Cuttlebug Leaf Card

The cuttlebug leaf folder is very understated I love to use it as an accent at the edge of a card like the one below, I just used it on the corner then used the Take a Bough and the Birds of a Feather stamp sets by PTI to accompany it.

A lille pit of patterned paper by Kanban and and a ribbon and a card is born.

Floral Craft - Cymbidium Orchid

A hand made orchid made from Craft Punch shapes although this one was made specifically for the Cymbidium Orchid.

I used the label nestabilities die cut shapes to mount the orchid onto and stamped some quotes from PTI Stamps.

I scored the base card and rounded the corners with a corner rounder punch then tied a top notch ribbon around the center of the card.

A close up view of the floral punch craft Orchid. you can see how I painted the petals on this view.

Twinklets Glass Glitter Accent Card

Using punched shaped from my floral craft punches I added the glossy accents as a glue and dipped the shapes into the glass glitter, once dried I stuck the shapes together using a wet paper glue and threaded a button with raffia before fixing in the center of the flower with a glue dot.

And so to the full card,

I used a Kraft coloured card stock from PTI for the 14 x 14cm base card and stamped the DCM rubber stamp border with Vintage Photo distress ink. I added a piece of chocolate coloured card which I distressed around the edges then tied a cream ribbon around the card.

I stamped the main image by Clarity stamps with the same Vintage Photo ink onto cream card stock and again distressed the edges and added this with double sided foam pads.

Lastly I added the glass glitter embellishment.

There’s a magic in the air again
For Christmas time is here,
There’s happiness in every heart
And all the season’s cheer,
There’s a special kind of joy
That’s part of Christmas too,
The joy of wishing all that’s best
Especially for you.

I would just like to wish you all the very warmest wishes for Christmas.

Vintage Greeting Cards - A couple from my Collection

This postcard is soon to be 100 years old so I thought it was very apt so show this to you.

I collect old postcards and greeting cards preferably before 1930 although I do have a good few older than that in my collection.

So if anyone has any that they would like to donate to me I promise to give them a good home.

Postal date for this one is 24th December 1908 so it will be at least 100 years old on Christmas Eve this year.

This is a Birthday Card from 1909 the greeting on it is unusual as it says "on this your Natel Day"

I love it when the back of the card has a letter attached, as you can see the postmark is 19th March 1909 on this one.