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Thursday 24 September 2015

Congratulations - Stars

Hi My Crafty Blog Friends

How is you week going? I hope it is OK. I have had a cold and  I took and day off work, it seems to have done the trick, even though I am still quite husky, I am feeling much better. It is officially Autumn now Google said so yesterday. So I don't need to feel guilty about putting the heating on.

My sister has recently secured her dream job, the type of job she has been wanting for a while. She starts in October so I thought I would make her a Congratulations card. Where better to start than with my Visible Image stamps and a rather useful Star die set.


  The  Kraft card blank was  7" x  7".  I cut a black mat,  a silver mat and a smooth white card mat. I took the white mat and stamped the verse  and the Congratulations from the   Congratulations Set by Visible Image with Perfect Medium and heat embossed them with a clear powder. I have a stamp that stamps small stars this was stamped all over the page with Perfect Medium and heat embossed with a silver powder. Finally I inked the mat all over with three shades of Distress Ink. 

I used the Star die set ( I think it came from a magazine) to make stars to cover the mat making a focal element of the large star.


I stamped the Congratulations onto some white card and cut it out with one of Sue Wilson's pierced flag dies. I had been watching Julia Watts on Hochanda and she said  with open dies to emboss them first before cutting.  This is because they have a tendency to pop out of the die when cut and they are  difficult to seat back in to emboss. So that is what I did and before I removed the flag from the die I inked round the edge. 


I managed to make this card in just under an hour which is very good for me. I think my sister will like it. 

I hope the rest of the week is kind to you. 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

24 comments:

Unknown said...

Fabulous congratulations card Jackie. I love all the stars. Your sister will love and many congratulations to her on securing her dream job. Hugs Jennifer xx

Jo said...

Fab card Jackie....& huge congrats to your sister!
hugs Jo x

Alison59 said...

Hope you feel better soon and good luck to your sister xx
Fabulous card :-)

Unknown said...

Love those blues, the stamp makes a great background and the stars really set it off. Hugs xx

Unknown said...

Love your star card Jackie. The stamped background looks fabulous.
Cathy x

Wendy L said...

Looks fab Jackie. xxx

Doreen said...

Love the fab stars and colours,just gorgeous.xxx

Laine said...

Great congratulations card Jackie.
Laine
xx

Linda Simpson said...

Fabulous card. Thank you your birthday wishes.
Hugs
Linda xxx

pam said...

Fabulous card for your Sister Jackie.
Hugs Pam x

McCrafty's Cards said...

Wonderful card jackie I like all the stars and the paper
Kevin xx

Carole Pollard said...

Wow love this fab design that background is amazing a great card love and hugs Carole x

Unknown said...

Fabulous card Jackie, all the best to your Sister xxx

Jackie said...

A fabulous card Jackie, good luck to your sister in her new job :o)
Jackie xx

ALI said...

I think your sister will like it too, it's lovely.

Alizabethy said...

what a superstar card!

Barbara said...

What a fabulous card, Jackie....I have 2 sets of star dies, but never have inspiration to use them :-(

Tina Chianna said...

Such a fab and fun make x

Tina Chianna said...

Such a fab and fun make x

Mrs O crafty blog said...

Good luck to your sister, your card is fab, Px

Holley (Tondre) Barnhart said...

Loving all the blues and whites here. Nice job

Dawn said...

Brilliant Jackie! I love your stars & I have die envy! Great design too! Congrats to your sis & glad you're feeling a bit better!
Hugs
Dawn xx

Jan said...

Love this xx Jan

Diane Green said...

Lovely Jackie, such a fun fresh card and suitable for any age. Thank you for sharing. Love Diane xxxx