Happy Day

Hi there

how are you doing?

Luckily had some birthday cards to make, 

and this weekend there's two friends on the same day.

I got the idea from amyoneillblog.com

I started with the sentiment and dies,

then stamped from Awesomely Artistic the large bouquet, twice.

The sentiment hides the overlap of stamping.

For the second one I got out lots of leaf dies and just played about,

until I was happy with the look.

I added embellishments.....rhinestones, enamel dots etc.,

and spent a long time infilling the die cuts with contrasting snippets.

It was quite fiddly, adding tape on the back, then placing the tiny

die cut bits in the right places!

I hope they both have a happy day today!

I hope you do too :)

I might take the opportunity to visit the Snippets Playground,

as I used various snippets for the die cuts.

Lesley

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Magic Reveal Spinner Card

Firstly, a HUGE thanks to Inkresponsiblyau.blogspot.com.au

for sharing a tutorial on this spectacular card technique

I did this in a recent class.....it isn't/wasn't easy, but I think well worth the effort

Here is one "closed"

then "open"

closed

open

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the ribbon acts as a "pull" or tag to turn the circle to reveal the image underneath.

I think it is most effective when the first image is quite subtle,

then revealing more drama underneath.

I have the instructions saved on my pc,

so if anyone wants a copy, please just ask here,

or email gillettlesley@gmail.com

Lesley

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Baby Wipe Technique

I did these at a recent class

we made a multi coloured ink pad from a folded baby wipe

this technique suits the dragonfly perfectly

and I left them without sentiments, so I can adapt them when needed.

Lesley

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