Connie's Birthday!

A birthday hanging for our friends' daughter who will be seven next week.  

A little wall hanging/card made from balsa wood, so it's nice an light plus you can write on the back easily and use it as a card and that is what I have done  I have chosen to use this stamp again as a) I really like it and b) it does resemble Connie a little.  I have bought her a lovely little knitted dress, crocheted her a scarf with bright flowers on, which I have forgotten to photograph and wrapped it up - will have to take a photo of her modelling it and will find a CD for her as she is getting a new stereo for her bedroom.  I was still getting dollies bought me at that age, lol....how fast they grow up these days.

I inked up the stamp (free with Craft Stamper) with coffee Ranger ink pad and stamped into the white clay and left to air dry.  The gold is gilt cream applied with my finger and I added a little glossy accents to the circles.  The balsa wood I painted with emulsion, firstly with orange and then a cream colour over the top and then sanded to smooth the balsa wood and to show some of the orange underneath.  The wood was stamped and a touch of gold gilt cream added to the edges.

I added three different ribbons/fibres to hang it with.

30 Days has September........why don't I remember?

BROTHERS BIRTHDAY

I do this every year!!!  It starts nearing the end of February, e.g. 25th and I start thinking oh must make a card for Peter (my brother) and then realisation sets in and I remember there are only 28 days in February , his birthday is in a couple of days time and have a big panic on to get his card to him ON TIME......lo and behold it happened again this year............... just when am I going to learn?

I seem to have men to make cards for lately and as usual stumped for a theme.  I wanted to do something a bit different, so have made him a wooden card come wall hanging.

I have used some material saved from packaging of pressed flowers, which is very like Grungepaper or Grungeboard, sponged it with colour from ink pads spritzed with water, stamped, distressed the edges and stuck onto a piece of decorated Balsa wood firstly painted with a cream emulsion (old match pot from the 1829 range), this has a chalky matt finish - I happened to have it  left over from decorating.  The wood was then stamped with Ranger Lettuce and edged in gold gilt cream.  The Balsa wood has taken the paint really well and it is still light, so okay for putting a first class large stamp on.

It is not perfect, a bit out of square and I didn't mat it very well either as I was rushing and the thing is that my Brother is a tiler where everything is straight and square, hope he doesn't notice too much!