A Stitched Birthday Card

 Hello everyone. I hadn't stitched a card in a while so looking thru my layered images I found this one that I thought would be perfect for my uncle.  Then it was just a matter of looking for a stitch pattern that I liked.

The brown variegated thread on this pic looks a lot more burgundy than brown, but on the card, it does look like various shades of brown which obviously matched better with the pic.  The different layers of the image, 4 in total, are adhered together with foam squares.  

Since I'm mailing this card overseas, I kept the inside pretty simple.  I used the Happy B'day w/Shadow die set from Kat Scrappiness to make the greeting.

That's all for today folks.  I'll be back soon with another card to share with you.

Hugs,

Sail Boat Pop-up Birthday Card

Hello crafting friends. Hubby had a birthday yesterday and this is the card I made for him.

I followed the YouTube video tutorial by Karen Burniston.

Here is the list of crafty ingredients to make this card:

Karen Burniston - Boat Pop-up

Karen Burniston - Sailboat Add-ons

Karen Burniston - Set Sail Borders

Spellbinders - Summertime Vacay

Amy Designs - Ocean Animals

Marianne Design - Fish Punch Die

Kat Scrappiness - Happy Birthday w/Shadow

Hot off the Press - Tiny Sentiments & Icons Stamp set

It was fun putting this card together and Karen's tutorials videos make it very easy too.  Hubby liked his card so mission accomplished :-)

I'm going to play along at:

Four Seasons Challenge - Summer

Thanks for stopping by.  I'll see you again soon.

Hugs,

Dragon Birthday Card

Hello everyone.  My youngest turns 30 tomorrow!  I'm not going to get all mushy, I'm just shocked at how fast time flies!

He loves playing Dungeons & Dragons with his buddies and is normally in the position of Dungeon Master.  To be honest he talked me into learning how to play and I did for a while but I quickly found out that I'm not a very good strategist nor do I have a lot of luck rolling the dice :-) 

So for his birthday, I made this card - a dragon with a D30 in honour of his 30th birthday 😀 

This dragon box card was cut using a file from Silhouette.  I used cardstocks from Bazzill and from The Paper Studio.  Cutting it out was not the problem, gluing all the layers together, that took some finagling as some of the pieces are pretty dainty.  Since I didn't have a darker shade of blue for the back wing, I cut it out using the same blue and then went over it with a copic marker to make it darker.

I cut out the greeting in the same colours as the flames.  I used the Happy Birthday w/Shadow die set from Kat Scrappiness. When adhering it to the back panel, I realized that I do not have a lot of space to write my personal message, but then again, I'm not going to get mushy, remember????!!!!

I resized this card to be almost 7" wide when folded flat and 5" tall.  I fits into an A9 envelope perfectly.

Our month of March is always a busy one with multiple family birthdays and a  wedding anniversary, so I'll be back soon to share a few more cards with you.

Hubby's Birthday Card

Hello everyone.  To kick off the month of March and St. Patrick's Day celebrations, I though this would be the perfect card to share with you today. This was the birthday card I made for hubby last year.

This pop up card is a file from Lori Whitlock.  I used the Silhouette to cut all the bits and pieces to put this card together.  I used Puffy Dimensional Fabric Paint to add the "foam" effect to the mug.  Hubby is a beer drinker and that's about all he drinks. His favourite beer is Heineken, and considering he's Dutch, that's not so surprising! 😀 I tried to make the bottles look somewhat like the real deal.

The Pints and Beer Backing Papers are digi files from Dr. Digi's House of Stamps, and were printed on photo paper.

As you can see this 5" x 7" pop up card folds flat for mailing and fits perfectly in an A9 envelope.

That's all for today. Thanks for stopping by, I hope you'll come visit again soon!

In the meantime, here is one of my favourite Irish blessings for you ...

May good luck be with you

where ever you go, 

and your blessings out number

the shamrocks that grow.

🍀

May your days be many

and your troubles be few,

May all God's blessings

descend upon you.

🍀

May peace be within you

may your heart be strong,

May you find what you're seeking

where ever you roam.

Crafty Gals Corner #268 ~ Fill in the Blank - Dad's .....

  Hello crafting friends and welcome to this month's challenge

 at Crafty Gals Corner! 

The theme for our challenge this month is

~ Fill in the blank - Dad's _____ ~

(day, cars, clothes, hobbies, sports, tools, birthday,  etc.)

  Our sponsors for this challenge are: 

(listed in alphabetical order)

Dr. Digi's

Prize ~ 2 Digital Images

* * * * * * * * * *

Sheepski Designs

Prize ~ 3 Digital Images

* * * * * * * * * *

With hubby's birthday coming up in June, I used the pre-coloured Hole in One Hal & Hole in One Hal Backing Paper from Dr. Digi's House of Stamps and made this fancy fold card for him.

I cut and used the background in three separate sections.  I used the golf course background for the center piece of this center fold card.  Then I used the golf balls to make the two side pieces.  

I print and cut Hal 5 times and adhered each layer to each other to create a little dimension. 

I adhered a golf cart to the right side of the card and ...

and golf ball on a tee to the left.  I also cut a piece of grass to go right across the front of the card.

