A wedding card

I have totally forgot to show you the wedding card I made for my cousin's wedding this summer... I had been wanting the Caketopper stamp set from The Greeting Farm for absolute ages, but couldn't really afford it... So when I got the invitation to the wedding, I was so thrilled to have an excuse to buy this stamp set.... It came in the post just in time for me to be able to make the card before I went away on holiday... so if the card seems a bit simple, it's just because I had to rush it a bit....

Well, without further ado, here it is:

Again, I've made a pop up card. It's so much fun to make these cards.... I don't seem to be able to stop...

You just pull that flap at the top... and voila... up it goes! I was in such a hurry to get this card finished that I forgot to put on the ribbon to pull out the card at the top... would have made it a bit easier to pull out... ach... never mind, it's too late now anyway. I have also stamped a greeting on the "pull out flap" (or whatever it's called....) It says "Beautiful Life".

Apart from the Caketopper stamps from The Greeting Farm I used a few other "old" ones. The image is coloured with water colour pencils and the sentiment and bells are mounted on 3d cushions.

A giraffe and a couple of challenges

Maja needed a card for her best friend's birthday party today, so I made one (of course....) And the best thing about this card is that I managed to enter it into two challenges as well... I'm so chuffed!
I used the sketch from the Stamp Something Challenge Blog, and the challenge over at Stampin' for the weekend is to use a digi stamp. The giraffe is a free digi stamp that I found HERE. This was my first time using a digi stamp. I think I prefer "normal" stamps, but that may just be because the printer didn't very much like the paper I wanted to print on... The letter stamps are from the "Flower Power Alphabet" from See D's. The letters and the tip of the giraffe's tail is mounted on pop dots for a 3d effect. And as usual... everything is coloured with water colour pencils.

If you pull that little ribbon at the top of the card, the giraffe and letters pop up and reveal a space to write your message on underneath.... It's been a while since I made a pop up card, so I felt it was about time....

Well, this'll have to do. Have a few things to do before my brother and his girlfriend arrives. They've just started their holiday and will stop and visit us on their way south....

Another slider pop up card

As I said earlier, there are a lot of birthdays these days... I have made another slider pop up card... this time for one of Susie's friends. (The white underneath the card is the envelope, if anyone was wondering....)

I really enjoy making these cards... sooo much fun, I'm sure there will be more. Ssshhhh... I'll tell you a little secret... I've bought some new stamps on ebay... and hopefully they're in the mail finding their way to me as we "speak"... Can't wait to get them... and make lots of new cards with them...

Slider pop up card...

I promised to show the card I made with the stamped and coloured cut outs from my previous post, and here it is: Tadaaa... (the colour is all wrong... the card is more purple in real life, not blue as here)
If you pull that little ribbon at the top, the card topper will slide and pop up to an upright position... like this...
If I show it from the side, you can see the "mechanism"...

And here is one of the little fairys that I stamped, coloured and cut out a few days ago... I mounted her on 3D foam tape to make her stand up from the base...

I have stamped a "happy birthday" greeting in the space that is revealed when you pull the topper up... this is also where Maja put her message to her friend...