Yay....my first card uploaded!!!

My dear friend recently celebrated her birthday, (Hi Paula!), and this is the card that I made for her. Well, this is really a copy of the card that I made for her! I gave her the card I had made without taking a photo of it so I whipped up this one to post to my blog. My intention was to start the blog with some of the very first cards that I ever made but somehow I have ended up posting this card first because it was photographed and ready to go. (I will post the others in the coming days).

Please forgive me if I jump back and forth a bit with the order of the cards that get posted but once some initial cards are up on the blog I am sure that I will settle into a nice rhythm.

To create the card I used the Stamp-a-ma-jig and stamped petals from Pick a Petal in chocolate chip and pretty in pink ink to make the flower look like a "Gerbra". The centre of the flower is the spotted petal from Pick a Petal stamped onto Whisper White C/S in close to cocoa, then I stamped the "3 ring" circle stamp from the same set in chocolate chip and stamped that onto the spotted petal. Then I cut it out and glued it into the centre of the flower. I then put Crystal Effects onto the centre piece and sprinkled it with a bit of Dazzling Diamonds to give it a bit of *bling*. The edges of the Whisper White C/S are sponged with cocoa and the word "Celebrate" is from Wonderful Words and is stamped in chocolate chip. Add pink brads to the top left and right corners and a bit of chocolate chip grossgrain ribbon...and you are done!


Stamps: Pick a Petal, Wonderful Words.
Inks: Pretty in Pink, Close to Cocoa, Chocolate Chip.
Papers: Pretty in Pink, Whisper White.
Accessories: Chrystal Effects, Dazzling Diamonds, Soft Subtles Brads, C/Chip Grossgrain ribbon.
Tools: Mat Pack (to pierce holes for brads).