4 ryder

February has proved to be a popular month for my grandchildren's birthdays
Ryder is 6 and soccer mad loves to score a goal even if it is in his own team sides net
image printed off adhered to colour card found some black and white spotty backing paper adhered to white base card.Did the sentiment on the computer distress inked the edges with black soot then adhered to more white card and adhered to card with foam

beccy's dinosaur

Over at beccy's place the freebie for February is this dinosaur so have used it for her challenge
I printed the dinosaur  twice and flipped one over so they were facing each other and did another two so I could put it on top,coloured with copics, did the sentiment and printed it all off.  Die cut the card, used the backing paper that came with the dinosaur,  added baby ribbon and adhered all to white base card

Challenge Site

https://beccyschallenges.blogspot.com/2020/02/february-challenge.html

http://pennyschallenges.blogspot.com/

https://polkadoodle.blogspot.com/

https://thepapershelter.blogspot.com/

Mason turning 8

I have also had time to do a birthday card for Mason, my little craft buddy of the moment,he has just turned 8 I have to admit it is not entirely all my own work saw something similar on pinterest
I found the sentiment on the web and printed it onto the green card

I then used the happy birthday embossing folder on it then adhered it to dark green card then onto light green base card this is what I copied

Printed off  Mason's picture made a frame and adhered to card
Just a basic card but he loved that it was his face on the card and that I said he was awesome

The Box

I bought this box a few years ago thinking I can do something with this,after shifting it around my craft room a few times I finally got around to it.The drawers were different colours so I sanded them back to bare wood and then sanded the rest

I then undercoated it all even the insides of the drawers

and lined them with scented paper

covered it all with a white spider lace....not that it is all that noticeable


Had to buy the wee handles from china couldn't find any around my area

They were inexpensive sturdy with 6 to a pack so more for another project perhaps

Added flower lace to the top edges of the drawers adhered a pearl in each center

Made the flower with 3 different  lace's and adhered a embellishment brooch in the center. Used thin ribbon and sewed embellishments on also a string of pearl ribbon, adhered to bottom of flower then adhered to the top. Added pearl ribbon to the key tied a bow with spider lace and adhered to the box

The box took a few weeks to make ... waiting for bits to dry,I am happy with how it turned out although I don't know about it being all white, maybe when I decide who I am giving this to I could add a hint of colour

Home run

Happy New Year to all that have found themselves here

Robin and I have been away in our bus to our regular place for Christmas and New Year, have just popped home for a decent shower,to do some washing in a proper washing machine and to restock some more food especially from the garden

The weather has been great just rained during the night twice and on New Years Day we were blanketed with smoke from the Aussie bush fires, as was the rest of the South Island,started clearing a bit around 9.45 pm. Obviously much huger and further spread than we realize hope they get some rain soon

Well I an off again might come home in another week or two see what the weather is like

Christmas Bauble

Over at Beccys place her challenge for December is to use this bauble and to make a card with a fancy card fold 
 Beccy has some wonderful tutorials for different types of folds

    I did a U fold card 

I used a plain light blue backing paper for middle piece one side had light blue with stars on it  then the other had the red baubles 


I printed off the baubles coloured them in with copics the large one I printed twice to join together punched the top and bottom borders twice did a zig zag stitch on them adhered the baubles to card then adhered the bottom pieces of  the border to card to get the shape then used some Dental floss  to adhere to top and bottom and between the two baubles then adhered top borer pieces
sentiment is a gold stick on
I am in an online card group and our card swap was to have some stitching on it so this card is for that
I am also putting it in at
https://beccyschallenges.blogspot.com/

Mason

Been a while but finally got back here I have only managed one card this month due to the fact I have been inundated with Grand Children not that I mind but they can be tiring the last grand child Mason has not long gone home his parents went to Auckland for a long weekend so he has been here five days. He loves to craft so alot of time has been spent in my craft room plus going to the movies and McDonalds for lunch been down to the park and to the bike track so it has been a full on five days Robin took the bus up to the lake yesterday and I am taking the van up there later on today  yippee time for just us 😊 we won't be comming back till next year