Sending Birthday Wishes

It was my husband's birthday last month.  I had made his card weeks before using the CraftsUPrint digital kit by Gillian Hutchinson called "Life's Pitch".

Unfortunately when we were away prior to his birthday we made the agonising decision that we needed to sell our caravan.  Although I knew it was for the best it has really affected me. 

I then had to mention to my husband about his birthday card ie about the topic, as I knew health-wise I did not have time to make another card when we got home, but he was OK about it.

For my card I have used the topper, decoupage and insert from the kit and printed onto linen card for a special effect.

The backing papers I used are from Summertime Designs (sadly no longer available).  On one of the papers I used a wood effect stamp around the edge.

I have finished the card off with some ribbon, sentiments from the kit and some card candi.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Crafts Galore Encore - Anything goes
Pearly Sparkles - Anything goes
A Perfect Time to Craft - Anything goes
We Love to Create - Anything goes
Classic Design Challenge - Anything goes
Creative Inspirations - Anything goes
Penny's Papers - Anything goes
Through the Craft Room Door - Anything goes
Crafty Calendar - Anything goes
Let's Craft and Create - Anything goes with the option of feeling distressed
The Corrosive Challenge - Anything goes
Unicorn Challenge - Summertime
CD Sunday - Anything goes with a CD/USB/digital (digital kit from CraftsUPrint used)
Daisy Chain Challenge - Boys/men
Through the Purple Haze - Happy birthday
Polkadoodles - Anything goes
Digi Choosday - Anything goes
Word Art Wednesday - Anything goes
Arty Divas - Birthday challenge

September Birthday/Anniversary Tag

Unfortunately my health/life events have caused me to stop running the Ching-Chou Kuik Design Teams until December 2022.  Hopefully a little break will make things settle down.

I have though made my tag for my birthday/anniversary tag holder.

For my tag I have used the image "Autumn Trio" and have coloured the image in with Promarkers, highlighted areas with my white gel pen and inked around the edge with a green Versa Magic chalk ink pad.

I have painted the tags with gesso and then inked with Tim Holtz's Mustard Seed distress ink.  I have used various leaf stamps and different ink pads to add some texture to the background.

For the embellishments I have had to keep it relatively flat as I am not sure all 12 hangers will fit in the box!!  I have die-cut some toadstools for the front and back as well as die-cutting some leaves and adding them to the edges and finally a typed "September".

I am entering this mixed media project into the following challenges:

Crafts Galore Encore - Anything goes
Pearly Sparkles - Anything goes
A Perfect Time to Craft - Anything goes
We Love to Create - Anything goes
Classic Design Challenge - Anything goes
Creative Inspirations - Anything goes
Penny's Papers - Anything goes
Through the Craft Room Door - Anything goes
Crafty Calendar - Anything goes
Let's Craft and Create - Anything goes with the option of feeling distressed
The Corrosive Challenge - Anything goes
CD Sunday - Anything goes with a CD/USB/digital
Jan's Digi Stamps - Anything goes
QKR Stampede - Anything goes
Word Art Wednesday - Anything goes

August 2022 Birthday/Anniversary Hanger

Sadly health/life issues have forced me to stop running and being part of the Ching-Chou Kuik Design Teams until the end of the year.  It was not a decision made lightly but at the moment I am not up to crafting very much at all with everything going on.

I did though manage to finish my August birthday/Anniversary hanger and have used the Ching-Chou Kuik image called "Autumn Harvest".  I have coloured the image in with Promarkers.

For the actual hanger I painted with a purple acrylic paint and then once dry I used a silver acrylic paint along with the scourer side of a sponge/scourer and stippled on the grey paint.

I found some scraps of purple card and used a Sentimentally Yours banner die to cut them out.

The hanger has been finished off with a 2-layer flower, ribbon and the computer generated sentiment.

I am entering this mixed media hanger into the following challenges:

Crafts Galore Encore - Anything goes
Pearly Sparkles - Anything goes
A Perfect Time to Craft - Anything goes
We Love to Create - Anything goes
Classic Design Challenge - Anything goes
Creative Inspirations - Anything goes
Penny's Papers - Anything goes
Through the Craft Room Door - Anything goes
Crafty Calendar - Anything goes
Let's Craft and Create - Anything goes with the option of feeling distressed
The Corrosive Challenge - Anything goes
Morgans Artworld - Anything goes
Cute as a Button - Anything goes
Jan's Digi Stamps - Anything goes
QKR Stampede - Anything goes
Mirtillamentte Challenge - Anything goes
The Paper Shelter - Anything goes
Polkadoodles - Anything goes
Allsorts Challenge - Anything goes with the option to create your own background
Crafting Happiness - Little things (until I started my birthday/anniversary box I had only used large door hangers whereas these ones are so little as they only measure 14.5cm x 9cm)