Clean & Simple Sketch Challenge #231

It's been ages since I have taken part in a sketch challenge.  As soon as I saw this one from the Clean & Simple team, I had an idea pop straight into my head. I'm really happy with how it turned out.  What do you think?
 
Here's the sketch and my card.
 

Cheers,

    Donna

 

Card Recipe

Card Stock: Very Vanilla, Pool Party, Primrose Petals

Stamps: Curly Cute

Punches: Elegant Butterfly, Bitty Butterfly, 7/8", 1 1/4" &1 3/4" Scallop Circles

Other: More Amore SDSP, Pool Party & Primrose Petals Markers, Basic Pearls, Tombow

 

Happy Birthday Dad!

I haven't seen my dad since before his birthday, so he hasn't seen his card yet, (until now that is). I could have posted it to him, but I couldn't post his pressie, so they are both waiting until I next see him.

A simple but effective design.  The card, not my dad.  He's the best design!

Happy Birthday Dad!

Cheers,
    Donna

Happy Valentines Day!

Not only did my darling husband get a card this year, but I also made one for each of my girls.

For Robert

For Emily

For Zoe

I LOVE YOU FAMILY, HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!!!

Cheers,
    Donna

January Birthdays

Happy birthday to my friends and family who celebrated their birthdays in January.

Here are the cards I made;

For Tommy - you have probably already seen this card in an earlier post.

For Dawn

For Jamie

For Gail

Cheers,
   Donna

Holiday Get Together

These are the pics of cards made from our Christmas school holiday get together.  I can't remember who's card was who's (maybe I should post more often???) So if one is yours please let me know so I can give you credit.
 
Here's my card design;

These are the other cards I was lucky enough to make.



Anita Lovell

Joanna Wassens

 

 

 

 

 
Thanks to Anita who hosted the day at her tranquil and beautiful home at Thirlmere.  Although it was an hour away, it was just the most wonderful day.  We were all very envious of her craft room.

 

 

Thanks for another lovely day ladies.

Cheers,
    Donna

Happy Birthday Thomas!

Our nephew is in the midst of a serious Spiderman faze.   So having scoured Pintrest for my inspiration, this is the card I created him.

I was told my my SIL that it was a huge hit.

Happy Birthday Tommy!

Cheers,
    Donna

Christmas Craziness

Right-O.  Here are some photos of Christmas cards made, received, tags and little gifts.
 
These are a few of the cards I made this year. I used the bauble dies from the ???? and the ???? DSP stack.  Quick, simple but effective cards.

 



 
Here are some of the lovely cards I received;
 

 

 
I had my little elf's help me with the gift tags, so there wasn't a lot of technique used in their creation.  I used the cut out ornaments from the Christmas cards, and got out the green and red bingo markers and let the elves go to town.  Once they had finished, I added a little sparkle to them with some silver embossing powder. 

 

I was also kept busy with treat toppers for M&M bags for the girls friends.

 

Talk about crazy times. Hope your Christmas was filled with joy and laughter of your loved ones.

 

Cheers,

   Donna







Family Birthdays

In our household, our birthdays are all within a matter of weeks.  It dawned on me as I was taking down the birthday cards to make room for the soon to arrive Christmas cards, that I haven't posted pics of the cards I made for my lovelies.  So here they are;

for Emily

for Robert

for Zoe

for me from my friend and fellow demonstrator, Joyce

Cheers,
Donna

Wedded Bliss

I was asked by a friend to make a card for a wedding.  I like to use the initials of the bride & groom on my cards.  Just for that extra personal touch.

Here is the card I made.

Just a quick clarification - this photo was taken when I was working out the layout. I took a couple of photos with the initials in different places.  I don't usually assemble a card with the layers all crooked.

Cheers,
Donna

Happy Birthday Andrew!

The day after his son, my brother Andrew celebrated his birthday.  Why should his card be any different to the last few. You guessed it, no photo.

Happy Birthday Ange!

Cheers,
Donna

Happy Birthday Matthew!

My nephew Matthew celebrated his birthday early December and alas, no photo of his card either.

Happy 8th Birthday Matty!

Cheers,
Donna

Happy Birthday Mum!

2 days after Mel's birthday it was my mums.  Both their cards were made the same day, so of course I cant find this photo either...

Happy Birthday Mum!

Cheers,
Donna

Happy Birthday Melissa!

My darling friend Melissa had her birthday. I can't seem to find a photo of the card I gave her, but just in case i do find it, I'll pop it in here.

Happy birthday Mel!

Cheers,
Donna

Happy Halloween!

I made these treats for classmate, gym friends, swimming friends and cheer friends.  There were alot of the all up.

Cheers,
Donna

Happy Birthday Nicole!

My sister-in-law Nicole celebrated her 40th birthday, and this is the card I made her.  The layout is now a favourite of mine. It's very sparkly.

Happy 40th Birthday Nic!

Cheers,
Donna

Happy Birthday Jonathan!

Zoe's daycare friend Jonathan had his 4th birthday party and this is the card she gave him.

Happy 4th birthday Jonathan!

Cheers,
Donna

Holiday Get Together

The quarterly holiday get together for the Creative Stampers took place again last school holidays.  Joanna opened her house to us again and we had the most wonderful time creating and chatting, whilst the kids had fun.

 

This is the card I designed and the ladies got to create;

 

These are the cards that I got to create.  The designers names are beneath each photo.  Click on their name to pop on over to their blogs and check out their handy work.

Joanna Wassens

Belinda Hennessy

Christie Kunkle

Dawn Ferguson

 

Sara DiSanti

 

Because it was so long ago now, I can't remember who else was there, so my apologies to those who were there.

Cheers,
Donna