Just thought Id post a couple of thank you cards I made yesterday after I got over my fan flower fever. Lilted back towards the stickles which I find so therapeutic. I never realised a tiny bottle of glitter glue could relieve the stresses and strains of life so well. I own every colour of stickles and have tried the competitors but find the consistency just is not what I am used to. They take a bit of getting used to and you need to be really careful not to snip too much off the nib at first or you will end up with a 'blob' rather than a dot. Trust me I've been there done that and almost lost my way early on casting the stickles aside until I invested in another little bottle of crystal and tried snow on Christmas cards and finally got the hang of it.
Anyway the cards I have posted are a bit of a mix, I bought a pack of six laser cut cards at a craft fair, not quite knowing what I was going to do with them. When I came home I put them on the shelf with the blanks I had made up previously and thought I will think about what to do with them and use them when I am sure.
They lay there fore a few weeks and yesterday I thought, stencil a few flowers, pop on a bit of decoupage and then I can S T I C K L E !!! I always have a box of little pieces of decoupage, another one of my little therapies. I quite happily cut out the pieces when I am in bed watching tv. My hubby works abroad so I get peace to do my own thing and can retreat to the comfort of my bed with my craft lap tray and watch tv and cut simultaneously. My little box of decoupage tricks had just what I needed. A few of the neighbours had handed in pressies for my boy and I tried to use a little decoupage that suited what I thought they were like. One is very much a wine connoisseur and another an avid gardener so I tried to piece the laser card, the decoupage and the stencils to make an appropriate card for them. I have posted a few pics to show you.
I tried not to go overboard with the stickles and only really touched up the stencilling and leaving the decoupage alone unless of course I had snipped a little mistake which I covered up with the stickles.
I only got four made yesterday so I wouldnt say it was a business opportunity for me, I am a bit slow and in no way a production line but after all it was for neighbours and it was a lovely way to spend a quiet sunday afternoon when the heavens had opened and I was confined to my craft room :o)
. 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.
. 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.