Tatty Ted 1st Birthday Card - Boy

Good Morning!!

 

I would love to say that I am up early writing this for you but its actually a scheduled post as I am doing the 2nd of two 14 and a half hour shifts at work *yawn*.  So this is going to be a quick one, an A5 Tatty Ted 1st Birthday Card.  This was made using the 1-2-3 Do Crafts Card Kit which is fab, you can make really quick cards or add lots of bits from your stash to make it that little bit more special.



The topper I have chosen had the usual Blue that's used for the Blue Nose but also had a lovely lemon colour so I have tried to incorporate this in the rest of the card as well.  I started by inking around the white card blank in the lemon colour, the backing layer was inked around using the Blue Nose colour and the silver star corner peel-offs were coloured with a Sakura Gold Glitter Gel Pen.

I added a number 1 which I cut from silver Mirri Card and the "today" was made up of large and small letter peel-offs.  A couple of other Blue Nose bits were added from the kit, stars/ sentiment.

For the insert I have used an official Blue Nosed Bear coloured paper, added a sentiment with 3D gel after inking around the edge with a matching Blue Nose Bear ink.  I also added a silver star peel-off coloured with a Sakura Gold Glitter Gel Pen to add a little sparkle.

This is just a wee photo showing that the card is not flat but actually has alot of dimension.  This was achieved using 3D glue gel.

The back of the card blank has had the logo added to show that it is an authentic Tatty Ted product so if you sell your cards then you can attach a premium for them.  I have just added my name and the company stamp like I do to all my cards.  Recognised only by my family members and friend since I haven't been doing much with the business since March.

Kits give you loads of scope to be creative adding bits cut with your dies or embossed with your folder but are also great if you want to get crafty but don't really want to take out too much stuff.

 

Give it a go.

 

Happy Crafting!

 

Amanda xx

Tatty Ted 60th Birthday Card - Male

Hello Peeps

 

What a great couple of weeks we have had weather-wise!!  I am not a fan of the heat but even I could get used to this. 

 

There hasn't been much done in the way of crafting.  I have made a few baby blankets for one of the family which was a nice change and reminded me that you don't actually forget things even when you don't do them for a while.  I was also asked to do a 60th card for a man, and as you will know if you keep tags on my blog, men's cards are another thing that I am not that confident with so it did take me a while to think of something to do.  Tatty Ted came to my rescue and I was happy with the outcome.

 

For this card I used a round 8x8 card blank which is alot different from the usual square that I have favoured lately.

 

I inked around the edges of each of the circles with Tatty Ted blue ink and lemon coloured ink picked out from the topper.  I added gems, with 3D glue gel.  The topper and the sentiment where added using foam tape just to add some dimension.

 

I always show the insert and how I aim to make it as decorative as the front of the card and match in perfectly but I never show how I sign them as my own creations.  I still use my wee stamp and usually add the brand of topper also, so in this case something similar to the Tatty Ted trademark, on Boofle cards I use the Boofle trademark.  Simple finishing touches that make a little difference to the finished product.

Well I am off to pick some strawberries and water the garden.  Hope you are all having a fantastic weekend and enjoy the week ahead.

 

Happy Crafting!!

 

Amanda xx