and the third....

...the third special birthday next month is my younger daughter in law's and I showed you before the base card....

well here is how it ended up...

the front of the card....

unfasten the band across the middle and....

lift the first flap and .....

then lift the second flap and....

finally the actual inside of the card....

She makes cards too but she doesn't believe in the saying 'less is more' so I had to make sure I had plenty on the card.  Just as I finished it I realised I hadn't put the 30 on it so made the two pins for the front - hopefully you wouldn't know they were an afterthought.  I can now relax as I have plenty of stock cards for all the other January birthdays.

wow - another post and

the second important card for January is for my darling granddaughter Mya who will be five.  I never have a definate idea in mind when I craft - I just fly by the seat of my pants and it normally comes out fine, this one seems to have anyway....

however I am not at all sure how this next one is going to turn out.  It's for my younger d-i-l and is the third important January card.  I had this idea of wanting a multi fold front to the card with lots of hidden bits - well the base is done and below but where I go from now is in the lap of the gods, anything (or nothing) could materialise so you will just have to watch this space.

third and most important....

...we have three very important members of the family sharing January for their birthdays so I have three very special cards to make.  The first and to me the most important is my beloved Arn's birthday and I managed to sneak a few hours away from him to make this special card....

I wanted to use my favourite style of the moment - SteamPunk - and wanted it to be totally masculine so linked chain through the top decoration instead of beads and made ribbon to thread through from book print.  The two Tim Holtz word charms said it all.  Now all I have to do is make a box to pop it in and hope he likes it.  (He'd better).

secondly look what I've got.....

I ran a Secret Santa/Chanukah Armadillo on the forum I run and look what the Chanukah Armadillo brought me....

I'm afraid I guessed who it was from as she has a style of her own and is always so generous with her time and sharing her talent.  It is stunning and each of the four 'milk cartons' contained a gift.  So a very big thank you to my dear friend *** - I will treasure it forever.  Now I need to work out how to make one and have a go myself - watch this space.

xx

1st of 3 posts

time to catch up with what I have been up to of late.  Firstly a tag for a friend's birthday...

Santa doesn't believe in Bah Humbug

a little pressie for a dear friend who does believe in Bah Humbug - perhaps I can change her mind.

a mish mash of things that

I have forgotten to post of late.....

top box for Arn and the other two for friends.

I'm still tagging...

this tag is for a friend's birthday in the new year.  I struggled - my mojo appears to have gone on his holidays, so now I have a nice tidy craft room and no inclination to craft.  Need to give self a good shake as have to make OH's birthday card next.



The 8 Nights of Chanukah - night 8

and so to the last of my 8 Nights of Chanukah Tags.

I'm sorry to have finished and yet happy to see the full set at last.  I'll try and get a photo of them all in situ next week.

The 8 Nights of Chanukah - night 7

you have probably realised by now that I am going through a range of colours - each one leading into the next. I wasn't sure how I would enjoy the final two colours - today's being gold, not a colour I work with much - but thankfully the first one has turned out fine. Now I just have the final tag to make and will be searching the old grey matter for something apt, but for now here is the seventh night....

The 8 Nights of Chanukah - night 6

I have to admit this is my favourite so far.

The 8 Nights of Chanukah - night 5

I used acetate for my top layer on this one.

The 8 Nights of Chanukah - night 4

another fun one to do, I'm not sure if you can see the Star of David in the top lefthand corner - made from acetate.

The 8 Nights of Chanukah - night 3

now this one I really enjoyed

The 8 Nights of Chanukah - night 2

and here is the second night.  I made the miniature Torah Scroll from a  bamboo domino.

The 8 Nights of Chanukah - night 1

I have to say I love the Tim Holtz 12 days of Christmas tags but for obvious reasons the theme is of no interest to me.  Since Tim started these a couple of years ago I have just watched and wished I could somehow adapt them then yesterday it came to me.  I am making 8 tags for the 8 nights of Chanukah and using the style of Tim's tags to influence mine.  So without further ado here is night 1....

hopefully I will have all 8 made ready to display when Chanukah starts sundown on December 20th.