Time flies.....

Hello everyone.

Wow, time is flying by at the moment and I must apologise for leaving it so long. I have been so busy making cards and looking after my new granddaughter that I have got behind with my blog which isn't good.

I invested in some lovely Ohuhu colouring pens before Christmas from Amazon, 200 of them in fact, and then I had a couple more packs bought for me at Christmas. I have been experimenting with them, which has taken some getting used to but I'm getting better the more I use them. It's hard to find the best colours to blend together as it is not always the colours you think it will be. I made a couple of cards, with a Christmas theme, after Christmas to put in my box in preparation for this year. I always say I'm going to start early so this was a good chance to.

The images are from Dr Digi's House of Stamps and can be found here and here. I entered the Bah Humbug card into the Dr Digi weekly competition on Facebook and actually won a prize of a free digi stamp which I was very pleased about. I haven't won anything before from posting pictures of my cards so that was very nice to see especially right at the beginning of the new year.

Please come back again soon, I have lots more to show you.

Take care

New Baby Boy.....

Hello again and welcome to Wednesday. Halfway through the week and all going well?

Today I am showing you a lovely item I made to mark the birth of a colleague's baby boy. I'm so happy with how this turned out and I used the beautiful gems I bought ages ago to finish it off and add a bit of sparkle. Once I uploaded the image into Cricut and made it to the correct size, I added the birth details and name. This was quite fiddly to cut out which is why I'm pleased I have the Cricut. Can you imagine cutting this all out by hand using scissors or a craft knife? It would have taken absolutely ages. I still sit and watch while my Cricut cuts out though as it's when your back is turned that something always snags up and you end up having to start again. All went well though and once it was all cut out, weeded for small pieces, mounted onto a blue backing card, I laid this in the frame, adding the gems first and then just put a further piece of backing card and the back of the frame into place. This is a lovely keepsake and addition to any nursery.

Enjoy your day, have fun with whatever you choose to do, and please come back again soon.

Bye for now, take care.

Leavers cards - Part 2

Good morning once again, and Happy Tuesday to you all. I hope you managed to get through Monday well and are raring to go today. What do you all have planned? I will be working the late shift for the next week, so I have the mornings free to make other cards. As soon as I cross one card off the to-do list another 2-3 cards are added, unfortunately, 3 more leaving cards which is good and bad. Good as I have more card orders but bad as I will be losing more lovely colleagues I work with.

Today's cards were again cut out on my Cricut. I'm getting used to it more and more each time I use it and find better ways of making items. The first card I also designed by adding SVG elements and welding altogether. These represented items on my colleague's office desk and I added the sentiment in also along with her name. Once cut out I mounted the image onto a coloured backing paper then stuck it to an 8x8" scalloped card. These are my favourite blank cards for using when making cards as they are very sturdy and tend not to bend after adding several layers to the front. I finished off with some lovely contrasting pearl gems in the corners.

On the second card I made I cut the letters out on the Cricut in one of my favourite fonts. I have several fonts I use and when trying to decide which one I use a website called Wordmark.it. This website allows you to type the word you want to use and then it shows the word in all the fonts available on your PC. You can then see which one will look best before cutting and wasting any card. Again I use this for most cards I make that have wording on the front. I double cut the letters in two colours and mounted them slightly to the side. I then finished the card off with some bright flowers from my stash that I've looked at so many times and never had the right opportunity to use them.

I hope you enjoyed looking at today's, cards. Please come back again tomorrow.

Bye for now, take care.

Leavers cards - Part 1

Good morning to you all and Happy Monday.

Hope you all had a lovely weekend and are ready for another fun-filled week.

Today I would like to show you some leaving cards I have made recently. Unfortunately, there have been, and still are, many people leaving our department at work. Due to my love of making cards, I have been given the wonderful job of designing each one for my colleagues leaving. I try to come up with something different for each person, that is certainly a challenge!

Today's two cards were for one of our team leaders. The wording on one had a special meaning to her and this was made up with a hand to represent each person in our team. I'm glad I had my Cricut to cut all the hands out once they were printed as that would have been a feat in itself! I positioned them all and attached them with either glue or 3d foam pads to give them dimension.

The second card was made up of various memorable photos taken during her time in the department. Hopefully, this bought a smile to her face. Neither of these cards would you be able to find in the shop and it's lovely they have a special meaning to them.

Please come back again tomorrow where I will show some more ideas for leaving cards.

Have a good day, take care.

Framed gifts....

Good morning to you all and welcome to the weekend. I've actually been on annual leave this past week so the weekend does feel like a weekend for once. I hope you have some lovely things planned for the next couple of days, but if you are just sitting here scrolling through the internet, please feel free to look at other items on my blog. Also, there is a link on the right-hand side here that will take you to my Glittergirl Handmade Cards Facebook page. Please pop over and give me a 'like' or a 'follow' as this will mean a lot to me. When building up a small business, it is good to see people interacting with us and sharing with other people they know. You never know when someone will want something that we promote and it's lovely when I have some new customers who give me new challenges.

Today's make is a lovely box frame gift that seems to be popular with my customers. The inside item is a 3d initial of the person the gift is for and this is then finished off with vinyl lettering of their name across the glass. I made a couple of these at Xmas also to include as secret Santas and the people who received them absolutely loved them.

Thank you for visiting today. Have a lovely day, see you again soon.