Special Birthday

Jillian Selwood Independent Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator

It was my Dad's 80th Birthday last month and we had quite a few celebrations for him to mark this milestone.

I wanted to make a card that was just a little bit special and something he hadn't seen before so after looking on You Tube for inspiration I finally found the perfect card to make. Many thanks to my wonderful friend Sacha van de Kerkhof for the fabulous tutorial which you can find here. 

The thing I really love about the card is that fact that it looks quite plain and understated on the front. 

But when you open it up it really has the wow factor.

Not quite sure why but my Dad likes frogs! Apologies I forgot to photograph the card before I wrote it so I had to smudge my writing.

The card looks really complicated but was relatively easy to put together. Because of the thickness of the card I needed to make a special envelope for it, see photo below. I also made boxes for the two presents I bought Dad and decorated them in the same way. 

Jillian Selwood, Purple Jelly Designs, Independent Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator

Thank you for stopping by this week and reading my blog, I do hope you’ve enjoyed it. Until next week.

Jillian xx

Card Swap September

Jillian Selwood, Purple Jelly Designs, Independent Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator

The card swap theme for September was Boy birthday using punch art only.

This was my card, what do you think? I quite like it.

The card I received from Keila Calver is absolutely brilliant, I love it and here it is.

The theme for October is Fluffy, frills and Pink, this is going to be a difficult one for me as I really don't do fluffy, frilly or pink!

Thank you for stopping by this week and reading my blog, I do hope you’ve enjoyed it. Until next week.

Jillian xx

Crafty Cupcakes crafting session

Jillian Selwood, Purple Jelly Designs, Independent Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator

As promised two weeks ago, this is what we got up to on the Sunday after OnStage at Telford.

I am a honorary member of the Crafty Cupcakes group which is Lea Denton's group, we hired a room in the centre of Telford on the Sunday so we could have a crafty get together. There were eight of us all together.

We started off by making this beautiful Advent Calendar Christmas Tree. Lea, cut out all the pieces for us all, this must have taken her days. 

I ran out of time to finish mine so brought all the boxes home and completed it the following week. I have filled all the boxes with surprises and my lucky husband, Gary, will be the receipient on 1st December.

Thank you for stopping by this week and reading my blog, I do hope you’ve enjoyed it. Until next week.

Jillian xx