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Lincoln, United Kingdom
I'm a mum to a 14 yr old. i started cardmaking a good few years ago after watching QVC. I fell for the "It's much cheaper to make your own" line and have never had a penny to my name since. I've recently tried to steer away from my usual cut and stick technique and try to be a bit more adventurous.

Saturday, October 24, 2009

Selection of 60s



I was asked to make a 60th birthday card for a teacher at work. It was my first order for cards and admittedly my only order for cards other than from family members but hey ho! I tried various designs and here are the selection I made.

The first card simply involved a Sugar Nellie stamp coloured in but I thought she was quite sweet.





My second card involved the same number templates as the first and a simple anita's flower stamp.







I loved this card because it involved my favourite birthday stamp, this was my first Sugar Nellie stamp and I love her. She's just so useful.



For my final card I used my trusty Addison papers and Dawn Bibby rubber stamps.
All of the cards were simple but I was so proud that I'd actually managed to make something!!








Card for a special lady


This is a card I made for a friend of mine who had just found out she had cancer. Thankfully she is now free of the big C.
She is a pigeon fancier so I got this photo from google images and printed it out 3 times so I could decoupage the image. I was really pleased with the effect. I did the same with images of fireman for the same friend as a card to send before her big op.
Both cards went down a storm!!