Hi Everyone
Well tonight's share is going to look mighty strange .. .. but there is a reason.
This card is to go to two very good friends who we went out with during the summer for an Indian meal. It was the sort of place where you can take your own drinks with you.
The chaps took some cans of "Speckled Hen" beer and my friend and I had a bottle of wine that had all wire mesh around it.
Once we had finished our meal I was sitting playing with the wire from the bottle of wine and made a butterfly with it. My friend laughed and said "you can put that on a card for me" .. .. .. and her husband then plonked an empty beer can in front of me and said "and I want that on one". LOL!!!
I knew immediately what I was going to do .. .. and here is the result.
The beer can and the wine bottle mesh have been stored away for use for months . .. tonight being the night they came out to be played with.
Here is my make
This used:
Backing Paper: Pink Petticoat
Sentiment: Computer generated
Snowflakes: An old Speckled Hen beer can
Butterfly: Wire Mesh from a bottle of plonk!!
Snowflakes: Cuttlebug die and punches
Diamond Stickles
Wire, self adhesive pearls and diamonds from the Stash Box
So Christmas finally came to the House of Hearts today.
The garland and lights got attached to the base of the bannister and the tree was finally decorated .. .. complete with new lights that we went out and bought last night in the sale.
So tonight I showed hubby the lovely Christmas tree in all its glory .. .. and he loved it .. .. I was feeling well smug at getting ahead of myself for a change.
But you know what they say .. pride comes before a fall!!!
Pride isn't a nice trait and is one I try to keep under check .. .. but sadly today I didn't manage it and I was made to pay!!!
I switched the lights off on the tree as we were going upstairs for baths and my crafting session only to find that when we then switched them on again one set wasn't working!!! GRRRR!!!
Have you ever tried to take a set of 100 bulbs off a fully laden tree? Hubby took them back to the store and they exchanged them for another set.
So if you have ever tried removing a set of 100 bulbs from a fully laden tree .. .. have you also ever tried putting 100 bulbs back onto a fully laden tree!!! LOL!!!
Love
Great way to use those cans and wire. Sorry about your lights. :)
ReplyDeleteLove love love the card with the beer can snowflakes and the wine bottle butterfly!!!!!! Ingenious, perfect and awesome!!
ReplyDeleteBrilliant! now that is recycling Jules the snowflakes and butterfly look fab K x
ReplyDeleteOh No! you have my sympathy, it did happen to us some years ago.
ReplyDeleteI love the card and I'm sure your friends will too.
Lynn x
Love this card Jules,love the idea to,they will get their card and memories will come flooding back.
ReplyDeleteSorry about your light!!!!been there done that.xx
It's perfect and this is what i love about handmade cards, they are soo special, the hold lots of memories for people and you could never buy that on the highstreet. Your friends will love it especially with that clever sentiment :).
ReplyDeleteHi jules
ReplyDeleteFabulous card so clever the snowflakes....
Hugs sylvie
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Hi jules
ReplyDeleteFabulous card so clever the snowflakes....
Hugs sylvie
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Oh, Jules, you make my day! The card is just wonderful (my hubby approves of the Speckled Hen snowflake as he's a lover of BEER!) The butterfly is so lovely - how nice it is to make a special, personalised card for friends!
ReplyDeleteI sympathise about the fairy lights, too, changing them always means Christmas tree decorations scattered over the floor....
love Mags B
How clever are you - this is recycling/upcycling at it's most creative :) Elizabeth x
ReplyDeleteHi Jules
ReplyDeleteNot a strange make at all. I would call it recycling and making the card very personal. I like metal look myself. The backing paper is gorgeous as well. Do not let me even start on Christmas lights. I have had the same problems with my old Christmas lights as well. When I went to buy a new set following Christmas I made sure to buy lights which do not switch off if one bulb blows!! I can imagine how you feel.
Michaela xx
Oh WOW! this card is genius Jules!! and what a fab story. It looks SO pretty, your friends are going to be amazed when they see this!!!
ReplyDeleteOh sorry to hear about your tree lights!! That happened to me past two years although I only had 40 lights!! and yes it is a right pain getting them off and back on again!! Decided I can't do it anymore and so this year I've got a fibre optic tree!!! At least only one bulb in that.
Hope things go smoothly for you from now on!!
Have a great weekend!
Hugs Sue xx
Wow you are amazing Jules, love the snowflakes out of the beer can and the gorgeous butterfly from the wine wire!!! They will surely love it xxx
ReplyDeleteFabulous idea with the beer can and the wire mesh..brilliant result! Hoping the new set of lights stay working properly!! Have a great Christmas! x
ReplyDeleteHello Jules
ReplyDeleteA masterpiece, I love it. What a brilliant idea, and so special for your friends.
I can just imagine you and hubby !!!!
luv
irene
xxxx
Oh you clever little Christmas sausage roll Jules! This is terrific! I bet your friends will be most impressed. Soo cleverly made and tied together with the sentiment!
ReplyDeleteEeek, what a nightmare with the tree lights though - I bet there was a lot of 'Left a bit, right a bit' going on when you were trying to put the replacement set back onto a fully decorated tree :(
Love, Di xx
Love your card Jules, all the details are so fabulous, how very inventive of you, love it.
ReplyDeleteOh your poor thing with the lights I hate it when that happens grrrrr
Have a great Christmas and a truly blessed New Year.
Hugs Linda
great idea for the card, bummer about the lights x
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderfully clever and beautiful card. I bet it makes them smile everytime they look at it. I really love your handmade wire butterfly and the beer can punched snowflakes!!
ReplyDeleteSorry to hear about the tree lights. I have never tired to take lights down after the tree has been trimmed; I was too annoyed so I left them on the tree burned out. LOL!!!!
Hugs,
Carole
Oh dear, oh dear! What a sorry tale! I managed to fuse the lights on the office Christmas tree the other day . . . we've left them off ever since, but it still looks pretty!
ReplyDeletexxx
Fantastic card. Love the idea.
ReplyDeleteFantastic card hun, love the beer can snowflake looks fab!!
ReplyDeleteHope your tree is sorted now!
ps can't find the heart!
hugs shell xx
What a great card and one full of memories as well. I am sure your friends will love it. Poor you having to re-do your tree. I had to do this once and vowed that if it happened again the lights would stay working or not! Mind you mine were old ones so needed to be replaced. Love Sheila x
ReplyDeleteHow clever are you...lol? That will make them smile I am sure & how crafty to keep them & remember what was said too. You have made them into a lovely card hon. Are the lights still working? Merry Xmas to you & your family x
ReplyDeletefantastic card jules.its pure genius how you have used the beer can and wine bottle wire.its brilliant ;D
ReplyDeletexx coops xx
Genius creation Jules, would never have thought a beer can could make such fab snowflakes! My sympathies for your tree lights, it might be easier to start from scratch, LOL!
ReplyDeleteHelen x
fabby!!! Love all the metalics, and the wire dragon fly is gorgeous! Hugs Juls
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