When my team members reach Bronze 2, they
all receive a keyring with a bead on it. As they progress through the SU ranks,
or attend SU events, I award them extra beads. Convention is an extra special
event, however, so I try to give them a charm which relates to the
destination.
Paris was easy – the Eiffel Tower. Frankfurt
was really hard and I ended up with a not too attractive eagle, the official
bird of Germany. Manchester? I admit I was a bit stumped for a while but then I
remembered the British obsession with the weather and settled on these rather
cute umbrella charms.
I really love the card design, with its
contradictory weather of sunshine and rain on it – should have added a snowy background, too! I totally borrowed this idea
from Emma Fuge, a hugely talented stamper from Wales. Hope she doesn’t mind! My
version is slightly different, to adapt to the supplies I had, but I loved the
way she stamped clouds using the Mosaic Madness stamp and made a fab sun with
circle punches and paper snips. Clever lady!
To make the raindrops, I mixed a tiny drop
of Soft Sky reinker with some Crystal Effects and applied it to the cardstock
using a cocktail stick. Not all went well!
Stamps:
Chalk Talk, Mosaic Madness
Cardstock:
Baked Brown Sugar, Whisper White, Crushed Curry, Gumball Green
Ink: Soft
Sky, Crushed Curry
Accessories:
Chalk Talk Framelits, 1¾” circle punch, 1 3/8” circle punch, Whisper White
Baker’s Twine, Chalk Marker, Crystal Effects, Soft Sky reinker
And don’t forget...
And don’t forget...
Oh Helen you are so kind - thank you. I never thought of using that tag - looks great! How lucky your ladies are to receive such treats from a witty and clever upline like yourself.
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