28/07/2011

A Shoe shop for Menai.....

The eldest daughter of some very good friends of ours had her birthday on Tuesday, and this is the card that I made for her. I'd seen a similar card in the U.K Cards 'bookazine' (sadly no longer available) It was a stamped card so I tweaked it a bit to make it suitable for a Cricut card! I used papers which were a magazine freebie, some gros-grain ribbon and a blowsy bloom. I cut three stands from silver mirri, and a selection of shoes, cut from glitter card and shimmer cardstock. The stands and shoes were adhered above the punched, ribbon-trimmed border with foam pads. I flipped one of the shoes to make a more appealing arrangement. 'Menai' was cut from pink mirri shadowed with blue, then adhered above the ribbon with foam pads. 'Happy Birthday' was computer-generated onto Safmat, then trimmed and applied above the name.
A gem was adhered to each of the stands, and a trio of gems to the ribbon to complete the card.
Carts used:
Stands- Serenade
Menai-Ashlyn's Alphabet
Strappy Shoe-Formal Occasion
Two-tone Shoe-Everyday Pop-Up Cards
Blue Shoe-Forever Young
Thanks for looking!
Heather xxx