Gorjuss Cat

 

Use a Sandoro Gorjuss Girl stamp to create this birthday card

The best bit about making cards yourself is that you can adjust them to suit the recipient. So this weeks card is a birthday card for a friends daughter who has beautiful red hair.

She's also a cat lover - so this card is a win, win!

I often get people comment - "I can't colour in". Don't forget it is a hand made card - just try your best. It really doesn't matter - it's come from the heart and the recipient will love it. I personally love promarker pens as they are very forgiving. For example I colour the girls dress in cold grey 2 pen. It doesn't show the pen marks, it just blends into one colour. To make the image look less flat, take the same coloured pen and draw lines where shadows would be. In this image, I drew a line under her arms and around the outside of the cat head on her dress. It leaves a subtle shadow but does make the image look less flat.

(Please excuse the photo's this week - they are a little darker than normal.  I was having to work without a light as the electrician was updating the fuse board ! - how rude!)    

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Writing paper

Send a friend a hand written letter on your own created gorgeous paper

I had a friend write to me recently - I haven't had a letter through the post for some time. I am determined to write back but my paper is just the plain white stuff that you can buy. I therefore decided to make my paper more interesting by using stamps from my stash.

So yay - I now have some lovely paper to write back to my friend on. You could make the paper with the same image on each page or even use die cuts instead of stamps. When I write my letter and have gaps in my writing I will probably fill the spaces with either more stamps or die cuts or even peel offs. It's a great way to use those stamps you love.

You may want to make a letter and envelope set to give as a gift. You could theme the letters and envelopes so they all match. I show you how to make a basic wallet to store them in at the end of the blog.

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Gorjuss Girl Birthday Card

Experiment with monochrome tones and a splash of colour to create this simple but striking birthday card

I received a really lovely Gorjuss girl stamp for Christmas so spent a little time playing with it to see if I could create a birthday card. Here is that card:

I often struggle with black and white for birthday cards and have quite a few papers with monochrome patterns on them. However the dashes of pink in this one lifts the card and I'm really happy with the result. You could use any of the smaller Gorjuss girl stamps (8 . 5 cm x 4 cm) but the one I am using is no75 The Frock.

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