The Other Side Of Me

As promised, here is the birthday card I've sent to my aunt.  This was one of the last cards I made at craft class before we moved. Sorry to say the photograph doesn't do enough justice to the image, which is beautifully shiny, without being too much.  The stencil is Sweet Poppy by The Craft Station Ltd.  I am pleased with it because we used Dreamweaver paste.  The last time I used it, well over a year ago, I was absolutely hopeless with it and made a real mess.  I do think there is a skill in spreading the paste on properly.  We took the stencil off and added Glamour Dust, one of my favourite things (considering I don't really do glitter).  The lattice down the left hand side was cut with a die which I think is from We R Memory Keepers (hoping Jo will correct me if I'm wrong!) and is very delicate.  I actually used spray adhesive to mount it.  The St Luke's Charity Card Challenge wants to see cards with bling, so I'm happily enterin...

Finally, I am here now that our new computer is up and running. It's taken a bit of getting used to, I can tell you, but it is so much faster than our old one. And so, to my card for today. It's my sister and brother-in-law's 25th wedding anniversary in June and I've had some ideas floating around in my head for a while and decided it was time to have a go and see what I came up with. I've recently bought some silver embossing powder and have finally, after some practise, really started to get the hang of it. And so... I got out my Nellie Snellen heart shaped dies and cut out two hearts. I embossed the silver one in a flowers embossing folder, but I stamped the other one with a lovely flowers stamp and heat embossed it. The texture on it is fantastic. It's obviously an easel card. I've put organza ribbon round it and made a bow in the middle, then after rummaging around in my drawers (!) I came across the two numbers. I was thrilled, as you can imagine. I qu...

This is my first ever attempt at a black and white card. Sorry the photo's not great. I only realised I didn't have a picture of it after I'd put it in the bag and was too lazy to take it out! The bird cage is a peel-off I've had for ages. I've just seen some stunning ways to use peel-offs but generally they're not my favourite thing, but this one was perfect for what I wanted to do here. The white card is embossed with dots to give it some texture. I have just put a general 'Happy Birthday' sentiment on here. I always wonder whether it's best to be general in that way, or whether to put, 'To a special sister,' or something. I think when people buy cards they are looking with a specific recipient in mind and you have to almost train them to 'think wider'. Although crafters see cards like this all the time, the average customer does not, so you have to encourage them to think a bit differently. I hope once a person has bought one of m...