It was my mums partners birthday on Sunday and I hadnt got round to buying a present for him yet so whats a girl to do lol.
I bought a few candles earlier on Sunday for a few customer orders so I thought a picture of him and my mum in Canada would be nice to put on one. I wasnt sure how the photo would come out but it turned out better than I was expecting and he loved it so better again. :)
My sister came to me yesterday to say they had a dog show on Saturday where there was going to be a raffle to help raise money for a little boy who needs an operation and could i make something. She had saw candles I had made another sister of her scan photos and said shed love it if i could put photos of dogs on candles. Luckily I had two small pillar candles at home I hadn't got round to using at Christmas.
(Excuse the terrible pictures but my phone was on charge and they were on way to collect them so... lol) anyways... these are the candles I ended up with. (She chose dog breeds to go on them.)
After having the candles done, i thought they were a little plain looking so tried making a box for them. I attempted the milk carton box i saw on YouTube (a Pootles video) and changed the measurements of the base to suit. The lid proved a tad difficult and i ended up giving up after not wanting to waste anymore card lol. This is the candles in their boxes. (I also made an extra box an inch high to sit inside the main one upside down so the candles would sit higher in the box and ypu could see more of the picture).
Of course I thought I was finished now so went to get a bad to put them in til thwy were collected. Then I remembered I had acetate and thought an acetate lid would be pretty on thwm and keep them pretty. So I looked out the acetate, scored at the measurements i thought and cut the A4 sheet in half so it would do both candles. Once i started sticking it, i realised i had forgot tontake into acvount the flat bit at the top of the lid so essentially all I had were four sides. I went in and tried them on the boxes and actually liked how they looked. Happy accidents and all that.
Me again! Obviously :p.
So... sitting this evening watching tv and all of a sudden remembered I have a friends daughters birthday tomorrow and havent got round to making her a card yet! (Truth be told i actually forgot but shh... lol).
Thankfully a while back i had bought Monster High digital papers on etsy for this reason (she told me she loved monster high one day in passing) so i knew making the card shouldnt take too long! Half an hour later, the card was complete!
Although i don't use the kits i buy from etsy very often, they definitely come in really useful for last minute cards like these as i tend to buy ones with images aswell so everything is there and all i need to do is choose the papers and image i want, print and stick.
This was the card I ended up with. Hope you like :). x
Before heading away on holidays, my aunt asked me to make a couple of cards for two of her children who would have birthdays while we were away. Both recipients will have received the cards by now so I guess its safe to show them :). I wasnt given any specifications for these cards but seeing as I know one of my cousins is an avid footballer, I knew exactly what card I wanted to make.
I've had this HunkyDory kit 'Man Of The Match' for ages and was waiting for the perfect time to use it... none more perfect than this. Everything needed fpr this card, bar the gold mirror card for the matting came in the kit so just needed put together. The image is a decoupage one however i did t feel like i needed to use all the layers as there was a lot so i just built up about 3 or 4 layers using 3d foam pads. This gave the card a lot of dimension. I stuck the sentiment flat using wet glue to keep it in place. The brilliant thing about these kits is that they come with matching inserts so using my Craft Artist 2 software, i typed a sentiment and printed it onto the matching insert and again layered that on the gold mirror card. 
For this card, I used another image from Saturated Canary, 'Nevaeh,' and hand coloured her with my Spectrum Noirs to match the papers I had on hand (not sure of the name but when i find it ill put it up). I finished the card with lilac ribbon i had in my stash and with lace i bought at the local haberdashery. Quite happy with how pretty this card turned out as was my aunt :).Well thats me back from my holidays.
Had a great time away in the sun but back to reality now and the typical N.Ireland weather. On the upside tho... its perfect weather to craft. Especially since i received an order for a Harry Potter themed card while I was away. I was given no specifics other than shed like a Harry image on the front and inside she wanted it to read 'Hufflepuff Out Your Candles' which i found quite amusing. Using items i bought on etsy and others i got from google (not sure what copyright is for HP but seeing as no money is being exchanged for this one, I hoped it'd be allowed :s) this is the card i came up with.
The red and yellow matt layers are from papermill direct (love their card). The image is added using 3d foam pads for dimension as is the Hogwarts crest inside the card.
I also added a crest to the envelope to tie it in with the card. Quite happy with it overall :)
