Happy Birthday Dad

 It's my Dad's birthday today... 88 years young!  He is incredible.   Still very active. 

Used more of Uniquely Creative digi images - mainly from the Father's Day images.   Cut out some tags, added a  Best Dad Ever circle and a matted birthday sentiment.   A few little kraft dots to finish.

Happy Father's Day, Dad.

I haven't posted for a week... but have made a couple of cards that I'll share soon.   I have been unwell since Thursday - with little to no energy to craft. 

However, I do have my Father's Day card for my Dad to share.

This is a Hybrid card.... made with Uniquely Creative digital Father's Day images (from 2024 and 2025) Used my Scan'n'Cut to cut some of the images and fussy the some as well.  Die cut the background paper using a Gina K Master Layout 7 to cut the mini slimline card.  photo 

Dad loved the card.  I had a good chat with him today.  I ring him every Sunday to catch up.    He did let me know that both this card and his birthday card (birthday on the 10th) arrived safely.  

Here's a photo of my Dad and I, taken last Christmas.

 

Just Add Ink - Choose Two!

 I decided I wanted to entry the latest challenge at Just Add Ink - Challenge #653 - Choose Two 

For my card I actually did all three... but mainly Banner and Baby.

I started by choosing some pretty pink gingham paper.   I found a Kaisercraft stamp with the banner so stamped it directly onto the paper and used alcohol markers to add some colour.   I stamped the Mama and baby elephant (Uniquely Creative)  and coloured with my Tri-blends.  I used a Gina K Master Layout oval and it's matching frame.  I found a freebie stamp set that had some baby sentiments.  Not sure where it came.  In fact I can't even remember getting it.  

This one will most probably be for my son and daughter in law as they are expecting a girl - within the next 6-8 weeks.  

Baby cards

One of my friends asked me to make a baby card for the son of another friend.  He and his partner had a little girl a little while ago.   So I made two cards for her to chose from. 

First card (the one she chose)

I saw a sketch on the web that I used for the base of my card.  It had a circle which I changed to an oval.  I used Gina K Master Layouts 1 to cut the oval and layer.  I stmaped the Elephants from Uniquely Creative's Hey Mama set onto some watercolour paper and used Altenew's Woodless watercolour pencils to add the colour.  I used the matching dies to cut Mama and Baba out.  The gingham paper was added to a pink punched edging.  I stamped the Kaisercraft sentiment directly onto the gingham piece.  A few pink enamal dots finished off my card. 

Second card.

For this card I started with sweet Patterned paper.  I then cut the circle and scallopped circle from Spellbinders.  My little bear is from Docrafts -Mini Thinking of You.  I use Uniti alcohol pens to colour my bear and then took a nubbly rag and some of the colourless blender to give the texture of fur.   I fussy cut it out and added to the layered circle.  I stamped the Kaisercraft sentiments directly over the patterned paper.  

Thanks for stopping by today.  I had my first COVID immunisation yesterday.  The jab site is a little tender but other than that, I'm feeling good. 

WWW234 Dawn's All About Occasions Challenge

Hello there, it’s time for another Watercooler Wednesday Challenge.  It's my turn to be the hostess this week with an All About Occasions challenge.

My card today is a celebration of new baby.  Next month one of my work colleagues is a baby boy so I've made this for her. 

  

Isn't this just so sweet...  The Mama and baby giraffe are from a stamp set called Hey Mama - Critter Cuddles.  It's by an Australian company called Uniquely Creative.  I used a mixture of Altenew, Spectrum Noir and Copic makers. I used the matching dies to cut out the stamp. The background is another seconds stencil from Faith Pocock Crafts.  As long as you tape the stencils down well, they work perfectly.  I used Iceberg ink from Altenew to blend through the stencil.  The sentiment is a white embossed from Little One by Kaisercraft onto some soft grey card.  I finished with a little heart die from a Catherine Pooler Designs die set cut from red card and with glossy accents.

Come join in the fun.  Check out the projects that the artists at Watercooler Wednesday Challenges have created then take the challenge and link your creation to the challenge post. We’d love to have you join us.  You have until Mondays at 5 p.m. Mountain Standard Time (Tuesdays at 11.00am NZ time) to link up your project.

My weekend fun

NB - photo heavy

My weekend started a day early on Friday when I took a day's leave to spend some time at SENZ (NZ's biggest craft fair of the year)  I picked up my friend, Suna and we got to the venue at around 9.15am - it opened to pre-purchased ticket holders at 9.30.   We had a ball walking around checking out the stalls and catching up with some friends.  We even got to see the one and only Dyan Reaveley doing a mini demo at the Warehouse Stationery stall.

I spent up large... on some necessities like storage pockets and glues and then some fun stamps, dies and stencils.

I did a make and take at Uniquely Creative - the sweet little elephant water colouring - love the stamping so much I got the stamps and dies - as a kit including some patterned paper and flowers.  I even found time when I got home Friday evening to make a sweet little card for my son to give his partner, from their daughter, her birthday.

 

Saturday I went again to the fair.... as I was booked into a class in the afternoon.  Interactive cards with Paula from Craftables.  It was a full on 2 hours - got 3 kits to make interactive cards...we managed to get two made, and one to bring home to finish.

 This one has a magnetic closure which allows the centre panel to open and has a gift card envelope inside. 

The second one is a hidden pull sentiment.   Lots of fussy cutting of the flowers and leaves on both cards.    The one I still have to do is a telescopic card.  Luckily Paula has written detailed instructions. 

Sunday - I've started making cards - will share them later... and then a visit with Grace to drop of her Mummy's birthday present.    Here is Grace with her Pop

 

So if you made it this far.... thank you!