Cardmaking - a graphic car collage, embossed gears and metal plate background

 I made this card for one of my grandsons!!!!!!  He is a real engineer - makes very complicated machines with LEGO so I think he will appreciate this collage for cars and parts and the fun gear die cuts (TH) which I added over a riveted metal background.  I used black and gold wax on the embossed gears and added some to the collage as well.  I added paper piercing to the background and added it to a large card I trimmed to fit in my large envelope.  I added the collage and then arranged the gears around it in a pleasing arrangement.  Really like how it turned out!!  Therese

Cardmaking - Cards for IWIN featuring butterflies and thinking of you greetings

My sister came to visit and brought a stack of cards for IWIN so I decided I needed to work on some as well.  

I collected a variety of backgrounds from my stash which were mostly ones left from previous card making sessions. I also printed up a whole bunch of butterfly images (CLKER) and fussy cut them all in one go!!  Easy to do when watching TV.  Then I matched cards to each background and added a greeting (punched from last session) with punched a coordinating backer.  These sat for several days before I started assembling them.   I left the butterflies for a different day as it was enough to choose the fiber and other embellishments as I went along.   I watercoloured the butterflies yesterday and added them to my finished card fronts.  I pressed them over night and added insert in them today.  

They will be ready for the spring session of backpacks for those they rescue!!! 

Therese