Make My Day ~Christmas Postcard~

I have been busy making Christmas postcards again. This year however I've decided not to send it to everyone I've ever made the day of but to offer cards to anyone who would like one. I don't know yet how many I have left as I'm still in the process of writing them. However by the weekend I will and I wanted to start writing all of yours.

 

So if you would like one,

please email me your address.
Burstsofbubbles@hotmail.com

Make My Day ~Post Me A Postcard~

I've created quite a few postcards lately for my doodle a day challenge and I've also been a little insane buying a few postcards sets. I've decided that I'll choose some from my collection to send to a couple of you so if you would like the chance of getting one...

 

Why not shout

Make My Day

in the comment section!

 

I don't know yet how many I'll send out but it all depends on the amount of people that come forward (if not many then I can send you all one but if a lot then I'll decide on a figure).

 

Good Luck!

(I've decided to send everyone who wanted one since there aren't man yof you that want one)

Make My Day ~English Breakfast~

I know things have been quiet here but part of the reason was that the last 3 items I blogged about people never bothered to get in touch with their addresses... I offered them up again but even that person didn't get in touch with their address... its really off putting offering items when people can't be bothered replying to my e-mails or reading comments on their blog. Its ok for me to send an item a week as I don't write to many people so the postage doesn't feel bad but to send 3 items at once makes it feel like I've spent a fortune at the post office and throws my good will out of the window...

 

I had not planned on posting anything until the new year but my mum bought a tea set with 2 cups from the supermarket and with it she got a pack of biscuits and a tea bag box with each item. The biscuits soon went but I kept the tea bags for one of you tea lovers.... especially English Tea! I have 2 boxes to give away (so three people will get one). I will flatten the boxes to make it easier to post.

 

so if you would like a box shout

Make My Day

in the comment section!

These are on their way to
Beth.F
and
Yoshi

Make My Day....Air Mail Postcard...

Firstly Welcome to all the new followers and I want to apologise for there being nothing to claim when you came by from swap- bot but  finally here I am with another opportunity to have your day made or someone elses... This week the sun has been shinning, the birds have been singing and I can't help but think of birds of all kinds so I decided that this was such a fantastic opportunity to get my creative juices flowing.

One of the bird images that I love is bird sitting on electricity cables, these are usually black silhouettes of birds but as black is a colour I don't have much of in my paper collection I decided to be bold and colourful as usual

I started by selecting my background paper, I then attempted to draw the birds myself but I just couldn't get the size of them right because they were either too small or two big. Thankfully my brain was working for once and I thought to use my rubberstamps of birds. I drew around the edge of the birds I wanted to use and stamped those on to paper and cut them out. I used black felt tip for the lines one this one...

and brown on this one... I choose the colour of the birds bassed on the colours I could see on the background paper. It needed a little something more so I used some postage stamp stickers around the edges. I finished it off with the postmark....

I did try decorating the backs of the postcards but it didn't look nice so I backed both the postcards on to coloured card which you can see a thin border around the edges of.

I had intended on making 4 of these but my sister turned up to go shopping so I only managed to make these 2 and decided I really need to post something as things have been too quiet here but life has been hectic with so much going on.

If you would like these postcards for yourself or a friend/family member

remember to shout

make my day

in the comment section so that I can tell the difference between who would like it

and who is leaving a comment

Here are some other things that I have made using these birds...

One last thing could you maybe help me with one of my next items for make my day in telling me some way of saying Sorry

This postcard is on its way to
Jo-anne

Make My Day...Fruit Bowl Postcards...

A couple of weeks ago I couldn't sleep very well at night and after reading about Bundles of Blossoms  Cosmopolitan Country creation... I think it triggered my thoughts into patchwork. In my days of creating FBs I once made some patchwork ones, they were just simple randomly cut up pieces of left over scrapbook paper and then I stitched it along the lines... I thought they turned out great at that time but who knows if they were as I was still so new to crafting then.

