Photos from Rachel & Tony's wedding - 20th August 2011

After torrential rain and floods in the morning the rain finally died down and by the time the wedding was over and the photos were taken, the sun had come out. Here are some photos of my family on such a joyous family occasion.

                                                                  The happy couple

Rachel & Tony with her parents & a dear family friend George, next to Rachel, who flew over from Canada especailly for the wedding!

with their bridesmaids - Amy, Tony's daughter & Donna, Rachel's daughter

my beloved husband Andy, a very proud brother with his little sister, my beautiful SIL Rachel.

Us

Our beautiful daughter Anne-Marie and her lovely partner Toni

Our handsome son Dan with his beautiful partner Sorrel. (Carrie and I recently visited them in Bristol, where they are about to start the 2nd year of  law degrees)

Our 3 gorgeous nieces, Rachel's daughters -

Donna, bridesmaid

her twin Rebecca, 4 months pregnant

their younger sister Valerie, 7 months pregnant

all looked stunning!

What a wonderful day we had and the weather was glorious, thankyou for sharing this special day that we will remember always.

My SIL's wedding card, and 4 other cards made this week

Today my dear sister-in-law Rachel marries Tony at 2pm, I am her witness as they sign the wedding register. The sun is shining for them both today and I hope it stays that way  and that they have a lifetime of love, happiness and their dreams coming true, as htey start their new life together as husband and wife. I wish them nothing but the best that life has to offer.

I made them a HouseMouse decoupage card and a matching envelope.

The decoupage is layered on pink and silver foiled paper,  onto a Kanban pink & silver A4 sheet.
Then mounted onto a silver A5 foil card. the card is embellished with silver heart ribbon and peel-offs to personalise the card. the insert (unseen) is printed off from the Crafters copanion Rose Fairy CDRom, this same CDRom was used to decorate the envelope, along pink and silver Kanban backing paper, to co-ordinate with the card.

This Thursday Carrie's frined Jasmine was 16, she is mad on dogs, this is her card

I used PM 'Verde' Capsule Collection gems, all other elements were from my stash

Here are 4 anniversary cards made for DC craft forum friends.

the first 2 cards both use PM 'Verde' Capsule Collection gems, all other elemtns are from my stash.

This next card includes Poundland bargains - the large gem and glittered paper flower

this final card for this week card was made from elements from my stash

3 Anniversary cards, 2 thankyou card and a get well card

I love making anniversary cards for friends on the DOcrafts forum, here are 3 recent cards, all decoupage. One is housemouse decoupage, I love the cute mice and they are such fun cards to make.

                 The gems I used are from Papermania Capsule Collections, all other  elements

are from my stash.

I made these next 2 cards as end of School term thankyou cards on behalf of Carrie. they are both decoupage and feature the Zinnia flower fairy from the Crafters Companion CD rom set.

This last card is a house mouse decouage get well card, made  for the mother of a DOcraft forum friend, who is in hospital.

House Mouse decoupage card for my son's 20th birthday

On 3rd August, my son Dan will be 20, this is the birthday card I have made him using House Mouse decoupage, all other elements are from my craft stash.

                                            Happy 20th birthday Dan, love from Mum xx

sympathy card & 2 anniversary cards

I am a member of The DO Crafts craft forum and it was with deep sadness that I read that this week one of our lovely members Liz G died suddenly. I made this floral decoupage card for her daughter Louise (Pixie-Lou) and her husband Scott. They've not long celebrated their 1st wedding anniversary and now they have lost their beloved mother. I never met Liz in person but she sent my family beautiful cards and shared her original art which she made into pyramage, you will be deeply missed by so many, RIP LIz, Fi xxx

I love making anniversary cards for my DC friends, below are the latest 2, I have made today.

PM pearls

floral decoupage, papers, peel-offs & 5" cards all from stash

Goodbye Jo - a very sad day

Today the 34 year old daughter of my dear friend of 21 years lost her brave fight with cancer, she died peacefully in her sleep early this morning with her partner by her side, she leaves behind 2 young children.

This is the hardest card I have had to make but I needed to make it for her mother and teenage sister, my friend thanked me for it when she phoned this afternoon.

Goodbye Jo, you will be missed and you were loved by so many x

Been busy this week made 1 tag & 10 cards

For a DC scrapbook forum swap I made 1 tag and 2 cards, one for the swap partner and the other one left blank for them to send to someone else.

Tag Details

Ranger distress inks used throughout
Tattered Rose for background
Shabby Shutters for floral sprig border stamp
Fired brick for swallows stamp
tag & peach satin ribbon from stash

This is the card I gave my swap partner Mabel
poppy & daisy decoupage, papers and A6 card all from stash

this is the card I sent Mabel to give to someone else
Craft Creations nasturtiums decoupage
paper, card & 5" square card all from stash

I sent this card to my cat loving aunt who is very poorly

PM tiny flower brads & sentiment from Mabel's swap,

cat pyramage from a craft CD

 satin paper & A6 card all from stash

This card was sent to my July DC A5 godybag swap partner Carmen (mimosa48)
poppy & daisy decoupage, paper & 5" square card from stash
sentiment from Mabel's swap

I made this card for my niece Grace for her 5th birthday

Craft Creations doll decoupage

PM Creative Tones Amethyst Infusion background paper

PM 'Heather' Capsule Collection adhesive stones

PM Accent stickers

satin & mirror card & 5" square card all from stash

I sent this lilac card to a friend for her 40th birthday

PM A6 lilac card

sentiment from Mabel's swap

friendship decoupage, satin card, polkadot paper, ribbon & bow from stash

I made this gardening card for our dear friend Ted's 85th birthday

PM leaf brads

Anita's words & letters peel-offs

garden decoupage, gingham paper & 5" card all from stash

I made this card for a friend's birthday

Craft Creations bath decoupage

holographic card, peel-offs, clear adhesive gems & A6 card all from stash

I made this card for a friend's birthday

garden decoupage, textured paper, gems & 5" card all from stash

Golden wedding card, sentiment not added yet

Craft Creations decoupage,
grey card, gold holographic card, gold metallic flowers and gold glitter A5 card all from stash

I really enjoyed my busy crafting week, especially as I wasn't too well and the crafting helped take my mind off it and relaxed me, thankyou for any comments you may leave.