A Card for a very special Lady

A card request this week for a close friend who's Nan is celebrating her 100th Birthday in February, I don't suppose I will get this request again.

Having met Nain previously I was delighted to be asked to create a special card for her.

I decided on creating a cross stitched card using a pattern from Framecraft booklet called Ribbons and Roses and I adapted it to celebrating a birthday instead of a wedding.

I stitched in coral colours using DMC threads and mounted in a rectangle aperture card.

Congratulations Nain in reaching your milestone of a birthday and hope you enjoy your celebration with all the family.

My New Knitted Bug Beetle

Well Valentines day came and went and my husband Andy didn't disappoint - he treated me to numerous gifts including a new knitting pattern  - Knitted Beetle from Slightly Sheepish.

I ordered the wool and waited impatiently for it to arrive, with needles all ready.

I started creating and the pattern was really well thought out , details were both written and in a grid picture format so you could refer to both.

Once all sections were created  I then had the task of fixing all the pieces together which although seemed quite daunting at first was actually quite straight forward.









I used soft toy filling to stuff  my Bug.

 

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Farewell to another Computer Expert

Sad times as my husband's work colleague leaves Kodak to a start a new job with a new company. A card request this time from my husband, he was quite specific it needed to be based on computer's.

Using a stamp set  from Woodware called smart gadgets - I stamped the black laptop image onto white Bazzill  card stock.  I cut the stamped shape out and also the blank screen section.

Using Craft Artist and Serif software I created a square section with the words 'Sorry You're Leaving' around each edge, with a scroll in each corner. I also printed slightly off centre 'from all Kodak staff'. This section was matted onto yellow card stock. Using the Serif software again I created the outer background section using computer words and the same scroll feature. This section was printed out and matted onto red card stock. The large section was fitted to an 8" x 8" card, the yellow section was fixed using 1mm 3d foam pads. Finally the stamped laptop image was fixed also using 1mm 3d foam pads.

Best wishes to Rae for the future.