I received an email on Wednesday from a lovely lady who's previously bought a few of my cards on ebay.
Her clever daughter had just passed her driving test earlier this week and she wondered if I'd make a personalised 'congrats' card.
Well, as if I need any excuse to make a card! :0)
So of course I jumped at the chance (I especially love the personalised ones).
She specifically requested there be a yellow VW Beetle on the card, and she pointed me in the direction of an image that she'd seen at Little Claire. I've not used any Little Claire images before, but as soon as I saw it, I loved the style, and knew I'd be happy to work with it.
And so off I went to play.
I had a little problem with the image when it arrived, but Steve at Little Claire emailed me within an hour or so, and it was all sorted without any pain what-so-ever (thanks Steve - fantastic customer service!). As expected, the image was lovely to work with.
An hour later, I received another email from the proud mum, asking if I could also make a 'thank you' card for the driving instructor, using the same image. I didn't need asking twice, so off I went again!!!
Here's what I made. I hope she likes them when she gets them!!!
I tried to make the instructor's 'thank you' card a bit more masculine with a blue colour scheme and less 'fuss'. I flipped the image around to make it look different, and missed off the flowers to make it a bit less girlie.
Card Recipe:
- Image - Little Claire Beetle Car
- Typed Sentiments
- Papers - LOTV Petal Fresh (blues) and Nitwits Just Hatched (yellows)
- Colouring - Promarkers, Copics, Sakura Stardust Gel pens
- Clouds - Dovecraft Shimmer chalks
- Cardworks Card base
- Neenah Classic Crest White Stamping Card
- Wild Orchid Craft Flowers
- Twine
- Pearls
- Crystal Glamour Dust
- Spotty Button
- Sewing Machine
- Simon's Monday Challenge - Not so Mellow Yellow
- Deep Ocean - Stitching
- Simon's Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes
- Delightful Challenges - Add Dimension
Annette
xx
13 comments:
Oh, your cool card reminds me of my hubby when we dated many moons ago. He drove a Beetle Bug. Your card made me smile. Have a great weekend.
Brilliant hun! Knew you would resolve the no car stamp issue, lol. Both versions are fabulous. Xx
Waw great job Annette! And what a great stamp. hope you'll have a great weekend. hugs! Mojca
These are fabulous Annette...I could still pick them out in an identity parade though!! xx
Both are fabulous cards Annette... the lady that ordered will be thrilled with them... and brilliant that she found the image for you too!
Have a lovely BH weekend..
Christine x
These are gorgeous your customer will be thrilled with these cards they are just perfect . The image is just gorgeous in both style brilliant cards Love and Happy Crafting Hugs Carle x
Two absolutely wonderful cards. Love the delicate colors on the first one and the male character of the second. Perfect couple! Thank you for an inspiration!
Anna xxx
Wonderful job on both of your cards! I absolutely love the design especially on your first card! Thanks for sharing it with us at Delightful Challenges, "Dimension"! :)
They're fab Annette, gorgeous papers on both... love them :o) Hugs, Lisa x
Two brilliant cards. Love the stamp and both great designs. Hope your weekend is going well. Hugs, Carol S.xx
What fabulous cards and such a wonderful interpretation of our theme!! Thank you so much for sharing your projects and for joining us over at the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog... :)
Fabulous cards! Love the image and how you personalised the cards.
Xxx
Love both cards and interesting to see female version up against the male one.
Thank you for joining us at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge.
luv
Debby
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