Happy Mail - Happy Melbourne Cup


Hello Everyone,

How was your Melbourne Cup?  Mine was great actually.  The first time in years I've gone somewhere to celebrate it and got "frocked up".  It made for a nice change with fantastic company and I even won $15 in a sweep.  I'm such a big spender, LOL!.

This morning I received a lovely surprise in the mail from one of my crafty overseas friends.  Her name is Maree, but you may know her blog as Inky Moose in Canada.

Here is the card she posted to me .  It's a gorgeous Vintage Christmas card and it's in some of the new products that I don't have as yet.  She may just have encouraged me to buy them now to recreate this beauty.  Thanks Maree.


Note:  The above card was made and sent to me by Maree Streeter, Inky Moose and it should have her watermark across it, if only I knew how.  LOL!

Next, as I was out for the majority of the day and could not compete with this beauty, I've made a more contemporary design Gift Card holder with the Envelope Punch Board and Single Stamp Tag.  I think a few of these on hand will be great to have for Christmas and to slip under the tree for those hard to buy for Family and friends at Christmas.  See what you think.


This is the inside



It's lined with some Whisper White card for writing on and a little envelope I've made to pop the gift card into.  The Cardholder is made from Cherry Cobbler Cardstock.

Thanks for calling in to see today's post.  Hope you all had a fantastic day.



Comments

  1. EileenNovember 6, 2013 at 1:38 AM

    This looks cute. Is the little envelope for the gift card? Thanks for sharing.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Carolyn LindenmayerNovember 6, 2013 at 7:23 AM

      Thanks Eileen, yes that was my intention, to create the mini envelope and attach it on the inside for the giftcard.

      Delete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

PCCCSC174 - Merry Christmas

Image
Hello Everyone, Welcome to our Wednesday card sketch challenge at the Paper Craft Crew.  Here's our sketch this week    I'm using some designer papers called Merry Moments combined with Festival of Trees stamp and greeting from Teeny Tiny Sentiments.  The cardstock used is Whisper White and Smoky Slate with inks of Old Olive and Real Red.  The greeting comes from the Teeny Tiny Sentiments stamp set and has been punched out with the Washi Tape punch. Here's a closer look.  I love how the Designer papers add so much colour this this card.  The Festival of trees stamp has been combined with the Tree punch for this card. Thanks so much for joining me this week to view my card.  For more inspiration please visit the Paper Craft Crew challenge and see what our other Designers have created this week. Have a great day.
Read more

Music Teacher Farewell // Paper Players #173 Shaped Card Challenge

Image
Hello Everyone, It's a sad week for my daughter and her friends who have really enjoyed what the music program offered them at the High School this year.  Their very talented teacher will be moving on to a new school and they're having a little party for their last day of the Vocal ensemble practice which was an extra activity that he undertook with the students, as well as teaching them to play all sorts of instruments in lesson times. His speciality though, Guitar!  I have decided to enter this card into the Paper Players Shaped Card Challenge this week.  While not specifically made for the challenge, I think it's a pretty cool shape and fits the criteria.  I also think more people deserve to see this card. When asked to make a card for the group to give him, with that in mind I found some inspiration on Pinterest and came up with this card. The hardest part for me was getting the shaping right, and I had to call on my Artistic daughter to draw the edge as I d
Read more

JAI176 - Just Add Blokes & CCMC 2nd Entry

Image
Hi Everyone, I thought this weeks Just Add Ink challenge - "Just Add Blokes" was a great opportunity to get in and make a Male card .  For those of you outside Australia, "Blokes" is another name for Men. Today I'm using Mosaic Madness bundle set teamed with a greeting from Loving Thoughts stamp set.  I don't understand why, but the simplest cards seem to take me the longest.  I agonise over them, and yet I can make something much more involved quicker, when I have a clear vision in mind. I've taken the colours for this card from the colour challenge this week for Create with Connie and Mary so this card is doing double duty for both challenges. Here we are The cardstock is Berrmuda Bay, Basic Black, Whisper White and Smoky Slate per the colour challenge.  Here is a closer look at the Mosaics.  The Bermunda bay one is raised on dimentionals. This picture below gives you a closer look at the greeting. Thanks so much for stop
Read more