Hiya
This is a
card I put together last week – I printed it off and sat in the
evening cutting it out – saves falling to sleep in front of TV as I
generally do I suppose!
The kit is
called Stitch In Time and was designed by Janice MacFarlane. I
believe it was from crafts you print – what I will add is there was
a fault in the design which was annoying as the tail of the boy mouse
curled over the hand of the girl mouse – so it was a case of clip
the tail or snip the hand! Not good considering this was £2.00 for
just 2 sheets of art work. This card has a corner pocket with a
removable bookmark that is made up of mixed hearts!
So
materials for this card I used ….
Heat mat
to work on and protect your surface – I always use it...
White a4
card
Printed
base card sheet
Printed
decoupage sheet
Odd piece
of card for the bookmark
Sticky
pads
Eazi Score
Board & tool
Tonic 8”
guillotine
Scissors
Tweezers
Shaping
tool from www.dimensionstamps.com
Foam
shaping mat – stamping mat or even a mouse mat
To
make the card …
The main
card sheet was trimmed slightly then sprayed with Crafters Companion
Stick & Stay and secured to the sheet of white card. I then cut
out the whole design carefully and finally scored down the centre
score line only to find the back and front was a long way from
matching.
I spent as long making this right as I had cutting it all
out in the first place – I am now wondering if the designer is
someone I should avoid in the future as this is the 2nd
major fault so far!
Once the
card was sorted I started on the decoupage elements..they were
straight forward to cut out.
I actually
glued the bottom corner pocket and the heart bookmark on to spare
card then cut them out as I felt they both needed extra support.
The corner
pocket was stuck to the card using double sided tape along the left
and bottom edges only.
I also
found the pocket had to be in place before the last of the decoupage
for the mice.
I
struggled cutting the hole from the scissors – I do tend to
struggle with such things but for some reason this was far more
noticeable – I think I may go back and add some colour to the edges
with a pro-marker as that will tidy it up somewhat.
And that
was the card – as you may have picked up I wasn't really all that
taken with it...I loved it when I saw it which was why it was bought
– maybe it was the bad points in it that put me off!!
Oh well
This is to
go into the use it or sell it box with all the others so if it takes
your fancy email me!!
See you
next time
xxx
Can I post your put up to my wordpress weblog?
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Great card - if no one else wants it can I buy it please??
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