White corset card

This one was for my mums birthday. She loves dancing and I thought the "skirt" looked very dancy! The body is cut from a template (you can find it on my template page) and was embossed with a sizzix folder (flowers). The fringe and ribbon are from my stash which I normally get in Birmingham rag market. The only thing with this particular card is that you have to enclose a separate little note that you slip in from the top so you don't have to open the ribbon at the front. You could however modify the template and make the card open at the side instead. Up to you folks!

Corset invite

My niece asked me to produce invites for her new year themed party. This year the theme is "Cabaret" and she liked the idea of a basque shape card. I did have to cut them out by hand after drawing them on black bazzil card following a template (I trimmed mine so the front and back were the same but the template has a straight hemline at the back - your choice). Luckily there was only 25 (still took me a couple of hours!). I then embossed them with a sizzix folder although I am not sure what this one is called as I don't have the original packaging... I printed the wording on the invite on white paper and cut the insert to fit inside the basque and hey presto!

Actually the photo doesn't really do it justice but you get the idea....

Template is here