Hi there.

Thanks for stopping by for this last Groovi Day!

I just wanted to say thanks for all the feedback on the Groovi week and the orders – the machines have been on overdrive trying to keep up with the demand!

And I want to thank my dear friend, Paul Church, 
for prepping this blog for me, 
so that I would have an evening off.
How kind is that?!

Below is another Groovi set – Three Doves and Sprig Swirl

Designed to work individually……..

Or together.

The Doves can be used for so many different occasions, but I thought I would make a nice wedding card.

Lets make a list of what we need

Groovi Starter Kit

Three Doves & Sprig Swirl Groovi Plates

Nested Squares Groovi Plate

First, I am going to uses the boxes from the Groovi Plate Mate for my message

Then I am going to put the smallest of the 3 Doves in between.

Then I put the Sprig Swirl in place and embossed the design making sure I stayed out of the boxes and the Dove

Next I wanted to create a frame around it – so I used the Nested Squares Groovi Plate

If you place your design over the squares, you will find that the largest square is not big enough. So what you need to do is make it bigger by moving the parchment around. 

I started by lining the left hand part of the Sprig Swirl up with the 3rd square in from the outside and embossed the first two squares until it came to the end of the design. Then I shifted it along and lined it up in the same way and then continued with the frame

I now have a nice frame – although it needs a little something extra

So I went freestyle and picked up different parts of the design from the Sprig Swirl to fill in the border

That’s much better!

I then added my greeting, trimmed it back to the frame and so that the Dove did not get lost in the Sprig Swirl, I used my ball tools to add some white work

Doesn’t that make a difference, I also did some white work on the top part of the letters.

Finally I mounted it onto some pink card.
The lighting in my art room is not great, 
but I’m sure you see the magic of these plates!  

I love this Groovi System!!

Love Paul

&

xxx