Sparkle and shine

It was my younger daughters 43rd birthday the other day (it is so hard to get my head around that), and I made her this card:

Everything is foiled, I do love foiling these days. The flower spray (spellbinders) is foiled onto white coated card and lightly coloured with alcohol markers. It was cut with the matching die and mounted onto a black panel that I first cut with a frame die (Lisa Horton) and then foiled with a tiny heart cover plate die (Sunny Studio). You can't see it very well in the photo above, but it shows a little better in the other pictures.

The birthday sentiment is by Alex Siberia. It has a matching shadow die so I mounted the foiled element onto the white shadow to help it stand out. The happy is also foiled onto the same white coated card. I mounted the panel onto a white mat and then onto a pink cardbase.

You all know how hard it is to photograph shiny things, but I hope the pictures do give you an idea. I was very pleased with it in the end. I also used the heart cover die to cut the detail on the insert.

I can hear it getting windy again. We had a big storm pass on Sunday night and now on Tuesday, there is another one heading our way. Our house sits on top of a hill so we are always impacted by wind, it is really distressing to hear it howling round the building. Especially at night.

I am sharing this at:

Double D Jan Challenge - Sparkle and shine

Seize The Birthday - Anything goes. This is my second entry this month. I hope that is allowed. I couldn't find any mention of the number of entries allowed in the rules. One has been with the topping and one without.

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