Ta da..............fanfare...............this is the card that Kiki, my sweet little granddaughter who was five in August made for my birthday, which was yesterday. She did it all by herself, and even though I know that I am quite ridiculous when it comes to my grandchildren, I have to say that this is a fantastic effort for such a little girl. I think mummy helped draw the heart on the cake, Kiki was responsible for the other decoration (which I am sure is a strawberry)
Thank you Kiki, you are my most special little girl and I love my card
After the realization dawned on me that I have only three weeks to do a 20 page 12 x 12 wedding album, I have been working at full speed on it for the past couple of days. This page shows Lucy, the bride with her sister Nicola. I had all sorts of photos of the girls which were not really that good, so I chopped them into 1 1/2" squares and mounted them onto a strip of white card, which I stitched in pink. I added flowers (Martha Stewart wedding confetti from Michaels) to the sprays of the rectangle of pattern paper, and added another hand doodled spray in the bottom left corner of the plain pink card. The sentiment is chipboard alphas from DCWV. It looks quite pretty I think........ 
It has been so long since I had time to do any scrapbooking, that it took me a while to get into it again, then I remembered that I just treat it as a giant card, and that helps me get the proportions right most of the timeDid I have a nice birthday? Lovely! I went out for lunch with friends, and out to dinner, so I am rolling around with enough ballast in me to float a cruise ship. I also had some very yummy gift certificates, Michaels and Macy's - how well my friends know me :)
Oh Enfys how blessed you are, what a "beautiful" card from KiKi. And I absolutely love your scrapbook page, it is just stunning. Have a "WONDERFUL" Thanksgiving.
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ReplyDeletegorgeous card from your granddaughter, she has your craftyness, beautiful scrapbook page, i have to do one for my daughter, but like you its been a long time since ive done one!!sue.x
i love the layout en but that card from kiki is amazing, what a creative little chick she is, got some genes from the creative pool i think!!!!!xxx
ReplyDeleteOh Envys, what a great birthday card your graddaughter made for you! Belated congratulations! And the wedding-layout is sooooo beautifull!
ReplyDeletelovely page, nice touch with the stitching
ReplyDeleteA very talented 5 year old! Such a lovely card - I am sure you will treasure it! x
ReplyDeleteCongrats with your belate Birthday,the card is a stunning peace of art work she made for you.
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I love the flowers you have used on this project En, do you know if you can get them in UK?
ReplyDeleteForget to say I think you have an artist following in Gran's footsteps. The card is magical and full of magic. Good enough to eat.
ReplyDeletePretty wedding page. Those letters are terrific and like all the little photos with the stitching.
ReplyDeleteSweet sweet cupcaky card from your granddaughter. A treasure for sure. Glad that you had a happy birthday! Belated happy wishes to you!
what a special card en and one I know you will treasure for ever....love the scrapbook page...it's absolutely beautiful and what a great idea making a little film strip of all those photos...hope you are recovering from your hectic birthday and have lots of fun spending your craft vouchers.....big hugs kath xxxxx
ReplyDeleteA sweet card for such a little girl.
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Melodie
Ah Happy Belated Birthday Enfys! Your gds card is just gorgeous, she's definitely a chip off the old block, well not that old lol. Love your wedding page, gorgeous colours.
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trust me to call your lovely grandaughter by the wrong name:(
ReplyDelete1000 apoligies Kiki lol
Hope you had a lovely day yesterday Enfys:)
ReplyDeleteYou've every right to be proud, Katy did really well, her card is great.
Am loving your page too, very striking me dear!
Anne x
what an adorable card think you have a crafter in the family
ReplyDeletelove the LO what a great idea to cut the pics very pretty
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Norine
Your LO is lovely, and the card from your darling GD is so adorable!!! I have many projects around the house from my little GD who is 5. LOL
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Lisa Sturgill
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Aw your card is `gorgeous` Way to go Kiki....looks like your following Grandmas footsteps....A natural talent....
