Grandmother's Birthday Card

I hadn't posted this earlier because for a little while I was dithering over whether this was too girly to use as a Valentine's day card. The dilemma was solved by making another Valentine's day card using a Let's Make Cards magazine idea and deciding that I preferred that in the end :)





The little stamp on the back is an Inkadinkadoo 'Handmade with love' sentiment.

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Embossing

Just discovered embossing, been dithering for a while whether to try it or not and finally took the plunge and ordered a dovecraft heat gun. Just had a go and I love it! So simple, why the hell did it take me this long to try?!

So I promptly hopped on ebay and bought myself some clear and silver powder (I received gold and a mixed black and glitter one in another purchase) and also got myself a VersaMark pen so that I can emboss my own handwritten sentiments or doodles on cards, or just to make adding accents to cards a lot easier than manhandling an ink pad. I now have the pen, the large VersaMark ink pad and the smaller sized one which has not been opened yet. I loved the watermark effect it gives that I used in a previous post to produce a kiss, and now I can use it for embossing too which has been playing at the back of my mind for a few months.

Off to play!

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