Tri fold card.

I was recently impressed by a card I saw on face book made by a lady called Linda Parker who funnily enough doesn't live a million miles away from me. 

 After a nice long chat on Facebook with Linda I told her I wanted to CASE her card and she told me to go a head. So Studied her card for a few moments then went to my craft room and made the card as I had remembered it. 


When I had finished I went back to Linda's card to compare with mine.


Ummm  it's very  close, but not that close.
 I forgot Linda had put loads of butterflies on hers , I forgot the colours of the layers,  the brads and I think she may even of had ribbon and a different sentiment  on hers.




In fact I think the only things I remembered well were the stamps and inks she had used .
So I ended up with a card very similar but not exactly the same.

I think this card stood out for me because it is my favourite stamp set from Stampin up and it's called stippled blossoms and it's a two step stamp set and I adore the two step stamps.  I also  loved the colour combination Linda used. 
I think I still prefer Linda's card.


 And Linda if you are reading this THANKS for letting me CASE your card.

Everything Eleanor

This card came in the post from my upliner Amanda to mark my 3rd Anniversary with Stampin' Up!
I didn't expect to recieve this as I thought she may have forgotten about little old me.
I can't get to many of her training sessions so I very rarely see or hear from her. You know the old saying .....Out of sight out of mind. So this was a lovely surprise.
I think this has to be my favourite card from Amanda.  I really love the colours she has used and the flourish stamp in the Everything Eleanor stamp set.
Thank you Amanda.