Puzzle Card

 I have a friend who loves puzzles, so I wanted to make a puzzle card for her especially as it was a big Birthday - her 70th!

Here's the card with the puzzle made up.

I gave it in a little bag.

I tried my hand at a little Japanese gift wrapping.

My entry to ...

... Just Add Ink #543 : Sketch

... Seize the Birthday #208: Create a Scene

Golden Retirement

When you finally decide to retire at age 81, I think you need a special card, with ...

flowers ...

gold and ...

beautiful 3D embossed card!

My entry to ...

... Colour Hues Challenge : Red & Pink

... CAS Colours and Sketches #406

... NBUS #23 (New stamp set and die)

... The Flower Challenge #53 : Use your latest

Vintage Hearts

 A special card for a special friend ... who loves vintage, lace and tea.

The inside ... (I hid 2 smudge marks by making a mini tag!)

Supplies:

• The tea cup die is from the Hero Arts tea cup infinity set; 
• Lace is from May Arts
• Tiny Dots stencil from Simon Says Stamp
• Gorgeous patterned paper from Lili of the Valley
• Sentiment from Stampin' Up : Beautiful Bouquet

My entry to ...

... Seize the Birthday #207 : Hearts

... Inkspirational #232 : Hearts

... TimeOut Challenge #181 

... The Paper Players : Hearts or Stars

Chocolate Cake

 Oooh! Lots of yummy challenges out there!

This calls for a 3 layer chocolate cake : milk chocolate, white chocolate and dark chocolate.

Trying to capture the shimmer of the candles ... and ...

... the gold shine on the die cut and embossing powder.

You can see the embossing done with rectangle dies ...

My entry to ...

... LIM : Chocolate

... The Card Concept : Sweetheart Sweets

Let's Celebrate

I'm looking at making cards that are more young at heart for the 20 year olds, so going to make some cards without flowers for a change.

With some lovely shimmer in the drinks!

My entry to ...

... Less is More #435 : In a Row

... Addicted to Stamps & More : Birthdays