White and Gold Flower Card

This card breaks one of my few  rules of card making – it’s always cream and gold or white and silver but the lady who ordered this card asked for “very pretty, using white and gold”

It’s a design I have used several times before, but this time I have used the specific words of the sender.

Perhaps not a combination I would have chosen, the white is too harsh against the warm gold. I have never punched flowers using this gold paper before and I like the effect ….. perhaps for small Christmas wreath card ……

What’s on My Desk Wednesday – A Poundland Shopping Basket …….

This basket reminded me of when I was a little girl, I just couldn’t resist it, but when I looked closer and found that you could un-popper it, I was at the checkout before you could whistle!

 
Then I got to thinking, I wonder what it would look like with ribbons threaded through  …..

Talk about super fiddle farty, but once I got started I couldn’t stop, but, in the back of my mind was the thought that this could look really pants or it could turn out to be rather cute.

I cut lengths of ribbon and threaded them through, gluing them on the runs with a very strong, tacky PVA glue which dries clear. The first section was the trickiest, trying to work out which way was best to weave the ribbon.

I used a bit of extra ribbon to make the centre panels, and then glued on a few buttons, down the sides of the basket and on the woven area using a glue gun.

How durable the basket will be remains to be seen … I don’t think it would withstand a heavy rainfall but  I intend to use it to carry my lunch and do nice dainty lady shopping!