basque – The Art of Cobwebs

Well, … I could leave that statement (title of the post) right where it is … because it’s a serious question.

But … it’s also the stamped sentiment on a card I made a couple of days ago, and I’m here to share it with you.

I love this stamp. It’s one of those fun little ‘sentiments’ which pops into my head now and again, ~ and I came across it last week while on a search for another stamp which had gone into hiding. Once I saw this one I knew I had to change my plans just so I could use it. So the search for the original stamp was abandoned, and I cracked on with the ‘change of plan’.

Everything I used on this card all came from stash.

As all crafters will tell you …

You might need three different coloured Tiny Buttons, but you have to buy a pack of about 30 … so you save the 27 for when you’ll need them next.
You might want some Dictionary Print type paper … so you buy a little pad of 25 sheets, and use two … so you save the remaining 23 for another time.
Lace .. you buy a yard (or metre) but only need five inches … the rest gets saved.
You perhaps require a miniature Frame, you buy a pack of 12, use the one you need and the rest .. .

. . . well.. you can see where this is going. I have half a packs of this, that, and the other – and some of the things I have here in my craft room are years old. Seriously. I’m really not making it up. The little metal thimble you see in the photo above (hanging from the trinkets pin) … is from my stash, and I’ve had a little box of those for about 8 or 9 years now.

And the inside … well that’s Just for You! . . .

It makes a fun card for any gal pal .. who has a birthday; down day; up day; just want to make you smile day; …. anything. It would even make Mom or Grandma laugh. (Or maybe that’s just my Grandma (Dads Mom) … cause she had such a rascal sense of humour and loved nothing more than us travelling the distance to see her and then taking her to the posh pub across the road from where she lived and buying her, her favourite drink, half a pint of *Stout! She would get quite giddy on it. (just one drink!) lol Bless her beautiful heart).

(*Stout is a dark beer made using roasted malt or roasted barley, hops, water and yeast.)

Thank you so much for coming and having a coffee time with me! I SO enjoy your company.

We’ve all met such wonderful ‘friends’ via our computers and blogs, and we’ve learned a lot from each other too. Mainly, in my case, I’ve learned that there are some really great people out there who have a similar sense of humour to me, and aren’t shy about allowing their inner child out to play. Which is just INCREDIBLE! Such a laugh and so much fun. (Yes …you know who you are. I’m not going to name names, but you, sat there with your face going just a light shade of hot, you know I’m talking about you! LOL) 🙂

Have a spiffingly brilliant day today.

Do something lovely for someone else. The first person you walk past when you’re outside, or the first person who walks past your house … wish them wonderful things. Pray for them, if you pray, or, if you don’t, then just push a really lovely wish out of your head and out into the world. Lets all get this going. Let’s make the world feel like a better place. And who knows … the first person you see, might just be praying for you or wishing something wonderful for you. It happens!

Sending you happy Wednesday squidges, from me in my corner, to you in yours.

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I had so much fun making this card. It’s a large 8″x8″ card, made on white cardstock. The pink, rose and printed papers (at the two corners) are all papers which came free with magazines a while back; and the gold mirror board and flat gold card (die cut into a rectangle doily) were from my scraps drawer!

I’m very much a thrifty crafter and won’t waste great papers if I can save them – so where I knew I wanted to curl back I simply used a large triangle of paper to cover the corners of the base white card. ↑

The sentiment was stamped onto gold card and embossed in black. I felt that it needed more importance, so choose to use one of a selection of light-weight wooden frames – this one is warmer to look at than the photo shows.

I stamped out the basque ↑ onto the same colour of pink paper as the backing paper, embossed it and then attached it to a little hand-made, wire coat hanger. I punched a hole in the rectangular doily and ‘hung’ the basque from it.

If you look closely at the basque in the photo above ↑ you might be able to see that I used a white pen in places. This was to place ‘light’ in the places that natural light would have fallen on parts of the basque in real life. The ribbons, the seams, bits of the lace, etc etc.

I stamped peacock feathers ↑ over the paler of the pink backing pages, and embossed them with a pale pink, twinkly embossing powder. In the photo above you can see the embossed feathers. (I was checking the page for placement of the basque on the doily to make sure that it would look right.) ↑

Added roses in three shades, and some sprigs of a lilac type flower in white and pink. ↑

Close up photographs ↑ of the corners ↑ which were curled back so that you can see the patterned paper underneath and the two different colours of pink papers.

Although I’d curled and glued corners I wasn’t entirely convinced that the glue would hold, so I chose a large, warm pink brad for each corner to pin the paper in place.

I attached the rectangle doily, which I’d die cut on my Ebosser, to a piece of gold mirror board, then cut around the doily so that the mirror board fitted the doily exactly. Everything was then fixed in place, and voila! One more card added to the pile for charity.

I had lots of fun making this card and loved the way it’s turned out. Hope you like it too.