High school formal card

Hi all, wow what an emotional ride this year has been!!  First off I would like to thank you all from the bottom of our hearts for all your donations sent to one mission Brazil for Ben. He was overwhelmed by your generosity and was asked by his organizers how he raised the money so quick.... his responce was all mums great blog follows! also thank you to our local friends who also gave very generously xx he ended up with almost $300 over his $900 goal so thankyou!!
Well our youngest daughter Madaleine finished her last yr 12 exam and had their High school formal earlier this week. Her future plans are all coming together now which as parents is so exciting to see! Our time with family was such a cherished blessing together. I made a card like her dress which has been my little tradition for all our kids and is a twist on the corner folding I have done in the past so I hope you will enjoy my video tutorial below. By the way Madaleine made this dress with the sari fabric her sister bought back from India for her, I think she did a top job! I crochet her hair piece and it all came together really nicely. Ben leaves for Brazil in a week and next is Beth's Uni graduation! .... here are a few snap shots of the Madaleine's big night ...... enjoy!
Blessings to you

and a last thought

I always thank God for you because of his grace given you in Christ Jesus. 

 For in him you have been enriched in every way--

in all your speaking and in all your knowledge--

1 Corinthians 1:4-5

Heart punch dress

Hi and thank you for the overwhelming comments on my last post its so nice to know you enjoy these projects and for your concern with the recent flooding in Australia. My nephew in Brisbane has been evacuated from his house, i'ts under and Ive been in contact with my brother who lives in Toowoomba and they are all safe thank the Lord! there house is higher up out of the central business district where it was hit bad but they have his mother in law living with them who did get flooded out badly, they all still need our prayers. The heavy rain is coming down south, Grafton which is 3 hours from us is having major flooding and has the main highway cut off and our water ways are very full now too so if it keeps raining we too will have flooding in our valley. I also did my first day of motel cleaning which was hard work but im just so happy to have work and be able to help my family financially :)

On an lighter note this is the dress version of my heart punch lady, it would be a great wedding card of course lol or even a graduation or special anniversary / evening celebration card. The rolled rose was done with the 1-3/4" circle punch cut in a spiral and rolled around similar to my rolled scallop rose tutorial.

The dress was made using the largest scallop circle from the large scallops nestabiblity dies set, with a piece cut from either side pic below....

I embossed the skirt with the sun rays folder from craft concepts which i bought off eBay... not sure who else sells them But you could use another pattern or just leave it plain. And this is the card i made for someone special getting married soon hence the colour scheme.

For all the details on the bodice part of the dress plus shading ideas please refer back to my valentine heart punch couple post
now sit back and enjoy my video :))
Blessings to you

and a last thought

“Now faith is the substance of things hoped for,

the evidence of things not seen”
(Hebrews 11:1, KJV)

These gorgeous dresses were made by Yvonne :)