Variations on a Theme

Two birthday cards for friends. Similar, but not the same!
The first is for one of my crafting friends whose birthday is today. She hasn't actually received this card yet as I had a senior moment and thought her birthday was next week. I'll be giving her it tomorrow at our weekly crafting session. Happy birthday Dawn anyway.

The second card is for a friend at work who shares the same birthday as me....lucky her. Lol. So Happy birthday to Jane too.

So as you can see the cards are similar. Both are made using the Bloomin' with Beauty stamp set ( which is retiring ...boo hoo). The ribbon is Pretty in Pink taffeta and the cardstock is WW, Pretty in Pink and the new Pink Pirouette. Pink Pirouette is a very pale pink so very useful for baby cards, weddings and of course birthday cards.

Dawn's card also has the En Francais big background stamp and beads and pin from the gorgeous  Pretties Kit (also retiring and currently half price at £11.63!)

Jane's card has flowers from the Vintage Vogue set which have pearl centres also from the Pretties Kit.

The pink dots on both are actually pearlescent so a little prettier than they look in the photos.

Thanks for taking the time to visit.

Big Bold Birthday

I had a great time at Monica's on Saturday, where I joined in with  one of her classes. As there were only a few of us, we crafted in her garden which was lovely despite the threatening black clouds which fortunately blew over and didn't cause us to grab everything and run inside.

Here's what we made using the Big Bold Birthday stamp set in Close to Cocoa, Apricot Appeal and Regal Rose.

I was so inspired by the altered sandwich bag that I had to stop and buy some (very cheap) on the way home and then I made this, using All in the Stars stamp set and Brocade Blue, Lovely Lilac and Orchid Opulence CS and inks.
For details of where to buy the bags please e mail me on amwilliams@amwilliams@karoo.co.uk






After a quick search for some more inspirational ideas in the ILWS gallery, I made this which I cased from Jo's blog here. I didn't add a sentiment as I thought it would be a useful card for lots of different occasions.

Recipe:
Stamp Sets: baroque Motifs, Flight of the Butterfly, En Francais BG
CS & inks: Pretty in Pink, Basic Black
Ribbon: Pretty in Pink striped grosgrain

Thanks for looking, Anne x