Hi
Today
I am showing a card I made for a very special friend JAE
She
is so down in the dumps at the moment as her lovely hubby Stu is
quite poorly
So
I asked everyone who knew her if they would kindly make and send her
a card to cheer her up
I'm
sure you all agree there is nothing nicer than a piece of unexpected
nice mail dropping through the door!!!
Last
night Jae & I had a chat and she said she was bowled over by the
beautiful cards and messages she has had....
I
am going to the show at Donnington this weekend – meeting Jae there
early doors and staying at hers overnight before she drops me back at
Donnington on Sunday for my lift back home.
So
to the card
I
made this using stamps from www.chloescreativecards.co.uk
The
ones I used were...
Medium 8 petal flower code JUN003
£4.99
Small
8 petal flower code JUN004 £3.99
Leaves
code MAR008 £3.99
I
also just a fancy flourish for the background and I believe it was
from Dimension Stamps but no idea of a name or code for it
I
used an 8x8 fancy edge white card blank, randomly stamped the
flourish around the edges using Versamark then covered with Detail
White Opaque embossing powder by Stampendous – I paid £3.99 for
mine from Strikes Garden Centre
I
heated the card underneath the embossing powder until it was all
embossed
Next
I cut a piece of black card to fit on top of the embossed area
leaving a 1cm border all round so the embossing can be seen
The
black card then had a white fine line fancy border peel off all
around it leaving a narrow gap – this gives the impression there is
extra matting and layering – I think....
For
the flowers I stamped the medium flower using versamark pad about 8
times on white card stock and embossed 4 with the same white detail
embossing powder and the other 4 with Detail Black Opaque embossing
powder by Stampendous – I paid £3.99 for mine from Strikes Garden
Centre
I
did the same with the small flowers and then stamped and heat
embossed 4 leaves with the white detail powder.
I
searched through my rubber stamps for the right sentiment and
thankfully found something that fitted the bill.... so I stamped it
to white card using black Versafine then cut it out with a
nestability
The
verse panel was stuck to the top left corner and then I made up 3
flowers using 3 petals in each – it was a medium white, medium
black and then a small white
I
placed the made flowers on the card and shuffled around with the
leaves until I was happy
It
worked out that I had the leaves coming from the right hand side of
each flower – I started by gluing the 1st to the bottom
left corner and the 2nd just along from it and the 3rd
was working up the right hand side.
I
used beautiful white and black AB gems in the centre of the flowers,
the corners of the black card panel and in each corner of the verse.
As
I said I am going away for a couple of days so wont have a card to
share tomorrow but will have lots of new crafty goodies from the show
to share with you...I hope!!!
Til
the next time
x
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