An earful of music

My daughter has reached that age where she spends her whole life with headphones attached to her head in her own little world of music.  This cute kitten image (from Sliekje's Digi Stamps) is perfect for her and her friends.

Coloured with Copics (and a pink gel pen for the headphones), patterned papers are from Melody Ross - Lydia collection.  Stamped sentiment was Personal Impressions.  I drew the musical notes onto white pearl candi and added small pearls to the pink mirri semi circles.

Will be entering this into the following challenges:

Bearly-Mine Challenge #37 - Animal Kingdom

Sketch Saturday - Challenge #209

Another call for a 15th girly card and chocolate bouquet

My lovely daughter informed me 2 days ago that there was another of her friends celebrating her 15th birthday and could I make a card and another chocolate bouquet!  Luckily I had enough card and chocolates left over from the one I made earlier in the week, so for ease decided to replicate the bouquet.  The card was made using a free digi stamp from Little Claire called "tween girl shopping".  Coloured with copics.  I used the current challenge sketch on the "Sketch Saturday" blog for the layout.  Papers were from the Tatty Teddy Me to You Spring Chic and Co-ordinations Montego Bay.  I coloured white satin ribbon with copics pens as I didn't have the right colour, the flower ribbon was from my stash.

Challenges: Sketch Saturday Week #208

 

The chocolate bouquet box was made using pearlescent card from The Range, and included Twirls, Flake, Dairy Milk and Freddo's.  Yellow curling ribbons was used with the purple box to complement the Cadbury colour scheme.  Both girls this week have seemed very impressed with their gifts.

Moooo!

Another 15th birthday, for Sarah's friend Beth this time - and another cry of "Mum can you make a card and another chocolate bouquet".  Beth has a Gluten Free diet so a quick check on the internet reveals that some Cadbury choc bars are gluten free - thank goodness!  I do like making these - will maybe have to think about setting up a business making them.  Anyway the colours of the choc bars decided the box and decoration colour on this one.

 I also know that Beth likes cows, so set about using eCal and Sizzix Eclips and made a cow shaped card.  Plain white 300gsm card edged with distress ink, and some scraps of pink and black.  Simple but I hope quite effective.  Used white gel pen to highlight the black areas.

 

Two Birthdays - 50th and 15th

Sarah's best friend Izzy had her 15th Birthday recently.  With no idea what to buy her Sarah suggested a chocolate bouquet but with Moam's as she knew Izzy loved them.  To make it a bit more interesting we incorporated a little teddy.  Had a slight mishap whilst sticking the sweets/chocs to the sticks.  After carefully attaching with hot glue I left them on the desk in my craft room to dry only to find, 20 minutes later - after making the box, that the sun had melted most of the chocolate bars into a mushy mess!! Oh no! Managed to salvage a few and topped up with extra sweets.  

On the same day, we had been invited to a 50th Birthday celebration for one of Hubby's colleagues.  With no real idea of what gift to get, thought I'd have another go at a "Sucks" novelty gift.  This time I used a "blackboard mug" instead of a box and filled it with 50 mini Chupa Chups.  Made a "50 sucks" topper with eCAL and Sizzix Eclips and spent ages attaching and curling ribbon to each of the lollies!  I was really pleased with the result and the recipient was delighted and it ended up being taken the italian restaurant with us all and used as a table centre piece!  It certainly attracted a bit of attention.

This was my second attempt at one of these - first one was for my cousin's 40th a couple of weeks ago.  Similar design buy using a box and normal sized lollies.

As a keen golfer I wanted to make a fun golf themed card.  The "what a swing" digi stamp came from Karen's Doodle and was coloured with copics. Papers were from a digi kit called "just my type" by Everyday Mom Ideas.