Hi
Back
to reality again
Today's
card is another of the lovely Giant Easel Tableau kits
I
was asked by my lovely friend Ann to make a card for her friend who
would be celebrating his 80th birthday later this month
The
info she gave me for the card was erm – different – so he grows
lovely tomatoes, always smells of lovely aftershave, buys her a
trifle every week and when she goes to see him always gets a glass of
whiskey!
I
wasn't too sure I could do anything suitable for the aftershave,
trifles or whiskey so opted for a greenhouse
I
had to ask around and despite several efforts all failed!
Until
I spotted this fab kit which I have had a long time – again from
crafts you print and again by Valerie Dawes – this kit is called
Gardening Dreams
It
has 6 sheets of printing and after the printing was done I stuck the
green house, the main easel card and the extra tabs to white card
before cutting them out.
I
have made so many of these kits so don't really need to stop and
think too hard over how they fit together – what I will say to
anyone who might be considering making any of the GET kits – I
print one size DOWN – otherwise its a nightmare trying to sort
envelopes – even making them yourself as I now do!!!
For
the card – as I said I stuck the greenhouse to card first – the
2nd layer had loads of cutting out to do as all the
windows needed removing – once that was done I stuck the layer to
acetate and cut around it – it looks pretty good I have to say so
pleased I went down that route now
The
hanging baskets had loads of cutting out and I had to admit defeat
with some areas – try as I might I just couldn't get all the white
bits out without damaging the rest – thank goodness for glitter,
flower soft, stickles and glossy accents!!!!
I
used the above to highlight flowers and then Cosmic Shimmer coloured
glues for the tomatoes
The
crowning glory for this special card has to be having the gents name
across the tool at the bottom of the card.
A
lovely verse was printed and added to the card base!
All
that's left to do now is make the envelope!!
Thanks
again for dropping in....
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Love it!!
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