Pocket Birthday Card

Hello and welcome!

Today I'm showing you the card I made for

my hubby, Dave, for his birthday.

This is made from a business envelope with

a window in it.
I simply folded up the envelope so the window

was at the bottom of the pocket that it made.

I stamped the "happy birthday" on a piece of

white card stock with VersaFine Black Onyx Ink

and positioned it inside the envelope,

before I folded and glued it to make the pocket.

I covered the front of the pocket with some 

alcohol ink covered deli paper from my stash.

Then found some woven burlap type embellishment

in my stash and added that and glued the 

postage stamps on top of it.

We are big fans of  Ireland and castles,

so I thought these stamps were perfect for him.

I then made a small tag to go in the pocket.

I used white card stock and inked it with

a couple Distress Inks,

I believe they were 
Broken China

and

Mowed Lawn

I wrote out a greeting in Gaelic
Go n-eiri an t-adh leat

which basically means

wishing you the best of luck

Slainte means cheers

and gra which means love.

I adhered the entire pocket onto

a piece of card stock.

He loved his card, it is sooooo

him!

Here is a link to a video showing how

to make this kind of pocket, there are 

other uses for these, I just chose to make mine

into a card.  She does a bit more elaborate design

in the video, but you'll get the idea anyway.

Thanks for stopping in today.

I hope you have been inspired in some way

and will return again soon.

Until then,

try something new and different!

Note the links are only to give a reference so you can

see what the products are.
I didn't necessarily purchase from these sites,

except where specified,

and you may find better prices elsewhere,

I am in no way promoting any particular site.

 

Sadly another sympathy card

We got word that a very special lady had

passed away.

She and her sister are very loyal customers of

my husbands and we have come to be friends with

these sisters.

Wendy was diagnosed with cancer only a matter

of a few weeks ago, it took over very quickly.

I wanted to make a card for Donna, the other sister,

and this is what I made.

I love how this card turned out.

I heat embossed the rose with silver embossing

powder, then covered it with a mask.

(Rose from QKR Stampede)

I made the mask by stamping the same image onto 

a piece of white card stock and fussy cutting it.

After covering the rose with the mask,

I used Peacock Feathers and Broken China

Distress Inks and blending tools to 

ink over the entire area.

Removing the mask revealed the rose image

that I think turned out beautifully.

The background is silver vellum.

Adding that bit of ribbon, finished the card off

nicely.

I know Donna will appreciate this card and

our thoughts and prayers are with her.

Thanks for stopping by today.

Come again soon.