Hello again! I'm back after a short break to celebrate the festive season and recover from an intense, but thankfully short-lived cold. I'm still off work until Friday though, so it's a good time to get some blogging done. I'm working on a feature that I will kick off in the New Year, but for now I'm going to continue posting some of my crafty efforts. The Leopard has kindly re-sized all the photos he has taken of the cards I've made and saved them in one spot so I can access and post about them easily. Now I just have to to the same for the items I've photographed.
This is the card I made for my mom's birthday in September. She's an avid gardener and has quite the green thumb, something I haven't quite inherited. (Aside: I probably have about a 60% survival rate for any plants that I get, which isn't terrible, but when you have the bad habit of naming each and every plant, losing that 40% can be pretty traumatizing.) My mom has also studied interior design and loves architectural features, so I went with a classical garden theme.
The images came from a pack of scrap images and papers I picked up at Michael's (so sad that I'm missing their post-holiday sales!) last year and I'm pretty sure I printed the background pattern from Martha, but it was ages ago so I've lost the link. I embossed the happy birthday sentiment and used decorative chalk to add depth to the architectural details (it's a bit hard to see, but it's there, I promise). I was really happy with how this one turned out - hope you like it too!
Wishing you all a very happy New Year - see you in 2009!
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