VS and retirement

It's been a while since I have updated my blog but it's been quite a busy time at work. Due to a voluntary severance scheme offered recently there are lots of people leaving. There are still some more birthdays to come and a couple of friends retiring so I have been making lots of different cards. Unfortunately I have  realised  that I have made and given out a couple of cards without taking photos but it's too late now.

Here is a card that I did remember to photograph . . .

This 5 x 7 card was based on the teapot template that I brought in a sale from Craftwork Cards (CWC). They have just released a new kit using the same shape if you want to have a go. Most of the papers used are from Docrafts. The beige backing paper is Beautiful; the teapot is covered in a paper from the Lucy Cromwell and the message tags are also from this range. The roses are handmade by punching circles, cutting spirals and then rolling and sticking. I then inked the edges with fluid chalk and added a pearl in the centre. The leaves were created with an x-cut punch.The gingham paper and ribbon are from CWC.

Birthday cards for friends and colleagues

Lots of birthdays this month as well as a few people leaving work having taken voluntary severance; so plenty to keep us busy.
The first card was for a birthday at  the end of May but I had to delay posting it in case the recipient viewed my blog and got a sneak preview. My friend is an avid gardener so the new 'Home to Nest' range from Docrafts was perfect. I bought the A4 Ultimate die-cut and paper pack and used the seed packet paper, one of the message tags and one of the die-cut toppers. One the inside of the card I used one of the pages from the notelets that came free with the Creativity magazine this month.

The second card was a request from  my colleagues at work for a card to help another colleague celebrate a special birthday later this month. As there are a lot of folk to sign this one I went for an A4 card. The inspiration for this card was the cherry blossom paper from the Lucy Cromwell A4 Ultimate die-cut and paper pack. I then used the Spellbinders  matching dies to cut some additional embellishments which I finished of by inking the edges and adding a pearl from the Anita wheel. The numbers were created using the Papermania typographical stamps on to two different colours of textured card. I embossed the lighter color ones using a floral folder and then lightly inked them. The frame was from the Craftwork Cards white embossed pad which was a inked around the edge to tie it in. 

That's all for this week.

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