Birthday Cakes

This is the card I made at the weekend but couldn't scan. It's the first stepper I've tried, using a template by 'Get in Shape' (isn't that a great name?!). I couldn't make sense of the instructions at first so did a dummy run with a piece of scrap paper and it worked perfectly, so making the real card was child's play. The cake stand image is by Impression Obsession, sentiment by Stampendous and the individual cakes are from Hero Arts, coloured with Promarkers. The main image and sentiment are cut and layered with Nesties. I used Dewdrops as cherries; next time I'll use Tippex to get rid of the line behind them as they are so very transparent. The card is for my DD - I've told her not to look at my blog until after her birthday on Friday :)

A mixed bag of cards

First up today is my entry for the new JustRite Stampers 'Birthday' challenge. The background is more vellum from New Zealand overlaid on bright green card, and the Cuttlebug embossing folder is one of my favourites from the combo set Everyday Greetings . The words are from the JR Designer Centers and Borders set, and the watering can is from Autumn Blessings, also by JustRite. Both are cut with Nesties - and how useful is the compatability chart on the JustRite Stampers website as to which size die to use, rather than doing it by trial and error.

I don't often go for 'cute' designs but I couldn't resist these owls by Little Claire, the three designs being on a single acrylic stamp. I stamped them several times and cut them out after colouring with pencils. The base card was copied from one I bought and the words were printed from the computer; positioning them accurately was ... interesting, shall we say! The card is 12" wide but I first did a draft print on scrap paper, forgetting that this is our normal A4 size of 297mm which is one-eighth of an inch less. Not a lot of difference, but having folded it in 4 and done lots of measuring, and turned the paper upside down to do another print, and found it was even more inaccurate than the first attempt...well, you get the idea! What a good thing I have a numerate husband to help with the calculations. Anyway,they read
Happy birthday to you
Happy birthday toooo hoooo?
Happy birthday dear Diana,
Happy birthday to you!
The card really is complete on the righthand side, but that's what happens when you try to scan 12" width on an A4 scanner.


The last offering out of this particular bag is a Get well card for a friend at present in hospital. It's another much loved Cuttlebug folder, Bird Call (I dithered over buying it for ages, but have used it far more than many of my others) plus a Winter Bird by Impression Obsession and words by Stamps Unlimited.

Teatime Challenge

This is my first entry in Rainbow Lady's Challenge which this week is 'Teatime'. I love the sentiment on the card, which will be sent to a fellow member of Weight Watchers ...... well, it's good to be optimistic!

Cakes by Impression Obsession, words by Stampendous, Nestability dies by Spellbinder