My daughter asked me to make a birthday card for her friend who turned 30 this week. She loves anything girlie, especially cocktails... I used a cocktail recipe book for the colour inspiration - and wanted it to look like a martini, tequila sunrise and blue bols with fresh orange! I added dazzling diamonds on the rim of… Continue reading One tequila, two tequila, three tequila, floor…
Category: Birthday
Faux mother of pearl…
I saw a tutorial on the Slitcoaststampers website for the faux mother of pearl technique which was totally new to me. The tutorial was really easy to follow and I was so pleased with the results. It gave a very luxurious, expensive feel to the background paper I made. You can just about see… Continue reading Faux mother of pearl…
Beautiful butterfly…
In the words of Number 5 from the movie Short Circuit... "beau-ti-ful butt-er-fly..." 🙂 This lovely butterfly image is from the Strength & Hope stamp set from Stampin Up (you can find more information about this set by following the link here or on the righthand sidebar). I used the rock-and-roll technique to stamp the butterflies in two shades of blue ink… Continue reading Beautiful butterfly…
To infinity and beyond…
My friend, Sarah, asked if I would make her a card for her nephew for his fourth birthday. She told me that he loves anything to do with Toy Story, so I made a punch art Buzz Lightyear... I got the idea from the amazing Ellen Kemper, a fellow Stampin Up demonstrator, who makes fabulous projects using punches from Stampin… Continue reading To infinity and beyond…
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