Crafty Emotions

Crafty Emotions

Hi!

Have you got all your weekend

chores done? Good for you!

Now it is time to sit back and

relax and what better place to

start than with Jane Castle's

Thank You card........

"At this time of year it's so easy to concentrate

 solely on Christmas but it's probably a good

 idea to have a couple of cards ready made

 and 'In the Bank' as to speak for those 

special thank-you's. 

Not only for a fabulous gift but dinner parties, 

drinks gatherings with neighbours 

and then there's 'New Year' parties. 

Today I'd like to share with you a card that

 can easily be adapted using different colours

 if it's for a male or depending on what

 you might have in your 'crafting stash'.

I started by preparing my outer frame, for this I painted 

a piece of smooth white card with Mud Splat paint. 

Once dry it was then given a coat of Weathered Wood, 

left to dry again and then a final coat of Blush

 

This was then put to one side as I wasn't sure 

at this stage how large I would need

 to make my aperture.

Using the following stamp set and inks I proceeded

 to build up the layers of my wild flowers.

The first to be stamped was the cow parsley, 

this was heat embossed with white EP.

Then I gradually filled in the bunch using 2 other 

stamps from the same set. 

Finally I added a few hand drawn stems using a

 Distress Marker. 

After trimming to size I punched 2 holes, 

1 each side of the stems, threaded some

ribbon through and tied a bow.

After cutting my frame to size I then decided to

 add some narrow lace to the inside of the aperture. 

This was attached using narrow double sided tape.

A die cut tag was then stamped with my sentiment 

and this was attached using a dragonfly brad.

Using a different sentiment on the tag this could be 

adapted for many different occassions, so one could 

make a couple of cards and add the tag when needed!"

Items Used

Craft Emotions Clear stamps

Stampendous Embossing Powder

Distress Inks

Distress Marker

Fresco Chalk Acrylic Paint

Americana Weathered Wood

Dragonfly Brad

Ribbon

Lace from sewing stash

Memento Ink

Double sided tape

What a lovely card Jane;

thank you.

Just goes to show you don't need

a load of stamps and supplies

to make a stunning card

'Till tomorrow

Mickie xx