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April 14, 2025

Desk top finds

Hi Everybody,

As always when I have a clear out on my desk top I find items that are left over from other projects, and these  flowers are no exception.

You may remember them being made in a video sometime ago where I made the background pattern with inks  and stamps and then cut them out with a die. I had lots left over and these are some of the ways in which they have been used up.

The card to the right has had the heart colours mixed up and I put a big gluey fingerprint on one of them, so I got out a small paintbrush and brushed glue over the rest of the hearts and sprinkled it with glitter ...  problem solved

This card has had an extra panel added to the base and this I have embossed in a folder.  I cut this panel at an angle and added it to the base with some cardboard underneath to give it height.

The flowers have been added along the angled edge and the petals fluffed up a little 

Although the cards are the same 5x7 size and use up the same flowers  I have made them look different with the additions I have used.

Raid your desktop and see what you can find and put them together to make cards that you would otherwise not have had

Bye for Now ...

Hugs xx

14 comments:

  1. Two beautiful cards Christina.Would love to see some videos of you making flowers.
    Congratulations Ann , well deserved winner . Enjoy your gift. Joyce Jennings x

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  2. Lovely cards Christina, inspiring for a Monday, I’m definitely going to get my craft stuff out and have a go, I’ve lost my mojo a bit lately. Love Anne Owens ❤️

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  3. Stunning flowers Christina, there's always a way out of a mistake and you have created two gorgeous cards
    Thanks for sharing Christina, have a lovely day Sue xx

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  4. I really like the diagonal spread. Lovely!
    Christine Cloutier xxx

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  5. Hello Christina, I love your idea for disguising the gluey fingerprint ~ I’ll try and remember that tip!
    Hugs, Maggie Coleman xx

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  6. Good Evening Christina. Another busy day today at line dance. We gave all our ladies a small Easter egg each ... there is no dancing next week as its Bank Holiday and the class is closed on holiday Mondays ... So a rest next Monday for us.
    More gorgeous cards from desk top finds . Since you told us about this I love looking for things that can be used. Even cutting more than I need when I am die cutting ... Just for this reason. And I think I have mastered the "smooching technique" . I have done some lovely cards with them.
    Thankyou Christina for pulling my name out to win the Friday prize. I can't wait till it comes. Thankyou Sending hugs 🤗and best wishes to everyone . Please stay safe and well 🙏. Kind regards Ann Toppcards in Leeds.

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  7. Hi Christina great cards, I love the flowers , I zoomed in to see the flowers they are really nice love the colours, good idea with the finger print Doris Shawcross

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  8. Such pretty cards with these flowers! I especially love the second card with the embossed panel and diagonal arrangement of flowers!

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  9. i want to have a desktop like yours, all i find is junk i have to put away!

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  10. Love the cards, as we keept getting told no mistakes in crafting , sticky glue hands on cards always gives us an opportunity to change something. A great idea to add Glitter will keep it in mind. Thanks for sharing

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  11. These are so pretty! It's well worth keeping all the left over bits and scraps!
    Sharon Brand

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  12. Two very pretty cards.

    Michele

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  13. Two lovely cards Christina. I have sorted some of my papers and over the years I have plenty that I never going to use so the nursery will be happy to take them off my hands.
    Congratulations Ann for winning the last magazine x

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  14. Oh my your flowers are just gorgeous, love the different ways you have used them. they look great using your backgrounds to make them with

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