD Roms, I choose an image and a matching cherry background paper. I cut all the sections our of the decoupage sheet. The layers were attached using 1mm 3d foam pads and glue for the mouse tails and the cherry stalks.

The main image was matted on to pink and blue card. A cherry design backing paper was used and matted on to blue and pink card.

 

Scalloped corners were cut and attached to the backing section and a narrow ribbon fixed at the lower section of the card.

A message was printed and fixed to the base of the card. 

 

The main decoupage image was fixed using 1mm 3d foam pads to finish.

Lets hope Margaret has a lovely birthday.

A Birthday Card for Jo

A birthday card required, this time for our close friend, Jo.

 

Using a Joanna Sheen House Mouse CD Roms , I printed out a backing paper and a topper image four times, I choose the tea cups design. I created my own decoupage sections by cutting parts out of the four printed sheets. The layers were attached using 1mm 3d foam pads and glue for the mouse tails. The main mouse image was matted on to blue and green card.

 

The sugar cubes backing paper was matted on to green and blue card also.  Green ribbon was attached around the back section and green corners were die cut and attached at each corner for added detail. This main back section was attached to the base card using double sided tape.

 

The main decoupage section was attached issuing 1mm 3d foam pads .

A message was printed and fixed to the base of the card.

Lets hope Jo has a fantastic day.

A Get well Wish for My Dad

Unfortunately time to make a card for My Dad who has to go back into hospital for an operation.

 

Using my Cricut machine and 'Dr Check Up' cartridge I found a suitable image.

 

I cut all the sections out for an image of a man in a hospital bed and layered up each section using double sided tape.

 

I also cut a phrase from the cartridge in red, black and white card stock. I used the black section as a shadow so that the words stood out, the red section next and the white section which were the words only excluding the First Aid Cross. 

 

I printed a personalised message which I fixed to the rail of the bed and also created a Nil By Mouth sign.

 

Hope Dad likes the card and he recovers quickly so he can return home very soon.

 

60th Birthday Celebrations for a Singing Teacher

A request received from a lovely lady who had seen my cards and was looking for a musical card for her singing teacher for a special Birthday.

The request was for a piano based card.

Using the Cricut machine and 'Quarter Note' cartridge I cut the piano section in black card twice then white card for the keys section. The background of the piano was cut using light brown card stock. The scroll music piece was created using the Cricut Gypsy machine welding circles and rectangles to create the shape. This was cut twice in white card and I hand drew the music paper and notes. I arced the pieces and glued using 3d foam pads to retain the curved shape.

The personalised message was printed onto ivory card stock and matted onto light brown and black card stock. Musical notes were cut from the Sizzix musical notes thin dies from black and brown card stock.  The piano shape was matted onto ivory card stock on a decorative rectangle cut from a Spellbinders die.

To add detail to the piano section , the second piano cut was cut at the keyboard section,  top section and the feet sections were cut, these cut pieces were added to create dimension to the main image. The message and piano topper were matted onto backing paper (scroll music) and fixed to the base card.

Happy Birthday Card for a Proper Gent

This week I needed to make a card for a male family member.

 

I recently purchased a paper craft CD 'Fabulous Fellas' by Katy Sue Designs.

 

I printed the template of for the shaped Tie card. I selected the individual tie I wanted to print and two styles of backing papers.

 

I cut the template out and folded where indicated on the template. The back part of the template was the shirt section.  I fixed this to some plain white card with double sided tape. The waistcoat and jacket sections folded over from left and right.

 

I first attached the tie to the shirt but left the collar sections free of adhesive so they could fit over the finished jacket. I then cut the backing paper using the waistcoat section (the small dots paper and fixed this onto the waistcoat .The jacket section was again cut from the jacket part of the template, the collar sections were cut separately, all were attached using double sided tape. I cut three small squares  to create pockets, taking care that the pattern still matched the jacket. All the cut Jacket parts  were all coloured at the edge with Stampin up ink, colours Olive & Expresso to add details. Faux stitches were hand drawn around the jacket and pockets. 

 

Three small buttons were coloured using black Promarker pen , when dry these were attached to the jacket.

 

 The background card was created using some of the printed paper, matted onto black card.

 

The jacket section was also matted onto black card and was attached using 1mm 3d foam pads.