Remember I mentioned above that I had cut the background into 3 pieces?  Well here is the 3rd piece.  I love these digis! All elements go well with each other and makes it very easy to put it all together.  When folded for mailing this card measures 7" x 5" and fits perfectly into an A7 envelope.

And that is all for today folks.  Thank you so much for stopping by, I hope you enjoyed your visit.  I would love to you see you play along with us.  You have until noon, CST, on 8 July 2025, to link your project to our challenge.

I'm playing along at:

613 Avenue Create (for the guys)

Crafty hugs,

Another Stitch Birthday Card

 My mom is visiting from Portugal and loved being here for her great grandson's birthday. If you read my post a couple of days ago, you know that my grandson is crazy about Stitch.  Well I had to make a card for my mom to give him, so out came another Stitch card!

I used a Silhouette file for the card base.  I also used the Silhouette to print and cut the Stitch image 3 times.  Image was found on Google and was printed on photo paper.

By adhering the 3 images together, I got a more sturdy Stitch to put on the card.

Here is a side view. 

I made a panel at the back to print my sentiment and it's what my mom used to write her personal message.

This tunnel card measures 7" x 5" when folded flat for mailing.

Our little guy loved his card, so grandma did good!!! 😀

It's all for today. Thanks so much for stopping by.

Crafty hugs,

Son's Birthday Card

Hello everyone.  Today I'd like to share the birthday card I made for my son's 29th birthday.  I always find it hard to make a card for a young man, but since he loves wolves, I thought using this Paper Boutique paper pad and matching toppers would work.  And I think it did because he thought his card was "cool" 😀

I found this tower pillar card tutorial on the Mixed Up Craft youtube channel HERE

I used the 7" x 5" version.

I used another topper, that also comes with the paper pack, on the back and used it to write my very short and sweet birthday message.

Crafty supplies used:

The Paper Boutique  Decorative Papers & Toppers - For Him

The Paper Boutique Coloured Card Collection - For Him

Marianne Design - Mirror cardstock

Marianne Design - Pin Numbers

Kat Scrappiness - Happy Birthday w/Shadow

That's all for today, folks.  Thanks so much for stopping by.

Till next time.

Crafty hugs,

It's a Stitch Birthday

 My grandson loves Lilo & Stitch so I decided to make him this card for his birthday.

It was very easy to put together although there was a bunch of printing and cutting.  Thank goodness for the Silhouette  It just makes things so much easier! 😀  This centre fold card base is also a file from Silhouette. Stitch and the tropical flowers border were both images found on Google and royalty free.

I print Stitch onto photo paper 5 times and then adhered each layer to each other.  This adds a little bulk thus creating a little dimension.

For some reason the pic of the inside of the card is all blurry so not worth posting and since the card has been given away, I can't take a pic. But it was pretty simple.  I just cut out the same red and white fancy panels and adhered them to the inside with a stamped Happy Birthday greeting.

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  I hope you'll come back soon for another visit.

Crafty hugs,

Teen Birthday

 Hi everyone.  I have a box of cards that are half done.  Started on them, then got busy and just didn't finish them.  Well, I promised myself that I would start working on them to get them finished.  Another thing that I'm trying to do is blog cards that have been done but not shared.  With the the latter in mind, here is the card I made for my nephew for his birthday which was in November last year.

I thought this would be an appropriate card for a seventeen year old, and since he liked it, I guess mission accomplished 😀

It was done using a card kit made by Marthy from Hand Made Hobby Shop in Holland.  The image has several layers which were fussy cut and then adhered together using foam squares.  I cut out the word Celebrate in blue and white and off set them a tad to make the work stand out a little more against the blue background.

I added the white panel at the back of the card so I had space to write my personal birthday wishes for him.

So, one card shared and many more to go, but never fear, I will get there! 😀

Till next time,

Birthday Card for a Painter

Hi everyone and welcome back. Today I'm sharing the card I made for my son for his birthday.

He has a business 3D printing D&D models and then he paints them by hand. It started as a hobby, but he's so good that he's had several orders (see bottom of post).  Thinking about all the painting he does, I thought this card would be fun for him.

This was the perfect card to use up a bunch of scraps too.  😀

The Painter's Palette is a die from Spellbinders.

On the inside I used the Happy Birthday w/Shadow die, from Kat Scrappiness, to cut out the greeting.  The paint splatters were cut out using a file from Silhouette.

I made this into a 5" x 7" card which fits perfectly into an A7 envelope.

And that was that for my card. My son loved it, so mission accomplished.

  I thought I would include a few pics showing off his painting.  The details are amazing on such tiny little models.  Of course he does larger ones too, but these little ones leave me in awe, especially when he paints entire armies of them. 

These little guys are only 1.5" tall and he managed to paint the pupils in the eyes!

An army in progress ...

This is one of the larger models.  This one is about 5.5" tall.  Isn't the painting amazing?

Look at the detail just on the base.  All painted by hand and then he added the little grass tuffets to make it even more realistic.  I guess he gets his painting skills from hubby, because I can't paint worth diddly!😀

Well folks that is it from me for today.

I'll be back soon to share a few more projects with you.

Crafty hugs,