Anniversary Card

Just finished a bookatrix Anniversary Card for our neighbours, it came out very well and they loved it, thank goodness LOL. The only problem I had was putting it in the box, the card ended up deeper than the box so I had to add some inserts to the box to make it deeper for the card!

I used my Cuttlebug to cut the letters out of some lovely red holographic card and then did a few flowers too just to decorate. The only problem I have with the letters is how to stick them on! In the end I ran them through my Xyron 250 but it did leave slightly sticky edges so to get round that I sprinkled over some clear glitter which looked great as well as eliminating the sticky areas. I also used my Cuttlebug to emboss the flower pattern on the top pages and I gently chalked over the flowers just to make them stand out a bit more. The little flowers came from my local stationers (bit of luck spotting them) and the rest was just bits and pieces I had in my stash! All in all, this is probably the best bookatrix I have managed so its obviously true, the more you do, the better you get LOL

Where does the time go .....

How time flies when you are having fun! I've been making more christmas cards and having so much fun doing it! I've attached a couple of pictures of the cards I have been doing this week. I have made several of each design so I hope I can sell at least a few!

The ribbon on this card came from Tesco's of all places, I bought loads because it was so cheap!



This one is only an A6 size but looks really pretty, I used a rubber stamp of a christmas tree and then used Sakura pens with the water brush to colour in some of the tree - it shows up better in real life than in the photo though.



I used a Bookatrix page on this card, which I thought looked very effective, together with some embellishments from the Anna Griffin Christmas box which I bought from QVC a month or two ago. The box is gorgeous too - lol.



I also made a load of lovely gift boxes using the designs by Gina Jane Johnson from Daisie Company which are really nice - I've been visiting the site quite a lot recently, oops - lol, and I am hoping that after Christmas I will be doing a lot of digital scrapbooking - well I have to justify buying all that stuff somehow - lol.


I've now received my lovely Papertake Challenge kit from Kym which is great, I can't wait to get started on it but as I have a whole load of family descending on me today it will have to wait until tomorrow. I've been baking all morning and the house smells wonderful - none for me though as I still have to lose a bit more weight before Christmas!

Bookatrix

Here are two of the Bookatrix cards I made the other day, there are more but they are not completely finished yet. My photography isn't great but I hope you can see the finished results OK. I am quite pleased with them and I hope I will get some orders from people at the craft fayre in November. I have decided to make these to order as they are quite expensive and I think people would like to have particular wording on them to suit the person they are sending them to.
I have been making more Christmas Cards today using the Anna Griffin box I ordered from QVC some time ago. The designs are lovely but the card is a little bit flimsy so I have been putting in quite sturdy inserts to make the cards more robust. With all the bits and pieces left over I intend to use them up making ATC's for the Crafters Companion Christmas ATC Swap but first I must make the Halloween ones! I must also make sure that I have twenty Christmas Cards for our Christmas Group as well - I like a challenge but I wish I could get myself more organised each month - lol.
And now a quick thank you to Jeannette for sending me some instructions on how to put an 'email me' link on my blog - THANKS JEANNETTE.