Hello
Got a super
duper card for today – in fact I used the same kit and created 2 cards which
are very similar to each other
I started with a
sheet of white card measuring 16”x8” and used an 8x8 embossing folder to emboss
one side of the card, then I scored along the centre, folded and that is my
card blank created.
Last week I
bought myself a set of Faber-Castell Mix & Match Gelatos and haven’t yet
had a chance to play with them, but because I had a fab embossed back ground I
used a cotton wool pad which I sprayed with some Avon lemon room spray and set
to a side for a moment
I used 3
coloured Gelatos, a pink, lilac and purple, I lightly ran each colour randomly
around the edges of the card, then used the cotton wool pads and gently rubbed
it all over the embossed part of the card, I loved how it was varying shades of
colour – and the card smells yummy too!
I cut out the
main image – which by the way the info for the kit – it was designed by Janet Roberts
and has 3 sheets to the kit, the main front sheet, the single insert panel and
the decoupage elements, and it is all so easy to cut out!
So the main
panel was cut out and I used 2 A5 sheets of silver mirri card, one was plain
and the other embossed with hearts, so I trimmed them both down and added the
piece with hearts to the top half of the panel and the plain silver to the
bottom, leaving the famous all round border.
Using double
sided tape I stuck my panel to the card sort of to the right and bottom corner.
Using the bow
making I created a double bow from some beautiful lilac organza ribbon with a
satin edge, I cut the tails into V shapes and stuck the bow to the top left
corner with a sticky dot. The heart shaped Birthday Girl sentiment was cut out and
placed directly under the bow, I used double sided sticky pads to do that then
added a tiny sticky dot on each of the ribbon tails and positioned these around
the heart.
The decoupage
was cut out and added to the panel with double sided pads.
A few months ago
I had a magazine with the free gift being a die – I haven’t given it a 2nd
glance until today when I was going through my dies looking for some pretty flowers
for the card
So I cut out the
panel 3 times – so it was 3 large, 3 small and 3 leaves in lilac 300gsm card and
I used a Tattered Lace leaf die which I cut out of white card. I stuck the 3
larger flowers in the bottom left corner using cosmic shimmer pva to hold them
in place, a dot of pva was added to one end of the leaves, both the white and
the lilac and then gently pushed under the flowers.
The 3 smaller
flowers were placed in the top right corner in the same way and had leaves
added too.
To finish my
card I added a big blob of pva to the inside of the larger flowers and
carefully dropped a 10mm lilac AB gem into it. For the small flowers I had
bought a pack of pretty cerise pink aluminium roses from Hong Kong and I though
the darker shade made the card.
The insert was
trimmed and stuck inside the card using double sided tape.
I made a 2nd
card which is along the same lines but this time I made it a landscape card and
changed the position of the flowers as well as changing the amount....
So there we go –
my card for today.
I have entered
the card into my Card Challenge Competition and will be posting this card out
to a young girl who will be 16 next week, suffers from Aspergers Syndrome and
her proud mum has asked people to send her cards and make her day extra special
– mum said daughter would be lucky to get even 4 cards so was hoping her
request might see the daughter receive 16 as that’s how old she will be – that number
has been walked all over so now its set at 116 cards, if you want to help and
send her a card I have the young ladies postal details
And this is the
link to my card challenge group if anyone would like to join in - you have until
26th April to complete your card – all details are on the main page!
Bye for now
Hugs
Angie
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