Stronger Together

Hello! I hope everyone is doing well. Last week was hectic work wise (working o/t), hence that I didn't post.  I haven't made any cards last week either, but I did have this one that I made a couple of weeks ago for my BFF friend, (Happy Retirement Nancy!) and I couldn't post it until I knew she received it. 

My card today is using the stamp set from Simon Says Stamps called Stronger Together. 

Anything leaves, flowers, birds basically nature related I love.  I have see some beautiful samples out there using this set.

I started by stamping the image onto some white cougar 100lb c/s using distress linen.  To colour I used Polychromos pencils and blended with gamsol.  Once done I cut it out using MFT Inside & Out stitched round rectangle.

For the background I used some purple marbled c/s.  I tried matching the image up with some dp but it just seemed to busy and took away from the image.  I also cut a decorative edge (Aliexpress) from white cardstock.I adheared the two together then wrapped a piece of purple seam binding ribbon around it.

To finish off I added some soft pretty pearls from Lucy's Things and some crystal butterflies and clean baubles from Studio Katia..  And if I remember correctly I used my Nuvo clear glitter pen for the flowers.
I also added some foam tape behind the image for some dimension.

Well, that's it for me today.  I spend most of the day outside in the gardens, so nice to be able to get out there and do some yard work.  Temperatures were around 50, the sun felt so nice and warm.  Today, overcast and it is only 28F or -2C with the wind, quite a difference a day makes.  But.... I am going back outside to do some more, a little bit each day.

Wishing you a very happy day! Take care everyone, stay healthy!

Pauline

Retirement for a co-worker

Good morning! Another beautiful day here in SW Ontario - temp right now 57F - quite the change from last week when we had 100F days!

Back in June, one of my friends and fellow co-workers retired.  Since I'm the 'card maker gal' at work I was asked to make a card from  the group and it had to be large enough for 25 people to sign.  Well I had already started on this when I was asked, and of course I would make a card for her.  Card size is 5 x 7.

Very little stamping on this other than the sentiment.  Paper is from my scrap bin.  I wanted something soft and pretty, and I was lucky to find some co-ordinating papers with the pinks in it to match.

So with some die cutting, lace, stitching, flowers, ribbon, pearls it all came together.   It ended up being a little booklet - I had 8 liner pages inside for everyone to write.

Thanks for stopping in today.  Wish everyone a wonderful day!

Pauline

Retirement card

Hi, I'm back, sorry for being away all week.  It's been a very busy week at work. I haven't been in the mood for card making, but I had to push myself to do this card because it was needed for this week. Maybe it is the winter gloom- we were teased with some warmer weather last week, and then it flipped back to winter all over again.  Can't wait till spring - with some warm sunshine!

Okay, onto my card.  My daughter requested a 'retirement card' for one of the ladies she works with. Of course, I said yes!  And you know me, I love to do fussy cards with all the die cuts and flowers, pearls etc. This is the end result:

Not much explaining on this, so I will leave it there. Once all put together I used my wink of stella clear pen to added sparkle to all the flowers.  It is very pretty IRL!

I appreciate you stopping by, enjoy the rest of your day.

Pauline

Retirement card

I can't believe how fast these past few weeks have flown by. I meant to post last week but was just too busy trying to get card orders done, working, etc.. well you know how it goes.

My card today is a Retirement card I made for one of my co-workers.  When she announced her retirement her boss came and asked me if I would consider making a card for the department to sign, so of course I agreed to.  I wanted something with flowers and of course it had to have a butterfly somewhere on it - this is what I came up with.

 

I wanted to use this designer paper (not sure of the name of it) so basically just matched of some card stock for the base card and then went from there with adding the flowers (most of the flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts in the UK)

The die set I used is Spellbinders - Radiant Rectangles - love this set, the cut work is gorgeous!

Once it was all together I finished it with some teal ribbon (2 colours) for the bow, pearls and a wooded butterfly from Studio Calico.  I used my wink of stella clear brush to add some subtle glitter to the flowers.  I love  how this turned out - it took a while, like 4 hours, I just wanted to make sure it was perfect - especially since the whole dept. was signing it. Sometimes I put too much pressure on myself!

So there you have it - my Retirement card. (and by the way, everyone loved it :)). Finished card size 5 x 7.

Enjoy your day!

Pauline