Happy birthday hubby!!

It was my husband's birthday last week & while he doesn't like much fuss around him, we still wanted to acknowledge the occasion, of course.

I struggle coming up with a new layout occasionally, so I chose to use one from a previous card I'd made. This card was cased from Brian King, if I remember correctly.

Before we found each other, Brett enjoyed scuba-diving, therefore lots of time was spent on boats to go to the various diving positions in the ocean.

This is why I chose to use the Sailing Home & I 'reckon' it works well!! I tipped the layout onto a landscape card instead & just quietly, I love it!!

 I made this card during a Live Video on my JoWeedonMelbourne facebook page, so if you would like to see that, it is here.

Ive used Night of Navy & Balmy Blue cardstock & dont you just love the effect of the crackle Paint stamp with the Balmy Blue ink on the same coloured cardstock?

And can you see a small area of the Waterfront stamp set being used behind the lighthouse, too?

Inside, I chose to keep it simple, with a small sentiment from Itty Bitty Birthdays & the crisp image o the anchor finished this card off perfectly!!

Im so glad I didnt spend hours trying to come up a new layout, colours & stamp sets, when I can simply change a couple of things from a previous card & have something completely different!!

Thanks for stopping by, leave a comment if you wish, I do love reading them!!

Jo.

Stamps: Waterfront, Sailing Home, Itty Bitty Birthdays.

Cardstock:  Night of Navy, Balmy Blue, Whisper White.

Ink: Night of Navy & Balmy Blue.

Big Shot items: Smooth Sailing dies, Big Shot & plates.

Accessories:   Hessian (R), Stampin' Dimensionals, , Paper Snips, Tear n Tape adhesive, Stampin' blocks.

Socials:   https://linktr.ee/JoWeedonMelbourne

Spreading More Love...To Me!!

I have 3 more cards to share with you & I promise the next post will be my creations!!

I am just loving receiving a card in the mail, there is something intimate about a card being made & sent to a particular person...

 Wendy & I have known each other for many years, met through SU! & share such a wonderful sense of humour!! I value that I can ask any question, lean on her & chat anytime & she is there for me. I only hope that I reflect our friendship equally at her times of need...

She is another demo that I cant wait to squeeze in November, at Su!'s OnStage event!!

Di sent this card to me & the lift her words gave me, carried me for days! (All of these cards are still on display, to make me smile!!) She has used one of the Occasions Kits and the sentiment is from Waterfront. How cheery is it!!

Gail sent this card to me during a rough time recently, the juggle of a family, a car accident and life, so it was truly a beautiful thing to receive!!

She made this using the Butterfly Wishes set with Highland Heather, (now able to be purchased) & Grey Granite ink, matching cardstock & riboon.

These cards are all stunning & if I could truly tell the senders how much their card meant to me, it would be a much longer post!

I am so blessed with the friendships I have made throughout the 10 years as a demonstrator!!

Warm 'n fuzzies to you all, Jo.

Stamps:  (1) Butterfly Gala

(2) Waterfront

(3) Butterfly Wishes

Cardstock:  (1) Highland Heather

(2) Crisp Cantaloupe (Occasions Kit)

(3)Purple Posy, Grey Granite & Whisper White

Ink: (1) Highland Heather

(2) Granny Apple Green

(3) Highland Heather, Grey Granite, Basic Black.

Big Shot items: (1) Butterfly Duet Punch

Accessories:   Pearls, , Stampin' Dimensionals, , Paper Snips, Tear n Tape adhesive, Stampin' blocks.

Socials:   https://linktr.ee/JoWeedonMelbourne

Happy 70th Uncle Allan!!

My aunty sat with me at my brother's 30th earlier in the year. She saw my tropical themed card that I'd made for Cameron, using the Bird Banter stamp set, you know the one with all the tropical birds?

Her eyes lit up and she asked if I would make Uncle Allan a similar card for his 70th in August. And yes, of course I would!!

This is the front of his card, using The Back Nine stamp set & the simple sentiment from Picture Perfect Birthday & some glimmer paper, of course!! I think the card front works, without all the other pages also, don't you?

I gave the mat of the card some texture with the Perfect Polka Dot embossing folder, I guess trying to emulate a gold ball, right?

I used a couple of different stamps sets, (thanks Susan for a lend of them), these included: The Back Nine, Sprinkle of Life, Amazing Birthday, (these are retired), Picture Perfect Birthday & Waterfront, (these are current).

As you can see, I used Waterfront upside down & the correct way up, to try to make it look like a golf course with bunkers & dips etc... This was a fun part of the card to be creative with! I then stamped the golf bag image onto the green & yellow with the black ink.

I stamp with Always Artichoke & Soft Sky that are retired & Mint Macaron, So Saffron, Daffodil Delights & Basic Black, all that are still current ink colours.

After stamping onto the Windsor Knot DSP, using Archival Black Ink, I cut out 70 of the wonderful golf bags!! Thank goodness the footy was on, that way I thought cutting them out was super exciting!!

I then lined up all the bags, so that I could try to have different colours next to each other & have a bit of spacing throughout the pages, so that it didn't look too cramped. I used a 2 way-glue stick to adhere them to the cardstock.

12 panels later & Im pretty happy with how it all came together!! 

 So now is the time to have made that card & send it off for Aunty Nola to give to Uncle Allan on his actual day. I can't wait to hear how he received it! It wasn't a challenge at all to make a card for him, my single face cards can take a lot longer than this one took to make, work that out, hey?? :)

Thanks for keeping up with this long post, I appreciate it, truly!! Jo.