Evening
all...
I was asked
to make some christmas cards for my lovely friend Ann – she doesn't
go with the normal type of things – she likes the cards to reflect
the person she is sending to making it totally unique
its good for
me too as I have to think about what to do
this is one
of her orders which is on route to Ann so she can get it in the post
the info I
was given was Anita loved the piano and poetry
this card
didn't come easy to me I can tell you....but thank goodness for the
new Debbi Moore Shabby Chic music collection cd and the Debbi Moore
Art Deco Christmas cd which has the most amazing papers
keeping
everything crossed its ok!
So
materials for this card I used ….
Heat mat to
work on and protect your surface – I always use it...
Hougie Board
A4 sheet of
white card stock
3 or 4
backing papers
Sheet of
poinsettia flowers
Versamark
ink pad, clear embossing powder & heat gun
Double sided
tape
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 ...
I wanted to
do a stepper card as I thought it would be the best way to get
everything onto the A5 card – so I used my Hougie board – must
have had it around 2 years and its the 1st time I have
used it!!! Have to say it was so easy to do the side stepper.
Once it was
all cut out and the creases sharpened I covered it all with a
beautiful fine shimmer paper – have no idea what its called but I
got it in a pack from the Donnington Show
I did the
left side in one piece but for the steppers I did the steps
individually.
I cut out
the main shaped image with the lovely saying and faded out
background, sprayed it with a Pearl mist spray then rolled a roll of
kitchen roll over it to remove the surplus – then blitzed with the
heat gun.
Next I used
one of the musical ribbons across the bottom of the card then stuck
the main image onto the card more to the left so I could add the
poinsettias to the right...
I cut out
the large and small poinsettias, dabbed all over with the versamark
ink pad, covered with clear detail embossing powder and heated –
once it had melted I recovered and heated again – did it a 3rd
time and set to one side to cool down.
Using the
cuttlebug and nestabilities I cut the small picture of the grand
piano with music background and the next size up cut out a mat in
pink shimmer card.
The image
was stuck centrally to the pink card then attached to the top step –
I covered the back of the pink panel with backing paper so it didn't
look odd from the back.
The middle
step simple had a sentiment and then an enamelled brad
On the back
of the card I covered with beautiful pink poinsettia paper from the
Art Deco christmas cd
I printed a
lovely verse and trimmed it down to fit the back without covering too
much backing – to take away the bright white I gently inked the
edges with Tim Holtz Victorian Velvet distress ink pad then stuck in
place with double sided tape
Once it was
glittered up – after the photos had been taken – I was so pleased
with it – not an easy theme but helped with the christmas part...
Now its down
to Royal Mail to get it to Ann and all been well she will find it
suitable and send it on its journey half way around the world!!!
See you all
again tomorrow
x
Really individual designer card, Angie. Beautiful and I bet it was well received. xx
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