Wishing you Happy Tomorrows

This card was made for a sketch card swap - I followed the sketch and used some Nancy Watt papers and toppers which were a magazine freebie.

I used a Denim Blue Promarker to ink the edges of a piece of blue spotty paper and attached it to the card blank.  I cut a strip of striped paper from the same collection and used the same blue Promarker to ink the edges and then attached it to the right of the card.  The edges of the sentiment topper was edged in a Buttercup Promarker and I attached it to the centre of the card.   As the flowers were on single sided paper, I glued them to co-ordinating spotty paper and then cut out two large and two small yellow flowers and one large and one small blue flower.   I shaped the petals, used the Promarkers to ink the edges and then attached them to the card.   The flower centres were also cut from the same papers.  After attaching them to the flowers I used Glossy Accents to make them look like pearls.

Kath x

Happy 80th Birthday!

I wanted to make a card for a friend's 80th birthday.  I struggle with ideas for men's cards, but saw this design in Papercraft Essentials magazine and thought it would be perfect.  

I matted a 9cm square of white cardstock onto mustard Moondust cardstock, then onto dark blue Moondust cardstock.  I then fixed this onto the front of a white tent-fold card blank.  I cut four 4cm squares of co-ordinating Nancy Watt papers (which were a magazine freebie) and used my Woodware corner roucnder to round two corners of each square.   These were then glued to the card front.  I tied embroidery thread through a blue star button and used tacky glue to attach it to the card.  I printed a sentiment on white card and used foam tape to attach it to the card.

As I had more squares of paper, I made another birthday card.

Kath x