Boys Birthday Card

 Here is a commissioned card for a little boy who is 5 next week.

Brief was he likes cars - and what little boy can resist a Volkswagon Beetle.

If you would like your own commissioned card, please drop me a message

and I'll get back to you 

Cazz 

Wedding Card

I was asked to make a wedding card for a couple getting married in Cyprus.

The brief was 'various shades of blue's & teal'

Started with an 8 x 8 card blank and cut a heart background on the Silhouette Cameo.

The leaves and flowers are from dies and cutting files and coloured with various green inkpads to give tonal effects.

The butterflies & the letters are made from Martha Stewart Air Dry Clay let overnight to dry and then painted with twinkling H2O's - the effect is lost on the photo but they do shimmer when the card is moved. 

The box was cut on the silhouette cameo to match the background

Hope you like it and thank you for stopping by my blog today

Cazz x

Owl card commission

and you'll just have to guess what is on the inside as I'm not saying :-) 

The owl stamp is an urban stamp from papermania and paper pieced.

The leafy branch was cut on a cameo.

The background was made from 3 shades of panpastels 

Simple is as simple does

but loved by client & recipient :-) 

Thank you for stopping by my bit of the web today 

Clean & Simple birthday card

This is a clean & simple birthday card that I rushed to make because I thought I had to deliver it tomorrow -

its not needed til next week - d'oh.

Anyway, the dies are from Sizzix and I also used a deckle edge aperture mask from Ali Reeve to do the central band with 2 shades of panpastels. I stamped over the vase with a Visible Image stamp to give texture & depth to the vase itself and brushed the edges lightly with panpastels. 

The flowers have Cosmic Shimmer 'golden pearl' drops in the centre's. 

The sentiment was written on the silhouette cameo and cut out afterwards. 

2 more orders completed today

Here's 2 cards I have done today for people. 

The top one has loads of Creative Expressions gilding waxes on & mica powders

and glimmers every time you move it.

The 2nd card has a pan pastel background and was originally designed with the yellow at the top but it looks a whole lot better with the yellow at the bottom instead.

Hope you like them and thanks for stopping by my blog today x

"Sorry you're leaving" commissioned card

Good morning everyone.

I received an email from a lady in Preston who had come across my site by typing 'handmade cards' into Google and looking at the images. She was impressed with my cards so got in touch about a card for a school teacher colleague who is leaving at the end of term. I was given a brief and here is the card which I created for her & her colleagues to sign.

Hope you like it and thank you for stopping by my blog today

Cazz x

Commissioned birthday card

It wouldn't normally take the best part of a day to make a card like this, but my parents arrived to use my flat as a waiting room to save them going home then coming back into town lol. So I had to entertain them for a while, which turned out to be very easy to do - Tour De France was already on Eurosport so they were happy with that. They used to race themselves back in the day and my dad, now 91 and unable to ride a bike any longer, likes to watch when he can. So, whilst they were content to watch the racing, and also take in the beautiful scenery in Corsica (where today's stage was held), I was able to crack on and carry on the this card which is for an order. I must also improve my photography skills as it looks quite dull in this picture.

The stamps are from "Acid Drops & What Nots" - a great selection of designs from a company with the motto 'Life, but from a different angle'. 'Betty' has been coloured with promarkers and simply mat & layered into card stock. I even used a sheet of my beloved Tim Holtz 'Vintage Shabby' paper for the background and the handmade paper flowers. 

Lastly the leaves & foliage were cut from a selection of Spellbinder Dies to add interest & texture. You can never have too many leaves or too much foliage on a card. Well, I don't think so anyway.

So there you have it. This card will be its on way to its new home soon and I had best make a start on the next one on my list - and hopefully not spend all day on it.

Thank you for stopping by my blog today.

If you'd like to commission a card for your special celebration, please get in touch.

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