Our Day by Design

I made this card for my friends whose wedding we were at on Friday. I wasn't really sure where I was going with it when I started it but quite like how it turned out and loved the splash of colour from the pink!

More birthday cards, I did say I had loads of birthdays in September but I promise these are the last for a while! The first one was for my friend from school, Jenna. I missed her birthday party as it was last weekend when I was down in London but Graham went so I managed to get her card to her. My new nephew has the same birthday so next year I will have even more cards to make! The other card was for Grahams Grandpa who was 80. I also missed his birthday dinner last weekend but everyone had a lovely time. I managed to try some more backgrounds on these cards and more faux stitching, as well as my new buttons! Hope they both liked them.

I made baby boy & baby girl cards for all the people that were having babies! I made 2 of each hoping that would cover the 3 arrivals {which I did so now I have a girl one spare!} I sent one to Angela once Jack had arrived, and gave one to Lucy when Emily arrived, but didn't want to share them until Ashleigh had her baby and she had seen her card too. I originally got the idea from this card from Hero Arts , which is where I found the Baby Girl & Baby Boy clear stamp sets I used, as I really liked the announcement bit you fill in. As you can see I just changed the colours and type of ribbon, used cute baby buttons instead of the pearls, added they baby girl / baby boy stamp to the top then I filled in the sections and added the actual babies names at the top. For Jack & Emily's cards, I stamped their first & middle name onto the blank white section at the top, but unfortunately I didn't think to take a picture when they were completed. For Enzo's card...

As I mentioned here , it was my sister Ashleigh's birthday on Sunday. I also made her a card which she finally got today {1 week after I posted it due to postal strikes!} so I can now share it. Im still really enjoying making cards and I like being able to give people an individual and more personal card. Everyone seems to have really liked them so far too. p.s Still no baby either! Its now 8 days late so must be too comfy!

More birthday cards, I have lots of birthdays in September and its also my sisters tomorrow! These ones are for two of my friends, one from school and another who i used to work with who is going to be 30. They are both having their birthday nights out tonight so I'm going to go to one for a bit then go and meet the others later on, starting with the 30th where I will also get to catch up with some old colleagues. I wanted to try out some backgrounds on these stamps and two Happy Birthday stamps and the candle stamps that I got recently. I really like the watermark ink background on the pink card but also think the circles came out lovely in grey on the white one. Loving my corner rounder too!

Continuing my latest obsession of making my own cards, it was my aunts 50th birthday yesterday and here are two cards that I made for her. The first one was for me to give her and the other card below I made for my mum. She had got my aunt afternoon tea at the Dorchester Hotel in London for her birthday and wanted to give her a card with the info in it since there wasn't a present to open. I think they both turned out quite well again, since I had no plan or sketch to start with. In the last couple of weeks I have ordered loads more stamps to use on cards for upcoming birthdays & weddings.

As my sister is about to have her first baby {5 weeks to go!}, I decided to make some baby announcements for them. My mum took them down to London with her yesterday and I didn't want to post the pictures until after she had seen them herself. I made 12 cards for them and obviously can make more if they need them {I have kept one of each design for my files too so I can remember how I did them in the future}. I got the original idea, while searching for baby announcements, from this post on the blog Helen's Stampin Station . Helen is also a fellow Edinburgh resident and I must remember that in future if I ever want to order any Stampin' Up stuff. I thought they would be perfect and neutral since they don't know what they are having yet and I wanted to make them in plenty time. I kept the same layout, just used a different card, ink, background stamps and ribbon. I also made them a bit smaller. I made 2 variations of the cards, one with a giraffe and one with a teddy be...

Recently I have started to make my own cards. Although its not wedding related, its something I enjoy doing and since its definitely one of my latest obsessions which takes up a lot of my time, I thought I should share it on this blog! Here is a card I made for my friend and bridesmaid Karen-Louise's birthday today. I think it turned out quite well for my first attempt at a birthday card without a proper plan before I started or a sketch to work from.