Aunt's Birthday Card

At the end of February I started to plan and work out my Aunty's Birthday card.  I wanted to do a art deco style card, but at the time I could not find what I was looking for.  Until I went to Readicut, I found what I was looking for!  I made my order every think was going to plan til I had an email to say sorry we are having trouble with your order.  Later I found out they had trouble with getting stock, I ended up cancelling my order.  So back to square one I was - until I bought my fave magazine Lets Make cards . After reading the magazine cover to cover and writing down some webby sites to check out.

Working my down the list of webby site I made I came across one, that saved the day for me.  I joined and made an order up, about two days later the parcel came.... I was and still are thrilled to bits with the items I bought...  After making a cuppa tea I sat down and set to work on my Aunty's Birthday card..

I should say at this point that I could not find any art deco stuff.  I just hope she loves it still!

Anyway I got out my pastel cards plus envelopes and picked out pink. Has this is my aunts fave colour, then I pushed out the layers of the topper and the pink and black pieces to the boarded.  I then got out my double sided sticky pads, to help layer up the piece's of the topper...  Once I had finished that I then cut the pink strip along the bottom to size.  Then I stuck the topper on and the pink strip with the black one on top.  I knew I had some paper flowers so I got out a pink plus purple one and stuck them on with a pink gem stone that my aunty had bought me a while back. The last item I popped on the card was 'Happy Birthday' Not sure if you can see it very well as it is on the black strip!

Please find below picture!

I have to say I love this card, just got to work on my unlce's birthday card now! I will keep you all posted...

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21st Birthday Card

Hi Everyone! Sorry I meant to put this one on at the end of January.


A while ago I blog about learning a new card making technique called diamond .
After learning and practising the technique, I could not wait to make one for a family member or friend.

At the beginning of the year I started to plan my brother's birthday card.   I knew I was going to do the diamond effect and because it was my brother's 21st, I was going to put a 21 on there......

I had some blue card stock so I folded the card to match the template (I had made before) and popped that to one side. Then I got some pattren paper out and cutter out one square a bit smaller than the top part of the card and the strip for the base of the card. I then stuck the paper onto the card. I thought it was a bit too jazzy, so I found a small blue square of card and a smaller pattern square and stuck the card and paper on. The pattern paper I used was gift paper from the card factory.

I then got out my sliver shiney card and drawen to lines with a grap between. Then  I drawen the words ' Happy Birthday' and cut them out. I just wished I could get my letter prefect.


One of the last thing's I needed to do was the 21. So I got out some gorgeous gold glitter card I bought for Christmas and drawed a 21. Then I cut out the 21 and stuck both the 'Happy Birthday' and the 21 onto the card.

Find picture's below!!!

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