Kinky Boobs and Booty

This card is for a man, it was made as a joke, as he always makes out he's into kinky underwear.It was really simple to make, I used the boobs and booty template to cut out the shapes. I used the palest of pinks for the body, with a black patterned paper for the bra and panties. Using white copy paper, I border punched along the edge and used it to make a lacy effect around the garments. I added narrow double-sided tape around the bra and panties and added red ribbon that I ruffled as I stuck in down.

With eyelets and a ribbon bow to make the bra really kinky, then added a few peeloffs to emulate tattoo's and a nesty shape for his name. I could have been naughtier, but reined myself in.

Tracie x

Christening Shoe

I made it for my gorgeous great niece Lexie's christening. Wanting something different from the norm, I had seen this done on "SCS" and couldn't wait to try it. I cut the pattern out onto bazzil bling card in ivory and stamped onto it with pink die based ink and added glitter to the flowers. I followed the instructions to make the shoe up and added funky foam in bright pink for the sole. I used self adhesive braiding around the sole, to hide where it had been glued to the shoe, as it looked a bit messy. With a brad for the buckle and a few punched flowers and narrow (3mm) ribbon attached to the heel, the shoe was finished.I had to make a box from scratch, I added an acetate window, some punched border strips (martha stewart) around the base to emulate fencing, with grass and flowers to finish. I used quickutz die "pea pod" and nesties for a pretty embellishment and printed out the days details onto meltdust paper and heat embossed it using silver meltdust.I am really pleased with my first attempt, many more to come I think.

Hope your having a great day.
Tracie x

Superhero Superpants

OK ... I've had requests for cards that I simply don't understand ... but this one had me giggling. When I was asked if I would be able to make it, I simply couldn't wait to get started. A little bit of research for the logo and colours and I was ready to plunge myself into the world of men's underpants.I used "colour my world" underpants template (same set as boobs & booties). I made the outer pants in red and did faux stitching around the edges, for the main fabric I used two shades of blue, a lighter one for the inside of the leg holes and a darker one for the main body. I used ink to tint the blue to make it look more like shaded fabric. I found a superman logo and printed it out the size I wanted onto card and used it as a template.Again I tinted the layers of the logo and added white sakura pen to highlight the it to make it look 3d. I then layered the pants onto yellow dotted card, tinted to match the underpants and added die cut stars. For the greeting/name, I used my cuttlebug to die cut my quickutz "metro" alphabet from yellow card and used butterscotch ink pad to tint the letters to match underpants and stars.
This card has been sooo much fun to make ...
and the response to it was fantastic.
Imagine the variations that are possible ... ummmmm.

With love
Tracie x

Cinder's Celebration

Every girls dream ... to grow up and be a princess and Katie is no exception. She loves all of Disney's princesses ... so naturally she had to have one on her card.

It took me weeks finding the decoupage on the Internet, but finally found a company that supplied them, thank goodness. The castle is made using a template by "Colour My World" (available from good craft stores/websites - UK company so not sure if available worldwide). I used three different types of card to make the castle (glitter/plain/patterned). Then added dots with a white sakura souffle pen to define the towers and white seed beads for the window sills.The front of the card is acetate, because I wanted it to look like Cinder's was standing away from the castle (I think it worked OK). Then I added a die cut sentiment and punched flowers to finish the card ... very girlie.

My sister used the same template to make a pink castle for a scrapbook page.
Happy crafting.
Tracie x

Champayne Celebrations

Turning 65 ... what a milestone for this guy. I've used this layout several times ... I simply adore it, so classy for a man too.I stamped the background using brown dye ink and water coloured using whispers brush markers. I mounted this layer onto gold mirri card and then onto the black base card. I used Arty Farty's celebration bottle template, cut out all the pieces in co-ordinating colours and layered the pieces together, then I just added some quickutz stars and ribbon.

I made a quick envelope box to match, very sophisticated for the older gentleman.

Back soon, take care.
Tracie x

Soapstar Superstar

Good evening everyone, I'm really late today, sorry ... I've been out in the garden with my Mum, planting (well ... I should say watching, as my back injury doesn't allow me to do any digging etc ... but I can manage a bit of weeding and of course sweeping up). Today is the first relatively cool day we've had here for over a week, so we took the opportunity to get all the summer bedding plants out, hanging baskets done and tomato plants into bigger tubs. My Mum did a fantastic job, as she always does for me ... tomorrow I'll take some pics, so you can see.

