Happy birthday Nanny!

Over the summer holidays when I was looking through my collection of World of Cross Stitching magazines, I found a design for a card that I thought would be perfect for my Nanny's birthday this year.

The design came from issue 202 and didn't take that long for me to sew. I started on Friday night and finished it Saturday lunchtime. It was fun to stitch and it looks really effective - I think my Nanny will like it!

 

Today, I took a trip to Hobbycraft with my mum to get the finishing touches for the actual card. I bought the aperture and matching envelope, some ribbon and a matching bow. After I put it all together, this was the finished result:

Have a lovely day

Inside message tag

 To make the ribbon detailing oon the front, I cut two pieces of ribbon and glued them down the sides, and then added a pre-made ribbon in the corner. To make the message tag, I used a label punch in two sizes to cut the cream and purple paper. Then, I stamped "Happy birthday" onto the cream using black Memento ink. I used foam pads to stick the cream tag to the purple and added pearl gems and ribbon.

Final touch!