The last 2009 Christmas card, finally!!

Hello again, it's time to finally upload the last Christmas card for 2009. I made this one on Christmas day for my in-laws. Their card had not arrived yet when they left to see us, so I was getting worried it might have gotten lost in the post and made a new one for them. Hope you like it. My mum-in-law certainly loved it (she's absolutely mad about tigers).

I have used my own TigerSanta image (digistamp and 3D sheet), backing papers from Funky Fairies and some base card.

This is what the front of the card looks like,

I have used nestibilities to cut out the window and

the background for the Tiger.

Another view from the front where you can see the

swinging window. You can find how to make this

type of cards here.

A view of the inside of the card.

And another view.

And this is the card seen from above.

Hope you like it. If you do like the image, I have put the digistamp, the 3D sheet and some TigerSanta backingpaper here on my sister blog Trimgym's digistamps and images for your personal use only. Please do not pass them off as your own and leave my signature on.

Have a fabulous 2010 everyone, this is my last Christmas card for 2009. Now it is time to get started on some new cards.

Thank you for looking, all comments very welcome and much appreciated.

Love,

Jo.

A Birthday card and a Christmas card for my mum with presents.

Morning all,

Happy Birthday to my mum first of all.

I don't know if she knows where to find my blog, so I left uploading these cards and candles till today, her birthday, just in case.

For both cards I have used an image I created myself. She has a great dog, a Rhodesian Ridgeback, called Ridgie. I only have a photo of her first one and created 2 digistamps. One is SantaRidgie and the other is BirthdayRidgie. Hope you like them. For the candles I used a picture of the kids and for the second one some stamps from the Crafty Pad.

Feel free to use my images for your personal use only, the same goes for the 3D decoupage sheets and the background papers I created with him. Please make sure you do keep my signature on the stamp though when using and do not claim as your own.

So here are some pictures of her birthday card for today. For this card I used this week's sketch from the Crafty Pad and changed it slightly to fit the A4 card and orientation I needed. I did not use one of her lovely stamps, but my own digistamp, 3D decoupage sheet and background paper on the inside(see below the views of the card). The other background papers are freebies from Funky Fairies amongst others. As I have used the sketch I am also going to enter it in this week's challenge at the Crafty Pad. Hope Debbie and her team like what I have done with it as well as my mum will hopefully like it.

One of the candles below, does use Debbie's lovely stamps.
























And the digistamp, 3D decoupage sheet and background paper used can be found here on my sisterblog 'Trimgym's digistamps and images'. All digistamps and images on my sister blog are available for free download, please do not claim them as your own, leave my signature on, use for personal use only and if you would like to share them, please direct them to my blog.





(The assembled 3D imaged looks like this )






And here are some images of the Christmas card I made for her. Hope you like them.

For this card I used 2 A4 cards, cut out the shapes with nestibilities for the swinging window. Not an easy task and much experimenting needed, but with a lot of aluminium foil and masking tape used to cover half of the die to ensure it wouldn't cut through the card where it shouldn't I finally managed. As it did leave slight indentation in the card, I covered that side with half of a cut out piece of holographic card cut out with the same die. On the inside I used my own backing paper, the one at the front is a freebie from Funky Fairies.

I must admit I like this card better than the birthday card.




























The images and papers used can be found here on my sister blog 'Trimgym's digistamps and images', of course again only for personal use and do not claim as your own.






(The assembled 3D decoupage image looks like this:)




I also created some candles for her, one with a picture of the kids on, the other with some lovely stamps from the Crafty Pad, unfortunately it doesn't come out very well on the red candle (nice and smelly as well), but I hope she likes them anyway.

Challenge 9 at CRAFT Challenge, shaped card

Hello everyone!

Thursday again and that means it is time for the next challenge at CRAFT Challenge, this week the challenge is to create a shaped card. Not rectangular or square, but any other shape is welcome. If you read and look on from here you will find my DT entry for this week's challenge and also the background and 3D decoupage image I have used for the front of the card. Hope you like it.

You can see the front view of my card above, I have chosen a octagonal card for my son's 13th birthday next month. As we are both Harry Potter fans (my daughter as well), I thought this would be a good card for him.

For this card I have chosen to have a card that pops up in the middle, much like the previous swivel and moving cards I have made. I found a 3D decoupage image on the web for the inside of the card, flipped the image to form a back image as well. The background and the 3D decoupage on the front I made myself and can be found at the end.

You can see a close up of the 3D decoupage image on the front, a download from the Harry Potter and the Halfblood Prince website, this was layered onto a scalloped rectangle of the same card used for the base card. This was cut out with nestibilities.

On the inside of the card a little strip of the background paper (made with downloads from the site again) was used, also a 3D decoupage image found on the net.

A 'Happy Birthday' sentiment was stamped on the inside of the card and a peel off was added on the front.

Some views from the top to show the card.

And then last, but not least, the background paper I made as well as the 3D decoupage, step-by-step image. These can be used for personal use only. Please do not claim them as your own work.

Thank you all for looking, I hope you like my card and the images used. To get a full view of the background paper or of the 3D decoupage sheet, just click on them and that way you are also able to save them. for personal use only, obviously. (Images are not my own, but have been edited by me to create the background image and the 2D image)

All comments are very welcome and much appreciated.

Do join us at CRAFT Challenge again this week, looking forward to seeing all your creations.

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/.

First C.R.A.F.T. Challenge DT entry.

Time to unveil my DT entry for the new C.R.A.F.T. Challenge. It is starting today Thursday the 21st of May and can be found at http://trimmiescraftchallenge.blogspot.com/. Feel free to join us there. The first Challenge is entitled New and you can enter anything that is new (baby, home, job, marriage). Here is my first entry. Hope you like it.








This card has been made for a girl at work, who is getting married later this summer. It is a combination of a swivel window and a spinning card. You will find some further views of the card below.









A close up of the swivel window.

A view also showing the back of the card.

The inside of the card. For this card, I have used images from Norma's 3D designs, she has some gorgeous designs available for free. You can find these at http://normas-3d-designs.awardspace.co.uk/.

A close up of the spinner.

More views of the inside.

And a view from above.

And a last view.

Thank you for looking, hope you like my card. Any comments are welcome and appreciated. And don't forget to join us!