A 21st Surprise.....

G'day, Hope you are having a great Friday.  The days are going by very fast again.  At the moment, I am working on a scrapbook, for my nephew, with Mum .  We have been busy sorting through photos, and I've been sketching out some layouts.  I will be taking photo's and posting about it all once he has received it.

For today's post, I have the card I made for our neice's 21st Birthday.  It is another idea from Splitcoast, called a Free Standing Pop-Up Card.  If you click on the link it will take you to the tutorial, a photo one and a video one!

Here it is all folded flat.

This photo shows the card standing up.  The centre pulls up and the outside forms the base.

Here is a side view to show you how it stands on it's own.

As usual, I added extra.  I just can't help myself.  We gave our neice a gift card, and so I added a flap and closure on the back.  This shows it closed.

In the above photo the flap and closure are open, and we can see the gift card holder.  It was a great little surprise!

This style of card is quite easy to make.  I found by adding the extra on the back of the main panel, it also added weight.  This extra weight had me fiddling around abit.  The top wanted to fall over, but, I was able to add some little tabs that tucked into the base.  Ta, Da, Free Standing Pop-Up Card. 

I hope you have enjoyed my card and ramblings today.  Pop over to Splitcoast, they have some great inspiration over there.  If you find something you would like to share with me just leave a comment so I can check it out. 

Thanks for popping by and happy creating.

Cheers, Deb

P.S.  I have a surprise brewing, so stay tuned and check back again soon!  Ta-Ta for now!

A Hole In One.....

G'day everyone, Thanks for visiting today, hope you are having a lovely weekend.  The idea for todays card came from Dawn's blog and if you click here you will be able to see her tutorial video on how to make it.  I changed the size a little bit, I made it a little taller then Dawn's one.

This style of card is called a tri-fold or gatefold card.  I found the images on a  free pages colouring-in site.  Printed them out and coloured them in with regular felt tip pens (made this before I bought my copics).

This photo shows the card open, I placed the image on one side of the front panel and the sentiment on the other.  The message I wrote along the inside image reads ''We hope your day is 'Par-fect!'''  This also came from one of Dawn's cards, I think it may be a Stampin Up! sentiment.

Well, I hope you enjoyed your visit today.  Would love to hear your thoughts on my card. 

Thanks for popping by and happy creating.

Cheers, Deb

Introducing Lady Baba.....

G'day everyone, My second post for today.  I have made this card for the Teapot Tuesday Challenge over on Mothermark's blog.  Please, go check out the story here first and then come back and see my story. 

If you already know Mothermark's story then let me Introduce.....drum roll please......  Lady Zahara Baba....

Lady Baba is a fashionista from the Ladybird House of Couture.  She has been following Zeke's wild and wilful ways and studying his style.  Zahara has fallen under his influence.  And has decided spots are soooo yesterday.  Now, she will only sport her beautiful stripes.  This highflying trendsetter is about to set the Ladybird world on fire! 

This is a photo of her good side.  It shows her lovely sparkly stripes up close and personal.  And how they bring out the blue of her eyes.  *giggling*

Thanks Mothermark loved your challenge and all the great stories and cards. 

Hope you enjoyed my take on Mothermark's challenge.  I had so much fun drawing and then paper piecing Lady Baba.  Let me know what you think, I love reading all the comments.

Thanks for popping by and happy creating.
Cheers, Deb

Pretty in Pink....

G'day everyone, Hope you all had a wonderful weekend.  We did, an outing both days.  It was great!  Here is my share today, a pretty card I made for my girlfriend's little girl's second birthday.

I love this teddy bear image, I'm not sure what she is called, but it's a stamp by Print Blocks Australia.  She is lovely to colour.

I created the pink background cardstock myself. I used versamark ink for the small flowers and a white ink for the sweetness.

I just love how this card came together.  Cute, bright and pretty in pink.

Let me know what you think, I would love to have your opinion.

Thanks for popping by and happy creating.

Have a lovely day,

Cheers, Deb