Thank you for looking after me.

I have used this image a few times for get well cards, but this time I amusing it for a  7x7 inch Thank you  card for the team of nurses, doctors and tea ladies that took care of my every need during my eleven day stay in hospital. Well, not quite my every need, Hubby was brilliant too despite being ill himself.  He brought me a huge flask of ice cubes every day, along with anything else I requested from home, like my laptop, clean laundry and pillows ( there was a pillow shortage at the hospital). Ice cubes might sound like a strange request, but the water jugs they brought round twice a day were  so warm I almost threw up. I really can't stand drinking warm water so the ice cubes were a blessing.   My son is one of the chefs at the hospital, so I was spoilt with a cooked breakfast every morning much to the surprise of the staff and envy of the other patients. Even on his days off a cooked breakfast was sent up for me.

I have been home 2 weeks now and haven't really had any interest in going in my craft room until this week. I have to confess my concentration levels are low at the moment so when I get tired, I have to stop and rest and try to finish the project the next day.

I am not sure about the Thanks on this one... I may change it for a printed   "Thanks for looking after me".

Young girls birthday card

Another LOTV digital stamp I purchased  during the LOTV sale. This is a nice image for a young girl's birthday. I used Copic markers to colour these images. 

I used a floral die cut as the background for these cards. that I purchased from the Range.

 The sentiments  came from Stampin' up's "Best grand Kid ever" set.

I used the same colours same colours to colour the card below as for the top card, I just swapped them round.

Well, all I can say is....

Today I have a couple of LOTV images I've used on these cards.

 Although the images are cute they are not what I want to write about today.

 It's the sentiment!!

I can see me using this on  a lot of cards to make them multi purpose cards, so to speak.

The card above could be a birthday card  just by writing or stamping happy birthday on the inside to complete the greeting.  Equally it could be a congratulations card for a young lady that has learnt to ride or done well in an equestrian event, just by stampin congratulations inside.

 The card below  could easily be a "Welcome to your new home" card or it could be a "Thank you" card to someone that's helped you with your home décor.  All you have to do is to complete the sentence accordingly on the inside of the card. 

I think this has to be one of the most versatile  sentiment stamps ever and you can find it in the "Massive Thanks" Stamp set by Stampin' Up!.

Infants Cards

I have a couple of baby cards today. Both images are digital stamps available from  the LOTV website. The card above was coloured with Copic markers . I used double stitched square dies to create the frame for this card. It's a clean and simple card and I like the way this one turned out.

I am not so keen on the rocking card below though.  I loved the twins image but I think the colours I used here maybe a touch to strong. I thought  I would decorate  the rolling section with leaves to tie in with the pea shoot. I don't think this worked very well at all . I will have to re think this one.

More LOTV

 This post contains the rest of the LOTV cards I made last week but didn't post because I was so tired  I was falling asleep over the pc. So these few have had to wait until now. 

On these cards I was playing with background stamps. I keep forgetting I have background stamps and tend to use spotty or striped papers instead .  Lockdown has meant I have time to go through the stamps in my craft room and refresh my memory as to what I have and start using some of it.

 Here I have used the crackled paint stamp and an ink in a similar colour but a darker shade.

 I really like the extra interest it's created.

 On the card below I went much darker, I am not displeased with this  effect either.

 The lace stamp below maybe an unusual choice  to put with this image, but I think it works quite well.
This card would be good for a couple moving house or a  non girlie girl's birthday.  I haven't put a sentiment on it yet.    I am leaving that until I decide to use it.    Maybe it will read  "smile" or "you moved"

 On these cards I used the embossing folder.   "Birds and Swirls" seemed fitting for this card.
Half the embossing is on the front and half on the back.  I opened out the base card and placed the fold of the card in the middle of the embossing folder  and ran it through the machine sideways rather than the  sealed edge first.

 I love the cable knit sweater look on this embossing folder....mind you I have a thing for cable knit sweaters too. I think this would be a great folder to use on a cricket themed card. But today I have used it with the boy on the rope swing.
 I am trying to create cards using only the images I have coloured over the years and not used, plus scrap card.

A Selection of Baby Cards

Today I am sharing a selection of baby Cards. These cards were made for a our great nephew, his partner and the grandparents and great grandparents.

The  personalized layer of this card  was created on the P.C.  I chose a blue text to match the ribbon and my colouring of the image. 

 For the second card I used a stampin' up stamp called two by two. It's a retired stamp now but it's too cute not to use. The background paper I created on the p.c.  The die I used to frame the image is a Spellbinder die from the Elegant Ovals set.

 On this card I used the same  background paper and stamp as above but this time I just changed the shape of the card and omitted the punched lace and ribbon.

 Another Stampin' up stamp,  this is a more recent stamp,  it's  bigger than  Two by Two  above, but it's just as cute.

 For the great grandson card, I used the rabbit from  the stampin' up set called Fable Tales.
I used Copic markers to colour the image. The sentiments on these cards I created on the p.c.

 The image on the card below is a digital image.  This bear is just so cute I had to use it on this card for the grandmother.   I used a retired stampin' up embossing folder to emboss the background.

 Below is a photo of the backing paper I created on the pc,  it looks quite difficult to create but it was surprisingly easy. It took a little time to do but worth the effort.  I don't have any fancy programs on my pc to do this. I am not tech savvy,  I do not have any  special knowledge on creating backing papers. I was just playing around to see what I could do.
I used office publisher's  basic shapes to create the hearts and a stretched out text box to create  a thick stripe and a thin stripe,  then I copied and pasted the two stripes over and over again until I had covered the area. For the spotty bar I created a thin text bar filled the box with a row of very large full stops in white. Then I filled the box with blue. I didn't worry about making everything line up perfectly as I would be trimming it back to fit the card.
I used the rest of the sheet to  type up some sentiments in the same colours.