Hi
Today
I was unsure as to whether I should be sharing my good news or a
card...
So
decided to just tell you quickly the good news and go on to share a
card!!!!
So
to the good news....every month I take part in a challenge hosted by
Debbees Cds – I send the sheets on to my class ladies and usually
get 3 - 5 of them making their card to enter – well for the May
comp I was really last minute – undecided as to if I should join or
not 0 then felt bad that I encourage the class ladies to join in so I
made my effort and submitted it
Last
night I saw there had been an update to the site so went on and was
delighted to see I was announced as the winner!!!
I
was told to chose a cd from Debs vast catalogue!!! Today I had a
lovely email from Debs!
"Morning Angie and
thank you!
You
were an easy winner.. you really beat everyone else hands down!”
So
that's the news dealt with – in case you are interested you can go
back through the archives to find my entry!
And
on to the card for today....
This
was a card I was asked to make for a neighbour – she sent me a
message through facebook to ask if I could do her a special card for
a 1 year old but it was short notice – of course I said yes!!!
I
printed out a lovely kit – it was a Giant Easel Tableau Kit called
Birthday Dreams and designed by Valerie Dawes – this was bought
from Crafts You Print some time ago so it was lovely to have the
chance to make it
Have
to say the kit is a little odd to set an age to – the fairy is
quite old looking but then the animals and cute and baby like – so
I thought I would make the kit then decided if it was suitable – I
am pleased to say – yes it is!!!
So
for the kit I had to print out 6 sheets – that's a lot of printing
to make just one card isn't it?
I
matted several of the sections onto pink card stock as they need to
be substantial to stand upright for any length of time.
There
was a huge amount of cutting out and some very tricky and time
consuming areas – like the rope ladders – I had to cut that out 3
times in all – not easy – and even harder to build up without
showing the foam....had to admit defeat in a couple of places cos try
as I did I just couldnt do it without the tiny sections showing
through!!!
To
make the stand up sections string enough to support the design I
added a piece of card to the stand and stuck it under the base with
red double sided tape!
The
little girl is called Danielle so I added her name is pretty pink
glitter peel off letters and put 1st onto the Happy
Birthday cloud
Although
the card folds down to a reasonable size I had to make an envelope
for it so used a sheet of 14x14 white card stock – then when the
envelope was all cut, scored and folded in place I stuck a sheet of
pink patterned backing paper inside to line it – and finish it off
nicely
Glamour
Dust glitter was used to highlight the sheep, clouds and fairy and
gold glitter to highlight the crown, star and giraffe.
A
verse was printed onto the base panel to finish
When
my neighbour called to collect the card she was chuffed to bits with
it and gave me orders for 3 more cards!!
Result
or what!!!
Catch
you again tomorrow I hope....
x
Very sweet!!
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