Stamps Ahead

I got an early start on designing cards for the community class I lead this coming Friday.  Here are the cards - this week the cards highlight tags/inserts on them. The design of this card was inspired by one I saw in the book "Card Sketches for Paper Crafters"  by Papercraft Magazine 2012,   Sometimes, when I need inspiration I will head to Pinterest, blog surf or to this book or others I have in my collection - they are dated but they provide the inspiration to start designing.  This cards uses retired Kaszazz papers and current stamps Birthday Girl and Your Wings Exist. As well as butterfly die.  I have used coloured pencils for the butterfly and other bits and pieces from my stash. The Gift card die was by Sizzix. This card was inspired by one I found on Pinterest by Monique, however the link to the original card shows that it was no longer current.  So Monique, if by any chance you stumble across my blog - thank you.  Again, the card features...

2 more birthdays this week.  Here are the cards I have made using torn pieces of fabric stitched to a card base and then attached to main card.  1st card was for my sister who turned 70 this week.  I have mentioned previously that her favourite colour is blue.  The '70' has had ink and glossy accents applied. The 2nd card is for a friend who also has a birthday this week.    Thank you for looking, Margaret

 Recently , I posted a photo of a card I made for a friend who is turning 70 this month.   I loved it but did not think it right for my friend.   So, I have created another one for her.   This one is a little more feminine.                                           I changed up the embossing from black embossing powder to the white and added a bit of lace and pearls.   The inks are again Ranger Distress Inks but this time in softer colours.    Inside, I added my greeting and a few things about the number 70 that I searched for on the internet: 70 years 840 months 3,652 weeks 25,567 days 613,607 hours 36,816,444 minutes 2,208,986,640 seconds *** 70 is only 13 in Scrabble *** Turning 70 is like turning, 21 in Celsius. *** Thank you for looking, Margaret Happy birthday to everyone who has a birthday in December.

 Here is another 70th birthday card I have created for a longtime friend who celebrates her birthday in December. As soon as I saw this Kaszazz stamp - Scholar - I knew I had to purchase it to make her card.  Her career as a Secretary and typist started when we were both teenagers working for a major bank here in Australia.  The Happy Birthday stamp is also from Kaszazz Word Montage - Be Yourself.  The background has been coloured with Ranger Distress Inks. The card is sparkly, just does not show up in the photo as I sprayed it with pearlised water. Some sequins and stickers (both from my stash) completed the card. Thank you for looking, Margaret. 6 December, 2020  Just letting you know that I have decided that this card was not suitable for my friend..   I have made a more feminine version: It is great to see that the Scholar Stamp also looks great with white embossing powder. Thank you, Margaret

Here is a card I have made for a friend who celebrated her 70th birthday this past week. I used Distress Inks (in my friends favourite colours) to create the background and a spritz of water with Pearl powder in to give it a sheen - unfortunately this does not show up just how shimmery it was in the photo.I then die cut flowers and 70 and attached to card along with the Happy Birthday greeting.  Lastly I added some sparkly rhinestones. Thank you for looking,  Margaret