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Friday, 13 September 2013

Shadow Box Cards

I saw the instructions for making Shadow Box cards in a magazine a while ago and have eventually found time to make two cards using this technique. I altered the dimensions slightly as I wanted to make bigger cards.  The first card is for a friend's birthday next week, using some of the lovely Lavinia stamps.  I used Ink Dusters and ink pads for the background.  The flowers were punched out and used to make a border around the aperture. The sides looked too plain, so I used a border punch to finish off the card.
The Lavinia Stamps Challenge for September is 'Add a Flower'.  You can see all the other beautiful challenge entries here.
UPDATE: My entry to the challenge was picked out as the winner! I now have lots of lovely new Lavinia stamps to play with!  Thank you, Lavinia Stamps, for such a fabulous prize.

As it's our wedding anniversary tomorrow, I made this Shadow Box card for Alan. I resisted the temptation to use blue and white (Bristol Rovers colours) and stayed with the traditional red this year!
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11 comments:

  1. Betty J Schaub13 September 2013 at 22:00

    Love your Lavinia card. That image is so cute and you've doe something fabby with it.

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  2. Anonymous14 September 2013 at 00:11

    Great cards Liz, the box cards are so effective!

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  3. Julie14 September 2013 at 08:13

    My goodness,what special cards these are,my favourite though just has to be the first one,how brilliant the scene looks,viewed from the aperture! Thank you for sharing your card with the Lavinia Challenge, have a lovely weekend,Julie x

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  4. Pauline Butcher15 September 2013 at 22:18

    Fabulous use of Lavinia stamps, and great card design. Thanks for entering the Challenge and good luck. Hugs Pauline, Lavinia DT member xxx

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  5. Unknown16 September 2013 at 13:15

    Great Lavinia card! the shadow box is amazing I must have a go! Many thanks for entering the Lavinia Stamps Challenge and good luck! Melissa (DT) xxxx

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  6. Eileen19 September 2013 at 20:06

    Super project Liz..very pretty ...good luck in the challenge
    Eileen xxx

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  7. Eileen19 September 2013 at 20:08

    Liz ....you will get more comments if you turn off your word verification...... Eileen xxx

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    1. Liz19 September 2013 at 23:04

      Thanks for letting me know Eileen. Still getting to grips with my blog - I had no idea I had a word verification! LOL!! Will check it out now....

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    2. Liz19 September 2013 at 23:11

      I think I've managed to turn it off. x

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  8. Eileen30 September 2013 at 08:28

    Liz ... pop over to the Lavinia stamps challenge Blog !!!! :)

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    1. Liz30 September 2013 at 10:09

      Whoo hoo! Thank you SO much! I can't wait to spend my prize on more of my favourite stamps! Liz x

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