Its been a while....... Tracys Birthday Card

Well its certainly been a while since I posted anything, but then its been a

 while since I've done anything!!! 

My room is such a mess I am finding hard to get any enthusiasm about either clearing it 

out or creating anything for that matter!!!

Anyhow it was my lovely friend Tracy's birthday on Tuesday and I grabbed all my glues and papers and headed for the kitchen table to do this one!!

I wanted to do her a hinged card ( The Gentleman Crafter ) but as usual to get
 everything on, I had to do an 8 x 8 card.
I had previously bought 8 " lolly sticks when in Florida earlier this year for just such an occasion!!

Card Front

Inside

Back

Bling!! (Hazel's Crafts E-bay)

Flowers

I used a 12 x 12 sheet of Prima Nature Garden ( Bellaboo) for the front and back of the card.
I had covered my chipboard with some Craftwork Cards card stock (can't remember the colour)
Then after stitching around the edges of the front and back patterned paper pieces,
I distressed and inked them with Tattered Rose Distress Ink
( thank God for King Tim!!)

The hinge sticks I coloured using Tattered Rose Distress Ink, being paper covered they took the colour really well, much better than wooden kebab sticks albeit a little heavier, but with the size of the card I think it can take it!!


I have recently bought some Memory Box Dies from Craft Obsessions in the sale....excellant value, fast delivery!!...
 and cut about 6 of the Fairytale Flower Border, distressed them with Tattered Rose
 and added a little Broken China to pickup the aqua in the paper.

These dies are absolutely fabulous...I have terrible trouble with the Spellbinders D Lites.... I like the really detailed dies...and can never get them out of the die despite rubbing with tumble drier sheets, cutting with greaseproof paper..........anyway I digress....if you haven't already, try these dies, they are brilliant!!!

I found some tiny pink diamantes in my stash for the flower centres, then made some tiny ribbon bunches ( Hazel's Crafts E Bay) to dot here and there. The flowers were Prima Nature Garden from Bellaboo. The sentiment was again  from Craftwork Cards.

For the hinges I managed to cut the end using a bit of a Spellbinder die set, I put the end I wanted to cut under the die and threaded the rest of the card back through over the top ( the die was a square) not sure if I've explained that enough...but if you have a go you'll see what I mean!!

 For the inside I used a 6x6 Nature Garden paper stack( Bellaboo)
Found a lovely Friend phrase on the web,  printed onto pearlised paper ....a freebie from Crafters Companion when I used to buy CD's!!! and Voila!!!