Card and gift in one

Trawling through Youtube the other day, I came across a video from Stamperdog, who demo'd a card which had a top note gift card holder on the front. I loved that idea, so I cased it, and here is my version.

 The card is made in So Saffron and Pear Pizazz, and using the teddy stamp from Every Little Bit and the Oval All stamp set. It also uses the To Note die, and to cut the slit for the gift card, I used the word window punch and the 1/2 inch circle punch.

I just have to add a note here to say that until early this week, I didn't have the Oval All stamp set. I bought the punches over a year ago, but despite Oval All being always on my wish list, I hadn't got around to ordering it. But on Tuesday, my dear friend and wonderful upline Karen came to visit and brought me not only the stamp I had requested for my birthday, but the much coveted Oval All set for me too. I was so pleased with my gifts, and count myself extremely lucky to have Karen in my life. She is truely a great friend.

A month!!

A whole month has gone past since my last post, what a terrible blogger I am. To make up for it, here's a commission that I made for a child who is being adopted. It's so hard to get 'Congratulations on being adopted' cards for the children who are moving on, and this is the second I've made.

I've used Basic Grey textured cardstock as the base, the Elegant Soiree papers, Baja Breeze cardstock, ink and seam binding ribbon, and the Elegant Wings embosslet. Stamp sets were Foz and Friends and Basic Phrases. The butterflies were cut and embossed in Very Vanilla, and then I brayered over them with Baja Breeze ink. I love the effect it gives them.