BIRTHDAY CARD FOR MY MUM - MADE TO SURPRISE SHUTTER BLIND DIE SET

 Hi Everyone!

Yes, I am back again today! Just trying to catch my blog up with my recent makes over the last couple of weeks.

This time I am sharing a card I made for my mum for her birthday.  This year she celebrates her 75th birthday and I wanted to make her something a little special.

I had a hard time trying to think of what to make for her and I really did leave this card to the absolute last minute to make. I made it the day after her birthday as we were seeing her that night for dinner out.

I remembered I had 2 new die sets in my stash which I had not used yet. The first one being Spellbinders Be Bold Blooms die set and the other being the Made To Surprise 6x6' Shutter Blind die set so I decided to combine both to make mum's card.

I am so happy with how the card turned out - it did take me quite a few hours to make - not so much the mechanism of the card but fiddling and fluffing around cutting the flowers and figuring out how to place them until I was happy with it.  But I did enjoy the process and the time went quite quickly.

I left the shutters blank with the flowers raised around the edges and then the shutters reveal the sentiment.

And I included a '75' as a last minute thought seeing that it really is a milestone birthday.

I loved the colours I used and you can see the truer colour in the video - it's a lovely aqua and I used silver mirror board for some highlight.  The embossing folder I used to add a basket texture is from We R Memory Keepers.

Here are a couple of pics

here is a video showing the card in action - Sam from Made to Surprise/Mixed Up Craft really did a lovely job designing this die set as the sliding mechanism does not catch anywhere which makes the card easy for the recipient to use. I really enjoy making interactive cards. They are so much fun and the mechanisms are always amazing and the sense of accomplishment once you have the card finished and everything works as it should is quite satisfying.

Thanks for stopping by and until next time- it's bye for now!

MELISSA'S 18TH BIRTHDAY CARD

 Hi Everyone!

I am back again today to share the birthday card I made for my daughter Melissa for 18th birthday.

Every year I enjoy thinking up what kind of card or paper craft project I can make for her to celebrate her day.

This year for her 18th I was inspired by a card made by Sam Calcott from Mixed Up Craft and the dies she used from her Made to Surprise Creative Cuts collection.

The card I made is an adaption from two videos Sam did - one for Craft Stash and the other on her YouTube channel Mixed up Craft.

The dies I used were the Wide and Double Arrows Set of 2 and you can find those here

The flowers I used were from Prima and I purchased those from my local paper craft store Peninsula Papercraft Boutique.

I loved the way this turned out and Melissa loves this card - she did help choose the colours of card and decorative paper I used.

Here are some pics

and a video too

thanks for looking and until next time - it's bye for now!