Combining Hobbies - Photography

Hi everyone...

I've deviated from my subject of Pollyanna Pickering and over the weekend, decided to do a little bit of photography... I was afraid of missing the snowdrops at their peak...

Anyone who knows me, knows that I love photography... I only got into it in 2012, but it's something that I love, love, love... if you want to check out my photos... here's a link to my Flickr account: Glenda's Photos

So, anyway, much to my mother's reluctance (but under her careful supervision) I was allowed to wander round her garden and pick a few of her spring flowers... only a few - seriously, she followed me!!!

But, with that in mind... I thought I'd combine this hobby with my card making one...

And here's the card I made....

And here's how I did it...

First of all, my best friend bought me a light box for Christmas (very thoughtful)... what a fantastic little piece of kit this is...

A really simple idea... a foldable white box, with a row of lights along the top:

Then using my Canon 60D, I set up the spring flowers in a vase and took a few pics:

And this was the resulting photo that I posted on Flickr:

To make the card... I printed my image off on to 4 x 6 inch glossy photo paper (it's heavier than paper, more like a card weight). And trimmed it to size...

Then layered it on black card stock and using double sided sticky tape, positioned it on my white card blank.

I then stamped a sentiment unto the image... in hindsight and for future reference, do NOT use a solvent ink like Stazon on glossy paper, as it will lift the coating! (I'll remember that one!) ah well.

Then I stuck some black ribbon on the bottom and tied a knot to one side, and stuck a few diamante gems around the image:

Hope you like it and if you get chance to take some photos of your spring flowers, I'd love to see them :)

Thanks for stopping by :)