BIRTHDAY WISHES

 Good afternoon and welcome to my blog.  Stunning Autumn day here in New Zealand so we're making the most of this beautiful weather before daylight savings finishes on the 6th April.

I'm sharing a birthday card I made for a very good friend and ex-PA for my husband. She said she's kept every card I've made for her for the last 23 years for birthdays and Christmases. 

A quick peek at the inside of the card.  It's nice to do something different for a change.

I'm going to enter this card in the following challenges.

Challenges I'm Entering:

1. 613 Avenue Create March 2025 Twist Any Occasion

2. A Place To Start Challenge March 2025 

3. A Perfect Time To Craft Open Challenge March 2025

4. Triple B Challenge March 2025

5. The Crafting Challenge Waiting for Spring March 2025

6. Love Those Pretty Papers Challenge March 2025

7. Creative Inspirations Challenge  Anything Goes March 2025

8. Little Red Wagon Challenge #797 B is for Birthday

9. Krafty Chicks Challenge #758 Birthday

10. The Neglected Stuff Challenge March 2025

* Paper Flowers

* Brads

* Martha Stewart Leaf Punch 

Card Recipe:

1. Base: White French Linen card stock.

2. Coloured Card: Kaisercraft Card colour Sage.

3. Design Papers: Crafters Choice Pale Garden

4. Sentiment: PC generated using Typewriter

5. Tools Used:

 6. Dies Used: Lace Circle Unbranded, Spellbinders Large Classic Circles,  Butterflies Unbranded, Happy Birthday Unbranded and a Martha Stewart Leaf Punch, With Love Embossing folder by Cuttlebug.

 

7. Embellishments:

Gems, Brad, Purple Flower, Leaves

 

8. Inside and the back of the card.

Wishing everyone a wonderful week

 and happy crafting.

Baby Elephant Nell

 Good morning and welcome to my blog.  March is here, which means over at Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 we have two new sketches for you to play with and one retro sketch from 2017.

All the sketches are easy, so we would love you to join us and see your creations.

Today I have one of my sketches for March 

Sketch # 298

I made this card for a child who is turning 3 very soon.

I'm pleased how it turned out and kept true to my colours used. 

Here's a quick peek of the inside of the card.

Don't forget to drop by Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 and check out what the design team have created.

Challenges I Entering:

1. 613 Avenue Create March Challenge Twist Any Occasion 

2. The Neglected Stuff Challenge March 2025

Not only is the image old, so are the design papers.  They're some of the first I ever purchased and I had a tiny piece left of each of them.

3. A Place To Start Challenge March 2025 Anything Goes Twist Fairy Tales

4. A Perfect Time To Craft Open Challenge March  #03 2025 

5. Moving Along With The Times Challenge #176 Pets March 25

6. Crafts Galore Encore Challenge March 2025 Anything Goes

7. Die-Cut Divia's Challenge # March 25 Critters

8. Unicorn Challenge # March 2025 Boys/Men

9. Love To Scrap Challenge #172 Anything Goes

10. Mix It Up Challenge #76 Anything Goes

Card Recipe:

1. Base: White French Linen card stock.

2. Coloured Card: Sky by American Crafts

3. Design Papers: Plaid so old I can't remember and gingham was a digital download.

4. Image: Birthday Nell by Digi Stamp Boutique

4. Colour Medium: Copics and Glossy Accents for the balloons and gift.

5. Embellishments: Coloured gems, blue, yellow and orange from my stash and coloured buttons I've had for years from my stash.

6. Tools Used:

7. Dies Used:

Spellbinders Classic Large & Small Circles and Lace Doilly unbranded.

  

8. Inside and the back of the card:

Take care, everyone, have a great month and happy crafting.