2nd Convention Swap

This is the second swap I made for convention this year. I tried something different. I had heard about crafters making their own "dew drops" so I just had to try it. That's what the center of my flowers are. I hope you like it. All you have to do is melt glue sticks with your "hot" glue gun. The key word here is "hot". It really needs to be one of the higher temp glue guns for this to work. Just lay out some wax paper, get a flow of glue going, a small flow, and then let it settle out and harden. That really only takes a couple minutes. Let me know what you think.

Recipe:

Stamps: Define Your Life

Cardstock: So Saffron, Pretty in Pink, Perfect Plum, Naturals White

Ink: Perfect Plum

Ribbon: Pretty in Pink

Tools: Large Oval, Scallop Oval, Eyelet Border Punches, Big Shot, Embosslits; Flower Burst and Simple Flower

Handmade Dew Drops

Manhattan Flower

This is an extremely simple card to make. You can chose any background color for your card. Then use the Textured Impressions Manhattan Flower (Item # 114517) to dry emboss using the Big Shot (Item # 113439) and vellum to create this beautiful overlay. You can stamp any sentiment that you would like. I used the Happy Mother's Day for my Mother-in-Law. Just trim the vellum around the flower with a pair of scissors, add a little ribbon, or a brad, or button. Whatever your choice of embellishment and you have a beautiful card!!!

Sympathy Card

The Secretary, where my husband works, grandmother passed away. I made her this sympathy card last week to send condolences from the guys in the office. I really like this card however this picture does not do it justice. I love the new Pink Pirouette paper and it just doesn't seem to photograph well. I also used the Big Shot, and the Top Note Bigz Die. To layer the two top note pieces, I just trim slightly inside the perforation of the white one and layer it right on top of the contrasting color. If you do happen to get a few little nubbins from the perforation, I use my SU sanding block! (item # 103301) and for only $3.50 you get 2 of them and it is one of those tools that you will use everyday!!! If interested, you can always purchase online 24/7 by clicking on the banner on the left for online shopping.