I recently discovered the fabulous Craft Stamper magazine and was so taken with the free stamp which was last month's giveaway that I just HAD to use it as soon as possible. It was Father's Day of course, in the middle of June, so I thought I would find a way to incorporate the gorgeous little owl into my Dad's card. This is what I came up with:
The base cardstock is cream, as is are the mats that the image and sentiment are on. The owl is stamped in Adirondack Espresso Ink, and the little sentiment was printed off from my computer (took me AGES to get the colour just right!). The edges of the cream mats are coloured with Brushed Corduroy Distress Ink and then matted onto some pretty patterned paper from our stash, then onto some of the PartiCraft Chocolate card (out of stock at the moment, which is a huge shame - it's gorgeous!) with some 3D foam pads. I was pleased with the effect, and apparently Dad was chuffed to bits with it, which is the most important thing, of course.
This next card was made in France, for Mum and Dad's wedding anniversary last week. I have such limited crafting supplies over here, but I did have a kit that I bought from QVC ages ago, that I've hardly used. I don't do much decoupage, because I lose patience with it quite quickly, but I'm glad I stuck with this, because I really like the finished card.
I had a nightmare sticking the ribbon down. Usually I use double-sided tape and have never had any difficulties before, but the tape I have over here isn't the kind that I normally use, and one piece of the ribbon kept stuubornly refusing to stay put for more than about ten minutes. In the end, I found a heavy-duty tape pen and used that instead. So far, it's holding....
Going back to Craft Stamper Magazine, I subscribed straightaway, 'cause I've never seen it in the shops near me before and knew I would want every issue. There is a load of stuff on the website too, so click here if you fancy popping over to have a look.
See you soon,
Becki
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