Who should appear at my elbow? David my other half.
"Um, can you make me a card? a flattish one to go through the post?" He hasn't forgotten the extra pennies he had to pay to send his sisters' birthday card because now the post office charge for thickness as well as weight, so mean tsk tsk.
Aha, a challenge, flat decoupage ... "no, bugger off"
"Please, just make me a nice card for a lady [sister-in-law]. Any sort will do"
I hate making flat cards, It's just not me; but at a push I can be persuaded, then I may make a waterfall card [flattish] or a shaped card [couldn't be bothered] failing that I generally go for 'full-on' GLITTER!
Alas this time it wasn't to be on the menu as this card is for a more refined lady of a certain age [why not I ask? I love glitter on everything & I'm getting on a bit].
So when all else fails I resort to some flowery stuff that comes in little pots, it pretties things up a bit without being bulky & I enjoy sprinkling it about, it can really bring a dull, boring, flat card to life [even better with glitter mixed in].
Anyway, here is the result, I'm not entirely satisfied with it, left to me I'd pay the extra postage & make it at least an inch thicker with decoupage [and 2lb heavier as silicone is quite heavy]
The image is one I downloaded from the Internet [OK for personal use, I checked]
I sprinkled every other flower in the border, a few in the main picture and some of the leaves.
I then made a matching insert as I do with all my cards.
Righto, now I've done that it's back to my Christmassy decoupage ... glitter, sparkle, twinkle ...
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