Sunday, February 23, 2014
A card for someone special
My dear friend Gita is having a bit of a tough time at the moment so this afternoon I sat down and made her a card. I was at her house for dinner yesterday which I only mention because the stamp on the front might otherwise seem odd.
I made this card using a stampin' up! pop up card maker and my big shot machine. Once I layered the black behind the pop up card, it looked too plain so I embossed it with a flower pattern and clear embossing powder. Next up I punched out some decorative labels and embossed my sentiment in black embossing powder.
Front view:
When you open up the card, it has a little pop up feature which I decorated using the matchin shapes from the front. Behind this pop up part is the black background.
The final feature of this card is that it has a couple of closure slots at the bottom:
It really is quite a striking card in person. Next time I make it, I might consider using an embossing folder to texturise the front (the part that is black) and maybe have something different pop up inside.
Saturday, February 8, 2014
Card class
Today, Emma and I went to a 'make and take' at Odette's house. She is my stampin' up demonstrator-most of my supplies come from her.
Right now stampin up has a sale on where you get something free with every $90 purchase and I got free stuff! I qualified for two other forms of free gifts as well as the $90 ones. Can't wait for that order to arrive! Anyway, to encourage you to attend, you get to make and take two cards.
Emma and I made this top card quite different because it was double sided paper and I didn't like the other side. The two flaps with tie together with some kind of pretty twine but I am undecided.
I loved this bottom card. It is made mostly with the free stuff I will get! The rubber stamp is coming free as is the spotty embossed folded that give it that raised texture. I have the things that cut out that shaped part in the middle and also have the white ribbon. I loved this last card and Emma loved the top one. Which do you prefer?
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