Happy Birthday Fashion Queen....................

I haven't really had a chance to use my Forever Young cartridge much, but I played around a bit today, here's what I came up with - this cartridge is a must if you make cards for girlfriends, full of really stylish cuts. I have experimented a bit, and the figures really do look best cut in black as a silhouette (in my opinion). The figure and layers were cut at 4.5", and the sentiment was cut at 1.5". The happy birthday button is by Craftwork Cards

Whilst I was cutting it, I thought very grumpily 'if I had legs like this I wouldn't have all this trouble finding a swimsuit'. At the risk of making myself bad tempered, I am going to experiment some more with Forever Young over the weekend. I am a bit behind with my visits to other blogs as well, I need to start hopping around a few........ see you there!

Stand Out From The Crowd.............

I used my new forever Young cartridge for this one - sorry about the sunlight and shadows on the photo

I cut lots of girl outlines in black at various sizes, then cut the main image at 5", and cut her dress from a rd spotty paper

the happy birthday sentiment is by Craftwork Cards, and I cut a triple layered border with Martha Stewarts Doily lace punch. The other sentiment was done on the computer
I think I am going to get a lot of fun with this cartridge

Well, the welcome sun has vanished, and it has drizzled all day today, but the clematis has big fat buds on it, and some unspecified green shoots have appeared in one of the pots on the patio - obviously something that the squirrels find unpalatable, otherwise they would have eaten them when they were finished with the crocus and daffodils....

Forever Young - shopping card

I have just received the Forever Young cartridge, this one is just up my street, lots of girlie images on it. I decided to have a bit of fun for my first card, and used just the bottom half of one of the 'girls'. she was cut at 6" in a flesh coloured cardstock, I added a bit of shading with my copic markers, then I drew in her shoes with a black pen.

The lettering is glittery thickers alphas by American Crafts, and some teensy making memories alphas

I have felt a bit like this gal this week, definitely horizontal rather than vertical, with a truly horrible cold. So I am on a go-slow this weekend, hoping I have a bit more energy soon.

Have a great weekend..............