Used: Image: Stampin' Up coloured with water colour pencils; Paper: Dovecraft 'Wild Blossom'; metallic copper paper: Paper Cellar; printed sentiment cut with Nestabilities; rest from stash or can't remember!
He is an absolute gem: Living alone but with regular visitors, he still reads the paper, does the crossword and number puzzles every day, still does the gardening. He said he would take it easier today because he overdid the lawn-mowing yesterday! He was a war hero too: Saved a German boy from drowning in a river when he was working fields there as a prisoner of war, which helped get him released back to France. He then used the German he had learned to save 7 local men here from being shot by a German officer by reasoning that none of them were the man he was looking for. The world needs more like this man! The cockrel and police badges have significance for him so formed the embellishments to the main image.
Sorry I seem to be blogging in batches lately: I am hoping to take part in more challenges and show them one at a time and regularly soon :)
and my realisation:
Note the details requested: Girl with 3 brothers; Marriage; Children - 2 boys & 1 girl; Number of their house; specific make of new car (I had to find out the colour!); biscuits representing where she works; 
50th party including bottle of rum (made in Reunion where her husband is from). 
I started off looking for suitable stamps but soon ran out of suitable images in a suitable size. Peel-offs to the rescue! It is not what I would have thought of or perhaps chosen but the customer was happy. Hope it is well received!
From the 'Party Bag' pack with papers from the 'Loving You' pack.
Découpage from the 'For Him' kit with Colorbox chalk ink direct to card for the background.
From the 'Loving You' pack.
From the 'Loving you' pack, using a piece of wedding ribbon for the background; Nestabilitie-cut card, Dylon 3D pearl paint; Colorbox chalk ink; Prima flowers and Papermania pearly brad.
Cards above & below: Découpage & paper from the 'Loving You' pack
The Tourc'h 2 Scrap group met again on Friday night and created little mini-album houses. We were following the instruction given by Manou here (in French). Here is mine as far as I got on Friday - lacking photos and with minimal decoration at the moment but cute:
Mon interpretation, realisé avec Tourc'h 2 Scrap, de la petite maison: Fiche de Manou est ici.
Used: Co'redinations Gemstones card; other card, cord and cotton ribbon from stash; cardboard; Brilliance inkpad - copper; Distress ink - Frayed Burlap; EK Success 3" flower punch; Compagnie d'Elves (?) stamp.
I created the flags with strips of paper stuck on to the card and printed the maps. Fortunately I had some 3D embellishments (Jolee's) around which were perfect to add more interest and I was able to scan the photos to create the inside on the computer, adding a pop-up section to the centre.
She collected my rushed card on the Monday lunchtime and was thrilled so I am now making her another card to order. :)
Used the Eazi-score board with Papermania card, ColorBox fluid chalk ink, and the gorgeous Wild Blossom range of papers and glittered chipboard from Dovecraft. Also used a corner rounder to create the scalloped edge and the Big Bite to set the eyelets.
Yellow was an important 'theme' so I took an A5 piece of card and folded it lengthwise over 2 garden tags and used double-sided tape to secure it. I inked the edges with yellow Brilliance and layered Papermania yellow paper with some pearly textured paper and then her name, cut on the Craft Robo and covered in Papermania yellow flocking powder. I decoupaged the bear with flowers and added some Sakura glaze to the flower centres and bear's nose and finished with some yellow ribbon. It looked lovely on the cushion of yellow and white flowers and made my brother smile on a day full of tears.
