Challenge11 at CRAFT Challenge, a recipe

Time for Challenge 11 at CRAFT Challenge this week already. Doesn't time just fly? I have been pretty busy this Friday to make 3 cards for the upcoming 2 challenges at CRAFT Challenge. This to get ready in time as going on holiday for 2 weeks soon. Will soon need to think about the next one as well as won't have much time to do that one.


Well let's get back to the subject in hand, challenge 11. This time we have given you a recipe to work with:










2 buttons

2 square shapes

3 papers

was our brief, I hope you don't mind a few more papers and 2 more buttons as well. I had those left over from when I was knitting some little outfits for the kids when they were first born, they are just sooo sweet I think, but I didn't get a chance to use them and I think they really go well with this card. I hope we are allowed to use shaped buttons.











We are really looking forward to your creations, but due to my holiday, I won't really have a chance to see them this week (no access to the internet), but please do join us!












This is my first interpretation of this challenge recipe. Hope you like it.

For this card I used a baby in a cot 3D image I found on the net, used some free papers from Funky Fairies and some other sources as well as a free background from AnnaBella. The shape in the middle was cut with a diecut from nesitibilities and a little Flippin' Kids spinning 3D image.

Friends recently had their 5th child, a little boy, so Congratulations to You! I will be popping this card in the post really soon.









Thank you for looking and looking forward to catching up with you all when I return from holiday.








As usual all comments are very welcome and very much appreciated.

Love,

Jo.

DT entry for Challenge 2 at C.R.A.F.T. Challenge Blog.

Here is my entry as DT member at C.R.A.F.T. Challenge blog for week 2. The challenge was to involve moving components, so anything that slides or swings, or moves really. You can find the challenge at http://trimmiescraftchallenge.blogspot.com/ .

Just before I noticed the challenge layout for week 2, I had created these invites for my middle son's 10th birthday party. He wants a party in a swimming pool, just like his sister did a month or so ago.

The photo below shows most of the possible views of the card as a little sneak preview.

And here is also a view of his birthday card, which also fills the criteria for the challenge.

For the invites I used paper 8 of pack 2 of the freebies from Funky Fairies at http://funkyfairyinspirations.blogspot.com/ for the background paper on the front and on the inside of the card. These were printed out as 2 versions on 1 A4, to cover an A5 card.

For the birthday card I used two large yellow pieces of card (larger than A4, smaller than A3) and some step by step 3D images I found on the internet as well as the Bart Simpson Background paper. The Spongebob background paper is my own creation using the main image of the 3D image. This 3D sheet was also flipped to act as the back of the spinner.




The base card of the invites themselves consisted of 2 white A5 cards, folded in the middle and then decorated further.




On the front of the card I used an image I found on the internet of Goofey in a ring on his back. The same image was also cut out and put on another piece of background paper that I designed myself, measuring 6.6 cm to form the spinner. The same paper also had the invite details printed on for the reverse of the spinner. You can find the background papers I designed underneath the next photo of the card.

The backgound paper I designed for the spinner of the invites.

The background I designed for the birthday card inside.

Below you can see a view of the inside of the card. I have made quite some of this type of card over recent weeks or even months as I find they are quite effective. The window in for the invites was cut out using a large scalloped nestibilty in my Big Shot and the spinning image was assembled using a piece of blue cotton in between the 2 images back to back. They were stuck together using silicone glue to really keep the thread in place. It was then stuck to the back of the inside card with double sided sticky tape. The valley fold was made 4.25cm each side of the centre of the card to allow the card to fit in its envelope when the card is folded (otherwise the image sticks out).

Unfortunately the Big Shot is not quite big enough to cope with the size card for the birthday card I made. This therefore needed to be cut out by hand.

A little 'It's a Party' sticker were put on the inside of the card.

On the reverse of the Goofey image the spinner showed the details for the party.

Another view of the inside of the card is shown here:

And another view of all the invites.

Next are some further views of the birthday card for my son who was 10 on the 17th of May. He loves Spongebob Squarepants, but especially Bart Simpson.

For his card I used an image of Bart Simpson put onto a piece of oval card cut out with Nestibilities. It is very similar to the other swivel and spinning cards I have on my blog.

Here are some pictures of the card.

A view from the front.

A view of both back and front of the card.

The inside of the card.

The inside of the card showing the spinner.

A view from above.

A close up of the spinner.

Last but not least a close up of the front swivel image.


Hope you enjoyed looking at these cards and looking forward to seeing you join us in our challenges at http://trimmiescraftchallenge.blogspot.com/.

Card for first C.R.A.F.T. Challenge. Moving home card.

Here is a real fun card for the first C.R.A.F.T. Challenge at http://trimmiescraftchallenge.blogspot.com/. There was a choice of 2 cards and the wedding card below was chosen instead. Guess I could always try and enter this one as non DT.

