Enjoy your Special Day

Hi Bloggers.

Firstly, thank you for all the lovely comments about Sue's necklace. I was pleased it looked so good on screen. The design is called Bad Hair Day and was designed by my good friend, Sue Stallard. I showed it here on this blog in this post. Regarding making some like it to sell on Amazon, well, Sue's necklace took me 2 days to make and I only managed to complete it because I made it whilst on a beading holiday last November. I don't get much time to bead so most projects take me months to complete. So, not really possible to make lots to sell. I haven't sold a single item despite listing on etsy for 4 months and showing here via the menu at the top of the blog, so not much incentive either!

Sue's dies went so well over the weekend. I am so pleased for her. A no-brainer really as far as I'm concerned as any of you who own some her dies will know that the designs are gorgeous and they cut beautifully with not much in the die cut to poke out. I do have some dies and stamps left in my Amazon Store - you can see them all here. I have already ordered some more stock and will hopefully have them by the end of the week.

By the way, I found some more Heartfelt Creations stamps and dies. They're on auction on ebay - click on ebay in the top menu bar to go and have a look.

I don't think this card ever got shown on tv which was a shame as I really liked the way the Crochet Ribbon combined with the Grosgrain to soften it.

For the background, I ran some Milk Card through the Grand Calibur with the Couture Creations Great Almanzo Embossing Folder. I ran it through a second time to extend the design and inked around the edges with Faded Jeans.

I cut a Spellbinders Decorative Labels One out of Cobalt Card and added it to my background as shown. I wrapped a piece of Blue/Ivory Striped Grosgain around the centre of the card and then a piece of Cream Crochet Ribbon on top.

I stamped the image from the Justrite Grateful Hearts Vintage Labels Two using Perfect Medium and embossed with Cosmic Shimmer Silver Shine Detail Embossing Powder. I coloured in using Distress Markers - Tumbled Glass, Stormy Sky and Evergreen Bough. I cut it out using Justrite Vintage Labels Two and inked through the die with Faded Jeans Distress Ink.

I stamped the sentiment from the same Justrite stamp set, again using Perfect Medium and embossed with Silver Shine Detail Powder. I cut it out using a die from the Heartfelt Creations Timeless Amour Die Set and inked through the die with Faded Jeans. I cut a Heartfelt Creations Sweet Juliet Die a couple of times and offset them behind the sentiment.

I tied bow using Blue/Ivory Striped Grograin and Cream Crochet Ribbon. I pressed a Metal Dazzler Setting into Perfect Medium, covered with Silver Shine Detail Powder, tapped off the excess and heat set. I added a Medium Circle Dazzler.

I assembled the card as shown adding a Pearl Swirl and some dots of Cosmic Shimmer Crystal Sparkle PVA around the edges.

Thanks for stopping by.

Julia.