June Commissioned cards ... so far

Here are the commissioned cards that I have made this month - the requests are getting more popular with more and more people wanting them made.

First, here the one I made my friend for her birthday at the end of May so it's slightly cheating but not by much.

I wanted it to be really summery which I think I achieved and I haven't really made much with the watering can stencil so I thought I would have another go. She said she really liked it.


Next is a Holy Communion card that a lady requested because she was going across to Ireland for her Granddaughters (I think) Communion and she said she hadn't been able to find a nice card anywhere. Here is what I came up with:

The lady came back to the shop the following week and although I wasn't there, she said how well received it had been in Ireland and how everyone had really liked it.


The next was for a fairly regular customer of ours who was looking for an anniversary card to give to her boyfriend. I don't keep a big stock of anniversary cards in the shop because I like to make something a bit more personal and here is what I made:

Again it is a very simple design with a heart corner punch used, but because it's so personal with the names and dates on it makes it that extra bit special.


A 45th wedding anniversary card was the next one to be requested - again it's not something that can be found easily in the shops.

There was plenty of blue used and I used some core'dinations card and sanded it to make the large heart and the border on the right hand side. Again it was gratefully received.


And the greatest achievement was the following card for a silver wedding anniversary:

It is A4 in size and I drew the picture in the middle from a drawing that had been printed off the computer. I am not very good at drawing but I had a good go and it actually turned out to be quite similar. I again used the heart corner punch and used the hearts I had punched as the rain for the main picture.

Because I didn't have any A3 card to fold in half I took 2 pieces of A4 card and punched holes down the left hand side. I bound the card with silver ribbon to keep it in place and because the customer wanted an insert I sandwiched a piece of A4 paper in the middle with the typed verse on it.

She was very pleased and I even got paid £10 for it - far too much I think but it was very generous of her.

There was another card I made for an 18th Birthday but I forgot to take a picture, and another one for a 100th birthday but again I forgot to take a picture - I must get into the routine of it!

Still a few more weeks left of the month so hopefully lots more cards to make.

Claire

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Some new cards for the collection

I have been very busy this week making cards to add to the collection. I thought I would try out some new designs and concentrated on some interesting ones for men as father's day is just around the corner. Here is what I have made:

 When I got bored of making men's cards (they're really not very inspiring) I tried my had at some new girly cards.

Here is the tulip bridge stamp used again. Although I like the design I've not had much inspiration with it.

Here is an updated version of the padded cards I made previously, this time it has slightly more colour to it

And this one is very girly, using some vinyl butterfly stickers that I have had for ages and again, not had much inspiration to do anything with until now:

And here is a glittery birthday card to finish off the collection:

If you like what you see then all the cards are available at Prestbury Crafts and Gifts, Cheltenham - while stocks last! Some of them I can only make once but there are plenty more available. Why not pop in for a visit:

Prestbury Crafts and Gifts

8 The High Street

Prestbury

Cheltenham

GL52 3AS