Wedding Post Box

My Cousin and his Fiance are getting married in Antigua later this month.  They are going to have a party in September to celebrate with their friends and family who cannot attend the ceremony, and they asked me if I could make them a wedding post box so that everyone can put their cards in at the party to keep them safe.

They wanted a simple, contemporary design in a mixture of purples and lilacs, so this is what I came up with...

Little Girls' Princess Cards

I received an order for 2 cards for two little girls last month, aged 2 and 4.  I made them both my Gorjuss Princess cards.  I hope they will be well received on their birthdays!

All packaged and ready to go

Tracy's Birthday Treats

It was my Sister's Birthday today and I have spent the past week or so preparing some little gifts for her.  She is mad about baking and makes the most deliciious cupcakes, so I went with that as a theme when I did these projects.

I packed them all up in a big box and sent them to her work.  She was over the moon with everything I put in, especially the pen holder and tic tac cover!  I will add more details later about how to make those.  But for now, here are some photos of the things I made for her.  The quality doesn't show up very well.  Please double click on each photo to enlarge.

Amelia's 1st and My 30th Birthday

We had a wonderful couple of days last weekend.  We had a Very Hungry Caterpillar party to celebrate Amelia's 1st Birthday and also my 30th.  Yes that's right, on my birthday last year I was busy in hospital giving birth... my worst and best birthday all rolled into one!  Lol.

I have been busy with the preparations for the party for a few weeks so I have stopped selling my cards and memory boxes for the time being.  I will start again on 1st May once Easter is out of the way.  I want to spend as much time with my family over the next few weeks.  It's not often that I get so much time off work!

I put my love of card making and papercraft into practice at the party and made all sorts of decorations to include invitations, food picks, a "Thank you for coming" sign, a birthday card for Amelia and some little cards to stand around the food on the table.

I ordered the most FANTASTIC cake from Teresa's Tasty Treats (on Facebook).  It was a major talking point and everybody loved it.  I really didn't want to cut it.  It was so spectacular!

A great day was had by all.  Amelia and I were thoroughly spoilt with beautiful cards and gifts and the weather was perfect so we were able to get out into the garden.

Here are some photos of the day, and of the things I made:

Sandwich/food picks

Thank you for coming sign

Invitations

Card for Amelia

Very Hungry Caterpillar cake

On Thursday he ate four strawberries..

He was a beautiful butterfly!

Amelia unwrapping her present from us (a Smart Trike)

Foooood!  Yum yum!

Amelia opening her presents

Mother's Day

I had a lovely Mother's Day yesterday.  I was thoroughly spoilt my my two children (and Daddy!).  I got a HUGE Boofle card from the children which is actually bigger than my Daughter, a Wife Boofle card from my Husband, a huge bouquet of flowers, a Willow Tree figure and a big box of Malteasers. Yum :-)
I love Boofle and my Husband buys me a Boofle card for every occassion!  I have a growing collection of Boofle teddy bears, pens, notebooks, mugs and keyrings too! All of which have been kindly bought for me by friends and family.

We went to my Mum's for a roast dinner and my Mother-in-Law came too which was lovely.  I gave them their gifts; flowers and a craft punch for my Mum and a few bits that I made for them both.  Here's what I made them:

Mother's Day cards for my mum

In my Nan's words; the photos really don't do them justice.  I have had the same feedback from many of the things that I have sold in the past.  I wish I had a better camera to take pictures of my work on!  I would LOVE an SLR camera one day.

Baby's 1st Birthday

Here is the card I have just made for a lady who contacted me through my blog :-)  It is for her daughter Tiffany's 1st birthday which is the week after Amelia's. 

I used Pro markers to colour in the Lily of the Valley image.  The paperstock is from DCWV: Nana's Nursery Baby Girl.  The pink linen effect cardstock is from Coredinations.

A Little Bit of Sugar...

The Sugar Bowl Card Challenge 55–Erika’s Sketch

Here is my "If Friend's Were Flowers" card which I am entering into this month's Sugar Bowl Challenge.  This month's sketch is...

With the optional theme of Spring.  So here's what I came up with...

Here's what I used:
Paper: My Mind's Eye - Quite Contrary Mary Mary "Beautiful"

Cardstock: Coredinations "Tank"
Stamp: Gorjuss Girls "Poppy Fields"
Punches: Martha Stewart Punch Around the Page "Butterflies"
Ribbon: Smirk creative ribbon
Sentiment: Lili of the Valley "Dreamy Days"

I used a mixture of Papermania Watercolour Blenders and Pro markers for the stamped image.

Wish me luck :-)