ReplyDeleteGlad you had a great B`day Enfys..:)
Enjoy the rest of your week:)x
Happy belated birthday. Definitely a "sweet" birthday card - one cupcake for you, one for her!
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Love it!!! Hope your day was special!
what a sweet card, she has a bit of your talent. Great layout and so glad you had a happy birthday. Hugs
ReplyDeleteOh Oh Oh ... Kiki's card is soooo sweet ... I see lots of love went into making this special card for her Grandmother! BTW ... HAPPY BIRTHDAY ENFY!!! =) Hope your day was fantastic ... and the rest of the year just as wonderful.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful LO too ... I really like the way you coordinated the flowers with the paper design, it gives life to those delifhtful pics.
Sending lots of Happy Birthday Hugz
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♥Carol♥
Happy belated birthday! That is such a cute card for you to cherish (although I'm glad you pointed out the strawberry - I was wondering why there was a carrot on top of the cupcake - lol!)
ReplyDeleteHey Enfys! Happy Birthday!!! Sorry I missed it! You should let people know, I would have sent you a birthday card! It sounds like you had a wonderful time. Take care, and thanks for sharing Kiki's beautiful card with us.I'm sure you'll keep that one forever!
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I love Kiki's card, she did a fabulous job. There's quite a talent there in your little granddaughter!
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Kristina
Oh my goodness En the apple doesn't fall far from the tree! What an artist you have! I especially love how she colored in a frame around the card. How professional! Love the strawberry! I'm also in awe of your page, I wouldn't know where to start! Sounds like your birthdy was FAB! Hugs! D
ReplyDeleteoh enfys....what an adorable card...how sweet...that is surly a treasure...i hope your birthday was awesome...
ReplyDeleteHiya Enfys Happy belated birthday. In case you wondered if I were still alive and kicking. Guess what-you're birthday is same day as my little sis -Kath-she's 15 years younger than me and keeps me on my toes.See your granddaughter has achieved a lovely colour balance with her cupcakes.Competition coming up behind you I think.
ReplyDeleteLove Betty
What a precious card from your grand-daughter!! I love anything my kids make for me!! Although we usually pass the noodle-necklaces onto Nan!!!
ReplyDeleteOhh wowww Enfys,what beautiful,i love the photo,s.
ReplyDeleteHugs Riet.xx
Happy belated birthday. I've had sick kids. I'm out of the loop. Love the card. The strawberry is my favorite part.
ReplyDeleteYou wedding album is going to be great!
What a precious treasure from your little GD. Glad you had a great birthday. Great scrapbook page.
ReplyDeleteWell I think Kiki is definitely a budding crafter, the drawing for a 6 year old is well done, and im sure Nanny is thrilled with it whatever it looked like, knowing that for sure myself.
ReplyDeleteHappy birthday for yesterday, its mine tomorrow we have alot more in common than I thought. The Scrapbook page is really delightful and the bride will be thrilled with it. With love and hugs Shirleyxxxxx
glad you had a wonderful birthday En- did Mr Postie deliver my card yet? Don't know that I posted it in time
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Oh, En. I forgot what I'd intended to say!!!! Happy Birthday!!!!!!
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Lisax
What a clever Granddaughter you have, En. She obviously takes after her Gran. It's a beautiful card and I'm sure you'll treasure it, another reason to do more scrapbooking me thinks!!
ReplyDeleteYour layout is so pretty. I love the little photos and your stitching.
Thank you for your e-mail, I definitely will enjoy!!
Lisax
Happy belated Birthday - sounds like you enjoyed your day. What a precious birthday card from your granddaughter - one I'm sure you'll treasure forever. :)
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful wedding layout. I love how you used the not so perfect pictures and the pink stitching around them really sets them off. The flowers really enhance the paper design and add dimension. Some lucky couple is going to be thrilled.