Becoming a Teenager....Happy Birthday!

Hi everyone. What can I say my laptop had to be repaired

again! Not that long ago it had to be restored to

factory settings and this time it was my external hard drive

software causing the problem. Luckily it got fixed!

If there is anyone with a crystal ball let me know

I would love to know all my laptop disasters in advance.

I've also noticed that I have some new followers 

and would like to thank everyone who follows me

and leaves a lovely comment.

I used Polka Doodles "Sugar Birdies" cd-rom for the backing paper,

gingham paper and images of 2 owls. The image of the boy 

comes from "Pretty Tuff"cd-rom by PD again". The image of the little 

monster with balloon was a free download from "Bugaboo Stamps" 

and I used promarkers to colour it. The whole scene with the clouds

 I created in my graphics program. As usual I needed more embellies 

so I decided to create the stars in my graphics program too and

 decorate it with stitching which goes well with the stitching 

in the backing paper.  I do not have a luxury of a working 

sewing machine any more but I like the way the stitches

 turned out just with being printed. 

I also used embossing powder for the stars to make 

them look shiny but I do not think camera picked it up. 

I also used silver mirri card, outline stickers and Anita's Glitterations 

stickers which you can see all over my card. The letters LX where

white stickers and I used promarkers to recolour it. 

From my stash - metal corner, ribbons, black gemstone, foam pads

pinflair glue gel and metal buttons

Birthday Card (James)

I used acetate for the base of my card ~

~(Not bad to work with but quite tricky to 

photograph)~

Metal wire mesh is from my garage ( I knew it 

would come handy one day for something! )

I found it in a roll and had quite a hard time

flattening it out.

 The numbers 1 and 5 are digital images.

I used word processor to make 

everything you can see with words on.

I also needed more embellishments

so I made decorative pegs with the help of mini 

star punch and sparkly star gems.  I also used 

the negatives after I punched out my black stars and  

free hand cut the bigger stars out of it and placed 

3 of them on the number 5. I also added one metal 

button which is from one of my old shirts (very handy),

metal corner,couple punched out stars and finished 

off with black gemstones.

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Thank you for visiting.

All comments are very much appreciated!


** Michaela **