Postcard

A dear Uncle had a Birthday recently,

and being well-traveled I thought I'd do him a 'Postcard' one....

The globe is from 'Open Sea',

and I then had fun finding sentiments to fit the 'address' section,

and adding the 'bunting'.

I even stitched some chevron ribbon , and added a gold star coz he deserves one!

Did you know you can get this Banner Punch FREE

during sale-a-bration?!

Contact me for more details

Lesley x
lesleygillett@tiscali.co.uk

Cheeky Block Card

Here's a simple Block card

for a GREAT Nephew!

His Mum makes GREAT cakes,

hence 'bring on the cake'!.

The cute owls were made with the Owl Punch.

The Block card can be viewed from all angles....

including behind!

Here's a close-up of the cheeky backside...

Have a good weekend!

In spite of the weather!

Lesley x

Flower Shop Secret message

I'm not sure I will ever tire of this stamp set.

I wanted to try a technique showcased by Lelly Jelly's Stamp 'n' Scrap,

but in spite of 'googling' various key words,

I failed to find any instructions, so I just did my best.

If anyone knows of a tutorial, please do share!

I'm pleased how the name shows up in the picture,

it seemed more subtle in real life!

I added some flowers with Petite Petals,

and some silver glimmer paper in the centres,

Melon Mambo ribbon finishes it off.

I hope this cheers you up with all the wind and rain we had today.

Lesley x

Edited to add:   I found it!.......Check out Kirsteen's Two-Tier Eclipse Technique  HERE

Queen of Cupcakes

A very dear friend had a special birthday yesterday,

and she makes wonderful cupcakes.

I had some of this lovely paper left, (cupcakes and cherries),

decided to go with a flip card

(one of my fave dies at the mo!)

and then found a sentiment that fitted perfectly!

Here's the 'flip' side.

I think I added some paper to the back of the oval.......but after I took a pic!

I used my FREE GIFT, the Banner Punch,

to hang some bunting (which my friend makes too...proper material ones though!),

then added some more punched 'cherries'.

More rain forecast tonight.....well it is Tuesday,

and Alan's due to walk to his darts match,

 so he will probably get wet....as usual ....on Tuesdays!

Lesley x

Monthly swap

Flower Shop meets Summer Silhouette.

A group of us are doing a monthly postal swap

organised by Sarn, who's fab blog can be seen HERE...

Do check out her Sarntangles and Sarndangles!

So this was the swap I made last month

(where DID January go?!?!?!)

I stamped and then masked each flower,

so that one appears in front and the others behind.

I then did a shadow line around them with a marker pen.

This enhances the 3-D effect (hopefully!).

The little sentiment has been die-cut

 with one of the many extras from the Thinlits flip card dies.

Rhinestones add some bling :)

Block Card....

Here's a version of a Block Card....

I got the idea from Stampin' Pretty.com

It is a fun different 3-d  type card

that still posts flat (always a bonus these days!)

and can be adapted to any occasion!

Thanks to Di from the Snippets Playground,

I have learnt how to re-size my pics ;) !

I made mine into a man's/boy's card,

but my friend Jan made a girlie one HERE

Take a piece of card 12 x 4 1/2"

and score every 1 1/2 "  

Cut the solid lines,

and you should end up with this: 

Cut a hinge 4 1/2 " x 1" and score in half

Join the two ends by sticking the hinge inside....

Glue the flaps to make steps...

Turn it to suit and decorate!

Flower Shop

Hello

Hope your weekend is going ok!

In spite of the weather being pants!

Alan and I managed a country walk in between hail storms!

Thought I'd share this card,

that has quite a few fave products....

Flower Shop stamp set, and matching Punch,

Little Leaves a Sizzix die,

Apothecary Art stamp set and matching die...

I stamped the flowers on paper, then punched them out.

See how you can decorate your envelopes too!

Lesley xxx