Happy Birthday Sis!!

Hi!  

       Thanks to you all for your much appreciated comments and good wishes after my last post. Feb. has been good so far. My BIL was here from Canada with loads of chocolates (I was about to mention the variety, but on second thought decided not to ;) ) My SIL also sent me some rub-on stickers and a clear alphabet stamp, which I can now use to print the sentiments. It’s my first clear stamp and I love it. Only problem, the stamp pad available here will surely stain it. Can those of you who stamp kindly suggest which make I should use? Perhaps, I could ask a friend coming from the US this weekend to get it for me. That reminds me; I won a giveaway from Amy Jo in the US, which he’s bringing along as I’ll never receive it directly by mail here. Hmm! The last bit of news is that my birthday was on 17^th. A busy day answering phone calls, but, I had my treat on 16^th being a public holiday here.

      Today, I’m here to wish my sis on her 60^th birthday. Now, don’t think we’re close in age. She’s the second and I’m the fourth, last and years….apart. This reminds me of a doctor I worked with, teasing me as ‘the last drop’ lol. So, here’s my card. Take a look and try to guess what it’s made of before you proceed.

Not guessed yet?? I mentioned about chocolates… 

I used four chocolate wrappers for the base of the card. We had these sometime ago. They were Malaysian made, with an awful taste, but, a beautiful wrapper. I meant to conceal the line joining the papers with the black ribbon, but, this morning I realized I didn’t do so. That’s the result of not completing it in daylight and wearing my old glasses which have a lower power as I find them more comfortable. I hope you don’t find the fault. 

Anyway it’s only for my sis.

The flower petals were individually cut out from a ‘Lindt’ chocolate pralines tray. I mounted eight petals on foam tape for the first layer, eight for the second, then, four for the third and fourth. In all 24 petals and reduced in size for each layer. A red rhinestone was used for the centre. The flourishes, leaves and ‘60’ were drawn and cut out from gold paper. The flourish appears very much like the letter ‘L’ and incidentally my sister’s name is Loretta. 

      My source of inspiration for this card (flower) is my mother. Mum’s been teaching flower making for the past six decades, and always had the habit of collecting and making flowers with all sorts of stuff. I don’t think she’d made one from a chocolate tray, so I’m very happy I made a flower embellishment she’d not done before.

I’m entering this card into the following challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Challenge - Make your own Embellishment

The Res-Q-Challenge - Make with something that makes you Happy

..Wee Memories..- Source of Inspiration
Quirky Crafts Challenges - Recycled Romance