Ok, back to today's card ... I had an unusual request ... for a lady who loves Martin Kemp (member of the 80's group Spandau Ballet and Actor here in UK). I've never been asked for anything like this before, ever. So, I needed help ... luckily I have a friend who collects 80's memorabilia and she was able to send me some black and white magazine photo's of him.To make the card, I used the fact he is an actor and made a couple of film strips, placing the magazine pictures behind each clip (you can just see by the photo that some of the magazine clippings were a bit big ... but they seemed to work out Ok with a bit of jiggling about). Then on "My Craft Studio", I made a faux film set, with lighting etc and added a couple of swirls for extra details ( I also made an insert to match). I then cut a wide strip of white paper, a narrow strip of silver, punched the edges using my floral geo punch and added them onto the card, butting up the straight edges. Black organza ribbon with a bow helped to disguise the join and add extra interest.I used foam pads on the back of the film strips to raise them up and placed them on the card, the horizontal one first, then the vertical one. The small flower waste from the punch was added to the card, with tiny pale blue gems in the centres.

It turned out far better than I expected.
Thanks for stopping by.
Tracie x

Soccer Sensation

I don't know about everyone else but I just love school holidays! Mmmmm ... who am I fooling, the first couple of days a great and then they slowly start to become a nightmare. Now that mine are teenagers, you can imagine, boredom, bickering and the tiniest amount of friendship, the only thing they ever agree on is food and they seem to graze constantly. Well, we're half way through half term ... roll on monday!

Anyway back to today's card ...
I woke this morning to a text asking me to make a card today, for someone I work with, whose Dad's birthday is this weekend. Nothing like an urgent make to get the blood pumping.

As his Dad is a big Wolves fan and that they won promotion the the premiership next season, I thought that I would use this to my advantage. So black and orange, sorry gold and football it is ... oh dear (I'm a Birmingham City fan ... so this is gonna be fun!!).
I started by matting a piece of swiss dot green card onto black and placing on an orange base card. Then I decided on the size of the football (this one is 10cm) and cut both layers from a template in black and white and glued them together. I used quickutz grass die in two tones of green to add some depth and layered the grass and football onto the card.

For the trophy I used a decoupage sheet from "My Craft Studio" - A Carousel of Classics cd-rom set (1960's world cup trophy) and adapted it to become the Championship trophy for Wolves. I cut all the layers out, decoupaged them up and added the team colour ribbons to it ... just like the real one. Then by adding labels 2 greeting and some quickutz stars in co-ordinating colours and a few dots here and there, finished the card off perfectly.

Hope your surviving the school hols too!
Tracie x

Guitar Hero

Hope you've all had a good day.
Today I've done a little cd crafting on "My Craft Studio" using the "Hollywood Greats Collection".

I started by making the insert and spiral Elvis pyramage, (to be truthful I had so much fun, it probably took me twice as long as it should have, I just couldn't stop playing). I thought it would be cool to make the front of the card in the shape of a guitar, so I also printed a background that looked like wood. Then using fiskars circle templates I cut an aperture in the card and insert, with red and black circles for the guitar.
Apart from that, it was just a case of cutting the shapes out, adding red cotton for the strings over the circle aperture and making up the pyramage.I really enjoyed making this card, it was fun. Happy crafting.
Tracie x

Shoe-tastic

As I've mentioned before, my Mum does sugarcraft, while I was visiting her recently, she was making sugarcraft shoes ... and there it was in the back of my mind ... I bet I could do something similar with card! So I quickly drew a rough pattern.

When I got home I started drawing up dimensions and trying to work out the template ... It took a week of cutting out and playing before I got it right and was satisfied with the result. Then I could really start playing with the different types of shoes I could make and before I new it I had enough to open a shop, lol.
I think they would be great if your giving money (I always feel like I'm doing someone out of a gift when they ask for money ... this way I'm giving a small gift too). You can tailor the card for the person who'll be receiving it and it would be lovely for 21st, 18th birthdays as well as for weddings etc.
And with the box to match (with either a single or double window) it becomes a lovely keepsake.I really love them and thought I might try a Cinderella glass slipper (may need to make another template for a slip on/slipper type shoe ... oh the ideas).

Hope you like them?
Tracie X

Classy Cat

Oh, how I enjoyed making this card. I used My Craft Studio - Finishing Touches.

