Stamps Ahead

Front and opened Images:(c)1990-2009 Stampin'Up!(r) Artwork:Margaret L Crawford Side view and open Images:(c)1990-2009 Stampin'Up!(r) Artwork:Margaret L Crawford Today is my sister's birthday and I have made her a card in her favourite blues - if you regularly follow my blog (and thank you for doing so) you know this is her favourite colour. I have seen this type of step card on several blogs - it is not new, but I loved the 3-D effect that the accordion folds give. I have used various techniques - watercolour paper flowers, flowers from Pretties kit, punched flowers, rhinestone brads, a stamped die-cuts andrub-ons that are not now available from Stampin'Up! but they suited the card just right. She can remove all the elements and put onto a scrapbook page later if she wants to. Happy birthday, Heather and enjoy the year ahead. It is going to be a hot day in Sydney today - so keep cool all, I am headed out to brunch later for Heather's birthday.

Images:(c) 1990-2009 Stampin'Up!(r) Artwork: Margaret L Crawford Don't you just love finding new ideas? I do. Card 1 - I found these flowers on a U-Tube SU video. They use the scallop punch, a bit of glue add a rhinestone brad to the centre. Cards 2 & 3 - My SU friends in USA received convention swap cards with this technique (I do not know who orginally came up with idea - but thank you) This weekend I am heading away for a stamping/scrapping/eating weekend and I will be demonstrating how to make the flowers. My next post will show the 6" x 6" scrapbook page I created for a swap during the weekend.