Football themed 60th Birthday Card and Cake Topper for a Saints Fan

 Hello My Crafty Blog Friends and Visitors

How has your week been? Not much has happened here but then that is not surprising. 

Last week my friend was asked to make a birthday cake for one of her neighbours. She wasn't given much notice and she asked if I could make a cake topper and a small card. I found out that he is a Saints (Southampton) fan and their colours are red and white. I do like a challenge I had never made a cake topper before. 

Let's start with the card. It was good to know that he is a Saints fan. The backing paper was on my computer. I did smudge the middle of the footballs with a Posca pen. I used the  Stitched flags and the Happy Birthday sentiment from Creative Expressions. The numbers are John Next Door dies and the letter for the name were made with Crafter's Companion dies. The red and white paper was also printed from the computer. It was a Christmas paper.

This is the cake topper. I used Tonic dies to cut out the circles. I used red glitter card and white pearl paper.  The topper is double sided it looks the same on both sides. In the middle is a kraft card circle that I could glue the other circles to. I also cut a slot for the stick so that would lay a bit more flat. I used a mix to dies to make the message. 

Here is the cake. I think the topper works quite well. 

Andy liked his cake. He wasn't quite so thrilled about Saints the previous evening they had lost 9 - 0. Opps. Can you see his front door is red?

I did enjoy making this project. I find it much easier to make things when I have a purpose. 

I would like to enter the following challenges:

Challenge 263 at the Cardz 4 Guyz Challenge blog

I hope you have a good weekend. 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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Fantasy Stampers - All About the Boy

Hi My Crafty Blog Friends

The weekend is here. I hope whatever you have planned works out. We are hoping to get some bits sorted for our niece's wedding believe it on not we have to mount an Admiralty Chart for the table plan. I say we because I can't do these things with out my husband.

Today sees the start of a new challenge on the Fantasy Stampers Challenge blog. The new theme is All About the Boy. The Design Team have interpreted it in lots of different ways they are worth a look.

I created the background for this card with a free footprint stamp from a magazine from some time ago. I stamped it with Perfect Medium and heat embossed with a sparkly black powder. Then I inked over the background with several shades of Distress Ink. 

The main image was created with The Adam set from Crafter's Companion. I stamped the image in black ink on to the background. Then I stamped the image again on anther piece of paper and this one I coloured with my Promarkers before I cut it out. I did do a bit of inking on the background for the grass and sky before I added the cut out image on foam pads. 

I hope you have a great weekend. The winners will be posted tomorrow. 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

Cardz 4 Guyz - Football Crazy

Hi My Crafty Blog Friends

I hope your week is going well. I am now back at school but as someone was telling me at the weekend it is not long and we will have a bank holiday to enjoy.

This is my Guest Design Team card for Cardz 4 Guyz  the theme for challenge 67 is  Football Crazy and anyone can join in so why not have a go. I would like to enter it for Challenge 24 at Crafting Musketeers which is "It's a Man's World".

I started with the LOTV image. I found an image of a football pitch to use as the background. This is a tent fold card made from an A4 sheet scored in half .

Although the image was pre-printed I did add some more ink to it  and I cut it  out with a die to make it the size I wanted. This makes it easier to make the mats for it  as well. The football sticking out from behind the image came from a failed attempt to print a background but the ink ran out on the whole sheet but the football was OK.

I added the sentiment to the side of the image but it seemed like there was too much empty space. I had received the free alphabet dies with a Tattered Lace Magazine and I decided to cut out some words in white to fill the space.

I am pleased with how this card turned out. I will have to think of someone to send it to.

Enjoy the rest of the week.

Happy Crafting 

Hugs Jackie