In my card making journey I have often heard people say “why put so much effort into something that the recipient is just going to throw in the bin in a week or so”. Well I’m one of the people who hate to throw out their cards. I keep them until I know that they just HAVE to go. That doesn’t stress me too much unless they are hand-made and then I really am torn. My ds sent me a card she made for my birthday earlier in the year. It is now time for some of them to go, but not hers. It had pretty flowers and beautiful lace – definitely not throwing it out. I decided to recycle the card – not difficult but I wanted to give it my own personal touch. All I did was add a scrap of olive-green mini square paper. Then I chose a sweet image which I coloured to match the flowers. The last addition was to heat-emboss a sentiment which I thought suited the new version of the card. I’m happy with the result and even happier that I didn’t have to throw my sister’s card away.
Here is today’s card –
Hah – just as I am finishing up this post I remember that my sister is a “yoga” fan – it must have been in my subconscious as I was choosing the image – spooky.
Okay that’s all for today,
Cards & Co
Cards & Co 