Sorry I haven't been here for a while I just don't know where the time goes. I have been busy making cards and stuff for my stall but somehow I don't seem to have found the time to blog.
I have just posted all of my new Christmas cards over on Facebook in my Christmas card album so feel free to take a look.
Anyway BIG news. It was my birthday yesterday and my lovely girls bought me a grand calibur. They sent for it from C&C the other week when it was on offer and it has been sat here for 3 weeks and I haven't played with it - how good was I.
I opened it yesterday and started to play but then I had lots of lovely visitors so didn't get a proper go until today.
the card is a 20 x 20 base
I bought a spellbinder grid die when I went to Harrogate and haven't used it until now. Unfortunately I didn't have any thinner black card so I used what I had 300 gsm. It took several passes but I got there eventually - patience is a virtue don't you know. I extended it so that I had a larger area.
I then took a piece of pearl card 19 x 19 and used a labels die to cut out a section - I did this twice and overlapped them in the middle to create a larger hole. ( only got one grandee die yet lol).
I then used a creative expressions embossing folder and in several goes went around the whole piece to emboss.I only used one half of the folder so that I could get all around the frame.
I cut another piece of black 19.5 x 19.5 , cut out the middle and rounded the corners.
I then layered it all on the base card.
I cut out some dies in red white and blue and stamped the red one with my sentiment.
The flowers are made from the same design set of dies. There is a small circle so I cut several for each flower and just made them by cutting sections of each one out and layering up.
A few black dots of bling in the top corner .
3 comments:
Sounds like you had a fab Birthday Linda...this card is brilliant and Sue Wilson will be very proud of you. Enjoy playing with your G.C. Hugs. X
ha ha Thanks Jo
So glad you had a nice birthday , sorry I haven't been around but have been laid up. How fab a G Calibur I have had one for a while , if you have any probs contact the spellbinders team in US . They sent me a new one because I had not been given good after care by ideal world , super service from the team in US. I have just got 3 new grandes I have got the Go Kreate XXL from inspirations they work just as well on GC. , Love the card you made at the clarity project club it's FAB.
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