OTT OCC!!

I had an engagement card to fit in with all the wedding invitations at the weekend (as well as other things).
I hate doing engagement cards!! I much prefer doing a birthday card as you can get away with so much more, plus I don't really have any stamps to suit an engagement.

I liked the sketch on Our Creative Corner, so I used it:

And this is my card

I'm afraid I need to smack my wrists and sit in the corner because I can't remember who these scrummy papers are by. And it doesn't say on them. But the black background paper is fabulous!!! It has a rubbery bubbly texture (which meant that it was a bugger to cut!) but it looks and feels lovely - it's just a pity the photo doesn't do it any justice! The black feathers and loads of swarovski crystals add some glamour!!

Here's the inside:

Because of the feathers and crystals, I decided to make a box for it.

Bit of a plain box admittedly, but that just leaves what's inside all the more exciting - don't ye think!!

I lined it with black tissue paper to add some more drama!!

I also have a baby card to show - but I'll leave it til tomorrow - don't get too excited though!!

Another card for Holly...

This is another card that I made for Holly - this one was from Ma & Da so therefore for their Grand-daughter!

It's another image from Joanna Sheen's Baby Love CD and this time I punched out the face of the angel from the unused largest image using a square punch and another from some mount board. I mounted the picture up and tripple embossed it using holographic powder to give it a really nice sparkly effect. I coloured around the edges to correspond with the colour of the card and then carefully attached it to the main picture. I also painted the wing with a white H20 paint.
I mounted the image onto the matching backing paper from the CD and some mirri card along with some cream feathers sticking out from behind.

I made up an embellishment using some more of the feathers and stamped and embossed a flourish stamp - with white powder on pink vellum and with pink powder on white vellum. I cut around these and attached them to the feathers with wire. I tied a ribbon around the wire and curled a little flower onto the ribbon (this used to be for your hair!). I attached the embellishment using silicone glue.

I added the sentiments which were printed and mounted on mirri card, and in the words of Gordon Ramsey - Done!