Friday 23 October 2009

Had to make a card!



Still not properly better, but felt well enough to sit down and make a card yesterday as my niece is going to be 40 next week.....I can't believe that I have a niece that old, I was a very young Auntie (nine years old), my nephew is 43!  I am nearer their ages than my brothers.  I'm afraid that I was Mum and Dad's mistake, lol.  I haven't done anything for so long it seems and I couldn't picture anything in my head so decided to decorate two wooden numbers and make the card around that....hmmmmm not sure if I actually like it, probably because I had so much trouble with it.  I put three layers of matt gold embossing powder on, stamped it and then topped it with a layer of clear UTEE and the gold underneath reacted in rather a nice way.....perhaps you can see it on the next photo?



4 comments:

Godelieve said...

Looks really good! Love the embossing on the numbers and also the Penny Black (?) flower on the background. Awesome shape!!
Good to see you crafting again :)

brenda said...

Hi Carol

Sorry you are still suffering, these problems can take their time.

I like the effects you have created here, sort of a vintage feel to it which is always a hit with me.

B x

Carol said...

I got this effect by accident really, but will try it out again. I used three coats of matt gold embossing powder, a cheap jar of "heat it up" and then one layer of clear UTEE and the gold underneath reacted and I love the result, sort of looks vintage (I hate that word, but seems to fit), lol.

Astrid Maclean said...

Great card and I love the effect, thanks for explaining above how you did it.
Hope those ribs will be really better soon!!

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