I then thought about how at work the children had done some still life fruit/Vegetable drawings and I too had sat and drawn too...  I hardly ever draw as I can not do it off the top of my head but I was amazed at how great my drawing had turned out. After that I promised myself that when I do eventually get a house I'm going to sit and draw some still life pictures to frame and put up in my kitchen (if there is space)....

So with all of this swishing around my brain it all formed into this.....

I absolutely love created my own templates by folding pieces of paper in half, they may look childish I don't know. This apple was the one that didn't come together as easily but I'm happy with the way it turned out.
 

I had to recreate all of these postcards again so none of them look like the original. I had asked my mum to use my sewing machine to do the zig-zags around the edges but it turned into such a nightmare instead as she didn't understand what I meant but also she's used to working with fabric where if you make a mistake you just undo the stitched and carry on. You can't do that with paper as the hole don't disappear

 I was of course devasted but in the end I decided to use a ruler and my fibre art tool to create the zig-zags myself.  I then hand stitched every single one of these.

Now its up to you if you use these as postcard or if you decide to frame them and put them in your kitchen. Its why I've left them as flat as possible but also made 3 as those landscape photo style frames come in 3s.

I know its too early to mention Christmas but here are some cards I created using the same method

If you'd like to own these or cheer somebody up

all you need to do is shout

Make My Day

in the comment section!

These are on there way too...

Make My Day...Travel the World with me Postcard....

I know I didn't post anything during the week but over the weekend I had really bad stomach cramps, I haven't had them for some time as I'm trying to change my eating habits so it was a little unbearable... then the first day back after the holidays we get a phone call at work from Ofstead so my week just went into going to work early and coming back later....

One thing I did do was read a book called The Pirates Daugter, I didn't sleep too great one of the nights this week so my mind ended up crafting so whilst I was laying there my mind just came up with this....

This looks a lot nicer for real.

My mind actually thought about a A-Z style maps but I'm not cutting up my A-Z as I still use it! So I knew that I already had this map that came in a collection of papers a friend sent me a long time ago.

I used distress ink around the edges to give it a sandy look since you end up somewhere near a sandy beach when you come off a boat.

By the way I did imagine using these images (well not these exact ones but from the booklet I own with them in). My thoughts were actually of hand stitching around the edges but I didn't feel up to it so used a ruler and pen to create the lines which smugded creating a little more of an oldish/worn out look.

I then imagined that I'd have a compass right in the middle on the side... only I added the compass but at the bottom instead... because

I wanted to add these tickets which I made using sand paper to get a little old rough edge feel to it. I had imagined folding the map as I have done which I used to do a lot in my days of making neat FBs but for some reason never used again. I realised it would make great pockets which is why I've added the tickets as I have. Originally the world ticket would have just been there on its own but it looked like something was missing so I used my brand new inks to stamp this floral border. I never imagined the yellow would be so strong as usually they are so light and annoying... which has left me over the moon as I'll be able to use it a lot more often.

So this is what I spent about an hour of my morning doing and now I hope you now like this enough to shout 'make my day'.

I choose to make the day
of somebody in Germany

Make My Day...The future comes one day at a time...

I've removed the first postcard that I made like this and I can happily say that I made this one in my first attempt and it looks so much better then the last one... even though technically its exactly the same thing.

I started this time by stamping the cage and the text as I decided that if I made a mistake I wouldn't have put loads of effort in first. This is something I'm going to have to remember in the future as it works so much better.

I then used 1 shade of yellow and 2 shades of blue distress ink to create the background.

I used pages from an old book about guillotines so don't read the words too carefully, I just thought it was better used this way.

I decided it needed a little something more so added buttons which now means I need to make an envelope to go with this postcard.

I finished it off with the lines and backed it on to black card.

I hope you like this enough to shout make my day!

This postcard has gone to Teresa

Make My Day....If I was KING for the day....

