Rubber Stamping - North Wales

Hi everyone - what another lovely day - actually went out without my jacket on today, & it is so nice being able to get the washing dry outdoors. I had a frustrating morning this morning.  I had set aside time to make our grand-daughters 18th birthday card & had a definite idea of what I would be doing.  I recently purchased the Tonic Pop-up Dies & wanted to use them - especially as one comes with a set of special "big" birthday number dies. First I sorted the pop up for inside the card.  Well sorted is the wrong word. as when I went to fold the pop up into shape - the perforation line had cut right through the card.  Nearly went in the bin. Next I tried one of the accompanying dies for a topper for the front.  After about 6 or 7 runs through the E-bosser it had still not cut enough for all the lacy pieces to fall out.  Time to give up. So I went back to one of the dies I had used at Christmas - the one that had the tag in the centre. I us...

Hi everyone - here is the photo of the birthday card I made last week for one of our club ladies - Liz in fact from Mold II. I couldn't show it before her birthday in case she popped in to have a look at the blog.  I don't think she bothers with the Internet but you never know & I didn't want to spoil the surprise. The stamps are from Lily of the Valley & are quite detailed - so I stamped them in black archival ink onto white card & managed to emboss them with clear EP.  I then used pink, blue & green shades of Distress Inks to lightly colour them.  A little 70 on the tag & a small Happy Birthday peel off to finish. The card is a 5x5 square card & I rounded the 2 outer corners & covered with the blue floral paper.  Next I cut a smaller square of the pink floral & placed a strip of matching paper down the back on the left & right side.  This allowed me to roll the corners without having white paper showing. Thi...