Muffin Cake Birthday Card

The shape for this muffin cake came from a friend's daughter's birthday card that I 'scrounged' from her because she was going to throw it away.  I have used it as a template a few times to make a quick card in a whole host of different colours.

Today's cake was determined by some of the materials I had to hand.

The green card at the bottom was part of my mother's day gift box, the cardboard bow came off the card my daughter bought me, and the diamante off something else.

I had to laugh... when my daughter gave me the box and card she said, "I expect you will be able to make something out of these when you have finished with them" ha ha... she know me well I think!

I thought this card was bright a cheerful.

Butterfly Birthday Card

I know this card is not dynamic, but what I like about it is that it was made from recycled items.

The flowery card was part of a lovely gift box from John Lewis that my mother's day gift came in.

The pink butterfly was off a greetings card I had received, and used little diamante from something else.  The cream butterfly was one I made myself just to have a play with the new die cutter I had bought some time ago and not used.

I don't always have time to spend lots of it making cards, and so this quick simple one was just the ticket for a week in which I need to produce three.

Anyone for a Cuppa?

This is a genuine re-cycled birthday card.

I had the idea of wanting to create a birthday card for Chris on the theme of cups and saucers. I went online to see what I could find for inspiration.
Well I came across a cup and saucer quite similar to this and decided to have a go.

I used a birthday card that someone had made for me. I cut out the shapes for the cup, edged it in blanket stitch and then sewed them together, and repeated this process for the base of the cup and the saucer.

Apart from the white card of the saucer, everything else came from the card that Val had made and sent me.  I did not make the flower, Val did. The doily in the saucer was also on the original card.  Cheers!

Brian's Birthday Card

This is a card I made for my brother. He had just had a new shed in the garden and so thought this card would be a bit of fun.

I bought wood patterned card and cut it up to make the shed and the fence.
The door opened and you could see tools lined up inside.

The scenery came from a photo I took in Wales, I just thought it suited the card.

If you look carefully, you can see my brother inside the shed peering out.

Val's Birthday Card

I was at Chris's house crafting and sat watching her cut flower shapes out.

When I saw the piece of paper that was left, I came up with the idea of putting it on top of a pretty spotted paper and adding flower shapes on top with little diamante.

Chris's Birthday Card

I made this card for Chris for her birthday.

How do you make a birthday card for such an accomplished card maker?  Her blog is amazing!

Well it isn't by trying to compete, so I tried to come up with a different idea.

So I used a pretty paper, added a silhouette and then threaded a fine chain and a bead through the card so it looked like it was hanging around the neck of this lady.

Baby Ivy's Birth Card

My daughter asked me to make a birth card for a friend who had just had a baby girl and called her Ivy.

Isn't she just simply gorgeous?

Aunty Pat's Birthday Card

I can't forget Aunty Pat's birthday, she shares it with me. Pat really likes decoupage so when I saw this paper, I decided to use it because it had a repetitive pattern, a lovely ridged feel to the paper and was ideal to add layers.

I have to say this photograph does not really show up the various layers and doesn't show it in its best light, but it was a nice kind of old fashioned looking card and very feminine.

Graham's Birthday Card

This birthday card was a design I was shown at a card making workshop at a card making shop.

The band around the card on the right hand side holds the card together.

Once the band is removed, the card can be opened up with extra flaps inside showing photo's and various design elements.

Dorothy's Birthday Card

This is a birthday card I made for Dorothy and was created by stamping the flowers and the 'Happy Birthday'.

John's 80th Birthday Card

Getting ideas for men when it comes to birthday cards, can be quite tricky.

John's family were originally from Scotland, something he is clearly very proud of, so I decided to pick up on that to create this 80th birthday card for him.

Mick's 60th Football Birthday Card

Well I played safe again making a keen football fan a birthday card relating to his life long love of a football team.

It was a shame I couldn't show a win for the match on the day he was born.... but hey ho... I can't do the impossible.

I did however put the league table inside the card which showed a very healthy position in the league, so it wasn't all bad.

Mick laughed when he saw the card and said, 'No wonder I have never liked Man U !'  Sorry Man U fans.

My son-in-law made the two bottom badges in 'Photo Shop' for me to match the style of the Charlton badges. It was a good thing he didn't know what Mick was going to say because he is a Man U fan!!!!!!

I laminated the badges and stuck them on with sticky fixers.

Rory's Birth Card

This was a simple card to make and came about because I saw this lovely paper in the card making shop and fell in love with it.  I really liked the old fashioned style pram and the shape of the paper. I also came across the ribbon which I thought so cute.

So it was one of those times when the card was inspired by the materials rather than having an idea and then getting the materials to make it.

Mandy's Cowgirl Birthday Card

My daughter had been invited to Mandy's cowboy themed birthday party.

Mandy had had a caricature of herself drawn and I used a copy of this to make the card.

I printed off the drawing, and coloured it in using watercolour pencils and covered the hat in diamante.

The stripey background was created by getting a piece of white paper, putting it under the grill and then burning the edges using matches to create the old wanted type poster.

I was thrilled to hear she was so pleased with this card that she is having it framed.... I just hope the glue on the diamante is strong!

Nina & Graham's Wedding Card

This is a family tree wedding card which I made with the help of a friend Val. Her computer programme was so good for positioning the photo's accurately on the page.

Sue's Big Shot Birthday Card

I made this card for my sister-in-law, a fellow card maker. I knew she had a Big Shot and so I thought I would make a card that looked like one.

I photographed my own Big Shot, printed off a few copies and made this card in a decoupage style.

Looking at it straight on, it is difficult to tell it is actually a card, which is why I have shown the card again below from a different perspective.

Sue's Big Shot Birthday Card

You can see now from this picture how I layered this Big Shot card.

Dorothy's Birthday Card

The inspiration for this card came when I went to Chris's house for a day of crafting.  She showed me how to make these flowers... although it reminds me of those little cocktail stick umbrellas!

The white circle was given to me by Mary on a crafting day. She cut this out using her Big Shot. I don't know what make the die cut was.

The blue shaped card was bought from a card making shop.

Sweet Pea Birthday Card

This layered card was made using a method I had never used before, but shown to me by Chris on a crafting day.

I stamped the white card and some paper (which was the same as two of the layers), with a sweet pea stamp. Taking the blue paper I then cut the individual flowers out with scissors and stuck them onto the white card with little sticky fixers.

Betty's Handbag Birthday Card

I cheated with this card.  Mary made a similar card to this but in different colours with some lovely detail on it for me as a birthday card.

I liked the card so much that I decided to copy it, using mine as a template.

Chris had given me some lovely papers she hadn't wanted, and I cut this lovely Iris out of it and stuck it on.