In my last make my day I wanted to use something other then rubber stamps which resulted in me finding that I had mostly girlie images or cute character images so it meant the men missed out as they were not willing to surprise their wives, girlfriends, daughters, nieces, friends.... I don't blame them as I'm too selfish to share too. So I decided to do a second round today and try and make a more male type card. I'm actually curious to know how many men actually read my blog... maybe you'll be willing to come out of the wood works just to comment on this one as I only know of 2....

Men and Women can try and claim this postcard though :)...

My title on this one on my flickr is 'If I was a king for the day postcard 007' move over James Bond my kitty is out to get you... he looks mean enough I admit!

You can't tell on here but I've used sandy coloured paper for the cat and gold card for the hat. I used watercolour crayons to colour him in but they turned out to be such a mess :(.

Kings always have a medallion to represent them.... Don't they?

I used the Fibre Art Stencils which a friend sent me for Christmas or my birthday... I can't remember but I have used them a lot and love them.

To finish it off I added the black lines which to some may look like a mess but I always like them as it adds a little edge to a plain piece of work. I backed it on to greeny/gold card.

Some other ways that I have used the stitching, for some reason I can't seem to find one where I've used the stitching above but I have used it a lot of times as I like it a lot.

I forgot to say start with 'Make My Day' and I'll randomly select someone on Wednesday!

This postcard has gone to
Bruce Johnson

What would you get up to if you were King or Queen for the day?

Make My Day....Dance with me!....

I've spent another great Saturday afternoon crafting and here's what I've come up with for make my day... I hope you like it enough to try and claim it for yourself.

I started with this picture which is from the internet but I don't know which website as someone sent me it. I then choose the backing paper to go with the image...

I think she looks quite blokish... which put me off a little but her dress was so inspiring.

I did get all my lace ribbons out but it just felt like they weren't right despite her dress over flowing with it. I remembered I had a pack full of about a million doyles so used that and like it so much more.

I then got a needle and wound the wire around it to create this springy effect. The beads are some that I've had for a long time and got through a swap and they fitted in perfectly.

Finally this flower... I sat for far too long wondering what to put in this corner, I tried paper flowers, words etc... but then I decided to continue with wire and made this flower. I've never made flowers like this before so it took a lot of attempts but finally with the help of a needle I created this. I'm really pleased with it and it doesn't put me off that the petals are different sizes.

The idea of make my day is to comment that you'd like the postcard... start with make my day, that way I can tell the difference between the person claiming it or just commenting. If a lot of you comment that you'd like one of my items then I'll use a name generator. I will let whoever gets it know on a Monday evening (evening in the UK that is). Remember you can claim for someone else if you want me to send whatever to them...

Some other ways that I have used wire... these photos are of ATCs (Artistic Trading Cards)

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Make My Day....Only time will tell!

Well since many of you voted that you'd share your address with me and would take part in claiming whatever I make... I decided to get crafty today and get the ball rolling.

 The idea of make my day is to comment that you'd like the postcard... start with make my day, that way I can tell the difference between the person claiming it or just commenting. If a lot of you comment that you'd like one of my items then I'll use a name generater doda.  I will let whoever gets it know on a Monday evening (evening in the UK that is). Remember you can claim for someone else if you want me to send whatever to them...

 So this time I've started with a postcard which actually turned out to be quite a pain since I decided to use a stamp but only half the image came up but I only had that one piece of coloured card. I tried maybe 5 times more to just get the text on the background right and in the end I gave up and stuck with this one so I hope whoever receives it isn't to critical of my mess. For me though its more or less how I wanted it.

This is the front which I used white card, text stamp (which I can never tell which way up it should be), a paperartsy flower stamp and the clocks are from Cherry Pie Art Stamps. The colours are distress inks and water colour pencil crayons.

The back which isn't yet complete as I need to find a black pen from somewhere.

Here are some more images

I wish I had a stamp of a face as it would have looked great having half the face on this part of the card with the clocks.

The reason I want the face in the other photo is because of the man in this one. Doesn't he look a bit creepy.

If you have any suggestions of themes I can try creating with, just go to my sub headings under my banner, click on Make My Day and leave your suggestions in a comment there.

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