Apart from my Cuttlebug - My Craft Studio has got to be one of my best buys. It allows you to call in any jpeg and change size, colour, opacity etc and you can just keep adding the artwork cd's to build up your collection (I now have four collections and there are many more I would like too ... shhhh ... it's Ok my hubby wasn't looking).So I decided on the pics I wanted, changed the size and changed them all to the same colour shade. I also made an insert to match and because i wanted it to look like the cat was looking through the window into the garden, I printed the same image onto the reverse of the insert, so it could be seen through the aperture, then I printed everything out.I made the window from white card, edged it with silver peel offs, made a window sill for the cat to sit on and a pelmit to frame the window, then I added acetate behind the aperture. I used peel off vases coloured blue to match and punched ash branches (I seem to favour this punch recently) and tiny black flowers with gem centres and added these to the window sill. I hand drew the cat on black card, cut him out and used glossy accents to make him stand out and not look flat.
I'm really pleased with this one, very stylish.

See you later
Tracie x

Playboy Booty & Boobs

OMGoodness ... I have had soooo much fun making this card ... I mean how often do you get asked to make a bra?I used a booty and boob template. I purchased a playboy decoupage sheet and background duo sheet, obviously I followed the template instructions. I liked the idea of seaming the bra, to make it look more realistic and added faux stitching for effect. I used a border punch on black paper to make fancy ribbon and ruffled it up as I added it to the bra and panties.I cut a couple of small bunnies and used pink gems for the eyes, tied organza ribbon into bows and finished the card with an 18 necklace and a fake name tattoo to the booty.

I cant wait to do more ... I had so many ideas when I was making this one ... and wouldn't they be great for hen night invitations!

Tracie x

Rose Entwined Hearts

I made this card using the Keepsake Romance Board. I embossed the hearts on silver mirri card and interlocked them. I made paper roses using a quilling technigue and used my cuttlebug to diecut quickutz branch dies from white pearlescent paper the same as the grey paper used on the bottom half of the card. I then used burgundy organza ribbon to divide the front of the card added the hearts and used silver peeloffs for the names and greeting. To finish i added the roses and leaves.

Nice and simple ... to warm the heart.

Tracie x

Star Studded Champayne Celebration

Well I'm home from work and had one hell of a day, nothings gone right. So a craft fix is definitely needed.
The worse kind of card to make, one for a man that has no interests or hobbies, nightmare.

For this one I used the Arty Farty - Celebration Bottle Pattern, I decided to only use part of the pattern rather than the whole bottle.

I used dome stickers for the lettering, quickutz tag and key dies, gold mirri card, ribbon and peeloffs.

The stars (stamp was free on a magazine) were gold heat embossed onto co-ordinating card, cut out and attached to card with foam pads rather than silicone glue.

Does everyone struggle with men's cards the way I do?

Tracie x

Baby Birth Plaque

There's nothing more precious than the birth of a baby and what better way to celebrate than a plaque with all the babies birth details.I made this card using the Keepsake Bookatrix Board and some decoupage. I used nestability scallop dies for the circle and typed the babies details on my pc and printed them out. A few peeloffs, a card stand, ribbon and handmade punched flowers and a sweet little card.

Tracie x

Sun, Sea, Sand and a ... Martini

I had so much fun making this card, though it turned into a labour of love and took forever to finish.

But with a friends, daughter travelling to Greece to work for six months, it was the ideal opportunity to try this pattern (by Arty Farty). I stuck to the Greek theme by making my own background paper using various stamps and inks.

I made the glass from acetate and stamped a swirl design onto it with white stayzon and white glitter around the edges, so that they were easier to see against the background. Punched leaves with prima flowers and pearl brads, ribbon, quickutz starfish diecuts and a funky cocktail parasol ... cool ... or should that be hot!

Until next time ... bye for now.

Tracie x

Bodacious Butterflies

So I'm new to blogging ... actually it feels a little strange, but Janet at Pink Gem Designs, said go for it ... so here I am ... if a little tentatively. It's taken me a few hours of playing to get the hang of what I should be doing and I should be ok ... I think?

I have so many photos of cards that I've made, I thought that I would post a few everyday for a while, so you can kind of get to know me and my card style.

I used the Keepsake Bookatrix Board to make this card. I embossed and cut out the three largest pages in different shades of card, I used a K & Co paper cut up for the top page. I edged each page with pearl trim and bound the pages together with a strip of the backing paper edged with the pearl trim.

I used K & Co stickers for the decoupage and daisy punch for the layered flowers. Then finished the card with three quickutz tags decorated to match and a couple of acetate butterflies.

I hope you enjoy visiting my blog, I have so many ideas ... I can't wait.

Tracie x