At least I think it is a fun card and I had loads of fun thinking it out and making it. I had already noticed some 3D images on the net to do with moving house and thought they would be ideal for this card I made for my sister, who has recently moved house.

For the background of the front of the card I used google maps to find where she used to live and where she is now living. I managed to find the house she used to live in as well as a picture of the type of house she has moved to.

I thought it would be quite fun to make a penny slider type of card, using the map and the planned route from old to new house as the front of the card with the 3D image on top of the penny slider system. I'm pleased it turned out exactly like I had pictured it in my mind.

On the photo above you can see the moving people half way up the penny slider route. And below at the top.

A close up of the the 3D image.

For the inside of the card, I used the other image on the 3D sheet, as you usually need to do a little decorating, even if you are moving into a newly built home. I also flipped this image, to be able to make it into a spinner for the middle of the card.

The background for this I made myself, using both images in succession. Feel free to use the background if you have any use for it. But of course do not sell it as your own creation.

And here are some images of the inside of the card.

A close up of the spinner is seen below.

And from a slightly different angle.

And viewing it from the top.

I hope you enjoyed looking at this card and hopefully it has given you some ideas for your own creations. I really loved making this card and seeing it take shape as I went from one stage to the next. I'm really pleased it is so much like I imagined it would be and I hope my sister will love the card as much as I loved making it.

Thank you for looking. All comments are welcome and very much appreciated. Looking forward to seeing all your creations when you join us at the challenge!

Birthday card for a Sheffield United fan.

Hello again everyone. Thanks again for letting me ramble on to get my thoughts gathered yesterday. As a result I have now managed to get a card finished for a friend of my eldest, who is very much of a Sheffield United fan.

So, what else can you do than make him a card around that theme?

Here is a sneaky preview of the card:



For the background paper I have used the Sheffield United logo and copied and pasted it on a A4 canvas several times. The logo is below.



And here is the background I edited myself for the front of the card.



For the inside of the card I also put in a text box. Feel free to use these backgrounds if they are any help to you, but please don't sell them.



I also found an image of a Sheffield United player in action and printed this off 6 times, then cut this out again to form a 3D decoupage image. You can find the image below and can use this for your own use, but please don't sell it.



So here are some views of yet another swivel window spinning image card. I hope you like it. Below is a view from the front of the card.



And another view from the front with better lighting.



A view of the inside of the card, showing the spinning Sheffield United logo.



Another view of the inside, also showing the swivel window image a little better.



Another view from the front.



And a close up of the decoupaged image on the front of the card.



A view from above.



And the view that I consider to be the best view of the card.




Thank you for looking, I hope you like it and I think the person it is intended for will like it as well. My son has again called me 'the best cardmaker in the world' and this time it's not even a space card!

Have a good evening all.

Dare to be Square birthday card for sister-in-law.

Hello all, I have just finished a card for my sister-in-law, who has her birthday in May. A good thing she doesn't know about my blog as yet!

Here is just a quick peek. I thought it would be quite a good one for the Dare to be Square challenge on Funky Fairies as well, but I may just be a bit too late for that.

It has used four of their papers from the pink range, though.

For the spinning image inside the card, I have used the CuddlyBuddly freebie, 4 layers of it cut in different stages for a 3D image. I flipped the image for the other side of the spinner.

Inside the card I used their background and another image in the background.

This is one of the first stages of the card.

For this I chose a pink card blank for the outside of the card and for the inside of the card, measuring 13.5cm square. I then cut out 4 squares of the Funky Fairies backing paper, 12.5, 11.5, 10.5 and 9.5 cm square and layered them onto the base card.

Next I cut out a rectangle half the size of the image at the front of the card. This is one I got from The Lilac Garden.

The second stage of the card was to decorate the inside of the outside part of the card. A bit of the backing paper used on the inside of the card was used for this, with the cuddlybuddly bear image added to this. You can see this below.

And here are some of the views of the finished card, it is quite difficult to show this type of card of in the best possible way. It is again one of the swinging window cards with the swinging image in the middle as well. The picture below shows the card from the side with the swinging window.

Another view of it.

And another one while the card is lying down.

A similar view.

A view from the front with the swinging window. Quite fitting as she is quite keen on fashion and shopping.

A close up of the front decoupage image.

First view of the inside of the card. A spinning CuddlyBuddly with Happy above it and Birthday below.

A view from the top, showing the extra image at the back of the card as well.

A view of the inside of the card, if you look closely you can just spy the background bears.

A close up of the image on the inside.

A view of the inside with the spinner from the side, so the inside bears can be seen.

Another view showing the background bears.

And another view from the front.

I hope you all like the card and although I think I may just about be too late to enter it into the challenge, I will try.

Thank you all for looking. Any comments very much appreciated. Have a good week!