A colleague of DH is getting married next week. The date and time have been carefully chosen - 09-08-07 at 6.05pm giving the following: 9-8-7-6-5!! How memorable.Once again it back to the drawing board to come up with something different.Chosing my materials was the easy bit (for a change), the design took longer and this is what I came up with.
I cut an oval aperture in a pearly white card and used acetate to fill the gap.The flowers were made with my favourite flower punch. The cake was made from an envelope stiffener, finished off with die cut hearts. It was my first time using acetate and I found it a challenge with the glue but all in all I was pleased with the results.
It's official - it's holiday time and in typical Dutch fashion, it's raining!!
Today sees the arrival of my Aunt for her annual visit, which makes for a special time for us all.I always make her a card and I thought I'd share it on the blog. It is very similar to the blue birthday card that I posted last time, but with the sentiment "Happy Hollandays" (instead of holidays).She hasn't seen her card yet but I am safe in showing it on here as she is currently sitting on a plane!!
Until the next time - happy crafting!!
Sometimes I see something and think "that would make a good card". This can happen anywhere, but usually when I am out shopping.The inspiration for this card came from some wrapping paper. The wrapping paper was in the style of Delft blue tiles. Now I didn't want to just stick a wodge of wrapping paper on the front of a card blank, so I took my circle Sizzix die and cut some circles (clever huh?). I then mounted the wrapping paper circles onto larger circles in dark blue.
Then with my favourite Cuttlebug embossing folder (D'vine Swirls), I embossed a piece of white card.The greeting was cut in white using my Sizzix alphabet (Cat 'n' Mouse).The card was assembled using a pearly blue card blank.Not bad eh? Until the next time - Happy crafting!Y
I have had these feathers in hand for a while but had no inspiration as to what to do with them (please no rude comments!!) I needed to make a card for a friend. As I had no idea where to begin, I started by selecting the materials that I wanted to work with - the feathers, black paper trim and a pearly pink card! By limiting myself to just a few materials (and colours) I avoided the painful part of just staring at all the lovely things that I have to work with. I then decided that I was only going to work with the computer (for the greeting) and my lovely cuttlebug embossing folders (for the background).
I was pleased with the result and also pleased that I was able to get the card in the post the following day!Until the next time - Happy crafting!Y
