Wedding Acceptance Card

Opened card - I have blocked out the message I have written.








Card closed.














We have been invited to another wedding that is on in September. Grape bazzil cardstock has been used. Folded in half and then folded one of the halves in half again - the folds from left to right go mountain fold then valley fold. Have stamped on white cardstock the Hero Arts florentine scroll background. Cut a strip for the front left of the card - butted against the mountain fold. Ends of card I have attached small strips of silver cardstock. With scrap florentine stamped card have cut out heart shape and then some larger hearts in grape and silver. Mounted all together and then stuck half the heart over the florentine scroll so that mountain fold is in the middle of the heart. The acceptance stamp embossed in silver is from Lucy's Stamps.

Enjoy

I made this card for a friend who has just got a new job. A grape coloured Bazzil cardstock has been used for the base of the card. Have stamped Hero Arts Florentine Scroll Background stamp in VersaMagic Perfect Plumeria on white cardstock and mounted onto grape card. On some smaller white cardstock I swiped the Perfect Plumeria over the card and then stamped Hero Arts "Great Enjoy" stamp in the same colour and then mounted on silver cardstock. Then mounted this on card so that it overlapped the grape and florentine sections. Punched out grape cardstock with large Kikyou punch and again some scrap white card with the florentine pattern on it. Also with a small Kikyou punched out some small flowers in grape cardstock. Mounted these as shown and topped with a crystal on each flower.
This is the first bit of stamping I've done in a little while. I've been madly crocheting Caitlin's blanket. It is nearly there! Will post a picture when it is complete.

Asian Birthday Card

This is a card that I've made for my friend Peter. Also made another the same for my brother-in-law. I try to make multiple cards now of the same design so that I have enough cards when a birthday comes around. Just too little time to do some stamping with a toddler in the house! The background of this cardstock has been stamped with a Lucy's Texture Cube in vanilla versacolor (you can't see it on the scanned image - but it just gives the cardstock a nice aged appearance). The crane image is also a Lucy's stamp - stamped in pinecone versacolor. The edges of the cardstock have been swiped with the pinecone ink. Image has then been mounted onto gold cardstock.

I haven't had much time to stamp lately, but I have been crocheting a blanket for Caitlin - so I will try to upload a picture of the finished product soon. I'm hoping to have it completed in 2-3 weeks! It's been nice crocheting on cold winter nights and watching the show Heroes. Saw the final episode of season 1 - can't wait to see season 2 now!