The finished card!

I am a bit of a recycling fiend. So..............the buttons were rescued from shirts my husband decided had seen better days and were heading to the big green wheelie bin. The fibres or wool type trim is a piece that came free with a magazine I bought on hols in Canada.............sorry!

The design of each is up to you.

I used the peel offs I already owned. They are something I was keen on when I started crafting but to be honest I think you can overdose on them and now I tend to not to use them although as you can see they do have their uses. ;Op

Hey, well today I am posting a previously made card. I was clearing up months of mess in my craft room and came across this card that I made for my daughter last Christmas. She is every inch the drama Queen and we had been in London to see a show for a little treat and I tried to make her an equally dramatic card for the festive season. I used a sheet of A3 BLACK CARD and I brought out every black silver and grey peel off I owned. I had a template of a theatre mask I had bought and I had sheets of flocked paper and self adhesive velvet papers so I set to work.

adams 2nd birthday and my party bags

well this week saw my youngest son have his second birthday and what a day it was! The bouncy castle was up, the barbeque was fired up and hey ho the rain poured down. Up went the two gazebos and the patio heater inside it to try to dry everyone out and provide a little heat. It was either that or my cream carpets were going to suffer.......................and suffer they did. The kids played games in the playhouse at the bottom of the garden and the women piled into the house to find comfort and the men stayed in the waterproof gazebo not wanting to venture too far from the bar or the grub!
It was interesting to say the least.
After a few goods bursts of rain and the darkness closing in the dry air appeared but too little too late :o(
We decided to graciously retreat the buffet into the house and hope that the burgers would not be cremated by the men who were somewhat innebriated. As luck would have it a team effort by the men saw everyone fed a few sausages a burger and well lets just say what were in a past life chicken kebabs! By the time it was 9pm they were either too drunk to realise whether they were burnt or not OR they had elected to cover anything remotely burnt in ketchup and hope for the best.
Despite all the hurdles it was a great day and the children all had a ball, they were on the bouncy castle through the rain and found great fun in sliding out of the climbing frame into the ball pit which was much more like a paddling pool by then :o)
So a fab time was had by all, photos to follow when I get a minute and have finally cleared up the remnants of party food and plastic glasses from the garden.