Mandy's 50th Card.

One for Mandy.

This one was made for my sister who will be celebrating her 50th Birthday this week.

She has the card already so it's ok to post this early.

I used two retired Stampin' up sets on this card ...Cheers to you, and the medallion background stamp.

I like the look of gatefold cards when closed, but I don't like the way they look when on display.

So I made this card to look like a  closed gatefold card,  although it's not.

I used clear embossing powder and heat embossed the Medallion image on Real Red card stock.

Cheers to you Trinity

During my visit to the Newbury show this year I discovered Hot foiling using an extra hot laminator, a laser printer and toner foil. This got me really excited but I didn't have a laser printer. After days of research I bought a laser printer, just a cheap one and some toner foil and thought I would have a go with my laminator before buying the laminator I saw at the show. Much to my surprise and delight it worked.

You can guess how chuffed I was at not having to pay out £140.00 for a laminator. I have read that a domestic iron works for this technique. I haven't tried this, but I have the feeling it may buckle the paper. maybe I will try it next time I do the ironing. I 'll let you know the results.

For this card I used Stampin up stamp set Cheers to you , pretty in pink and bashful blue ink with an aqua painter brush to colour in the glasses.

Anyway I do hope Trinity doesn't visit my blog before her birthday or she will see her card.