Hi hope you are enjoying the weekend and getting lots of crafty stuff done. I've spent most of today finishing Mum's garden and my little boy was there too (messing) helping me out. We did laugh a lot though and he was very dirty when we had finished but he had such a good time looking at ants and worms and digging. The day has flown by. Haven't made anything new today but hope to finish off the special Father's Day card I previously mentioned tomorrow and then I can explain more about it.
Instead of a new item I wanted to show you a very elaborate card I made for my step daughter's 18th Birthday. She's not a girlie pink kind of girl and in fact you rarely see her in anything other than purple Doc Martin's but thankfully she loved her card.
As you can see it's an easel card in my usual 5x7 size. I started with some cream Kanban cardstock for the base and then used the lovely foiled red and black Kanban card for the rest. The flowers are also made from the same card and are all made with Spellbinder dies. The Jewel flower and Flourishes dies featured yesterday were used as well as the Bitty Blossoms dies.
The stopper is made from two D-lites dies from the first release and are Flourish Trim and Fantastic Flourish One. I added some red rhinestones to the flourish and a Bitty Blossom rose so that when the card is opened as an easel the garland of flowers continues to the base of the card and looks like it's all joined together.
The dies used in the main part of the card were Marvelous Squares and Asian Motifs. I used Pinflair glue to set the layers of frames at different heights so the card was really dimensional.
The card was finished with some Zava pearl swirls and some Prima centres for the flowers, with a few more red rhinestones dotted about. I loved making this card because I love to make my own flowers (with a little help from Spellbinders). The only thing that niggles me about it are the numbers I used which were American Crafts. They are beautiful on their own I just wish I hadn't used them on this card. If I was to do it again I think I'd cut some numbers on my Cricut but oh well when are we ever 100% happy with what we make. Well I never am anyway!
Oh well thats it for today. I'm off to get my son ready as my eldest son is picking him up after work and they are going to watch Iron Man 3 at the cinema. My youngest is very excited about this as a, he is going to be out late and b, because he eats, sleeps, and breathes all things Iron Man and the brother he dotes on is taking him, bless! Me I have a date with The Voice, Britain's Got Talent, some red wine (do you see a pattern emerging!!) my hubby and friends. Have a great evening and please if anybody out there wants to leave me a comment, even if it's to tell me you agree about the numbers thing, please do. Then I'll know I'm not just rambling on to myself. Back soon
Michelle x.
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