Vintage Birthday card

Sharing another birthday card, made for a friend. I think I am up to date on my cards for now and can take a bit of a break from cardmaking.

I wanted to make something a little bit different, so opted for a vintage look using a vintage flapper girl postcard that I spotted and was allowed to download on Pinterest. 

I used cream card and a square-shaped die along with a ribbon threader die to create the card base.

I thought that some of the papers from the Graceful Gerbras collection by Opulence by Design would work perfectly with my card and the pretty gerbera paper was printed onto white pearlescent paper from Crafters Companion that I have had in my stash for ages.

I also used one of my Tattered Lace frame dies from my stash which I die cut from a textured rose gold matte mirror card.

I like to sit and cut out my flowers whilst watching TV and then I know that I always have flowers on hand for my projects and when I am trying to decide what to use. I use a lot of smaller flowers so find it very handy to downsize enough blooms to cut out and have ready to craft with.

The flowers that I have used are a mix of pinks from Steampunk Florals along with leaves, Blue Dahlias from the Breathe collection, and rose leaves all by Opulence by Design.

I've used a mix of Stickles glitter glue and glossy accent in the centre of my flowers for different textures and I edged my petals with a Treasure gold dinky inky ink pad by The Dreamees. I use this ink pad and reinker a lot in my crafting and not sure whether The Dreamees will bring this set of sparkle dye-based essential inks back into stock.  Some of the petals I went over with a stardust gelly roll pen for a little more highlight.

Inside my card I added a coordinating insert from the paper kit, adding a little shimmer to the papers with my gelly roll pen.

To the rim of the hat of my Vintage lady, I added 3 small flowers that I thought nestled just nicely on her hat. My card has been threaded with white organza ribbon and embellished with small white pearls.

Have a great day whatever you have planned for yourself and if you've been crafting, what's been your craft table this week?  

Happy crafting

Challenges:-

Daisy Chains - Flowers

Beautiful Blossoms - Flowers 

Triple B - Blooms

C.R.A.F.T Challenge - Female 

Lets Craft & Create - AG

Crafts Galore Encore - ATG

Classic Designs Challenge - ATG

Love to Craft - ATG

Love to Scrap - ATG (Winner)

A Place to Start - ATG

Digi Choose Day - ATG

Fab'n'Funky - Vintage/Retro

Breathe Collection Birthday card

I have made a start on my birthday cards that I need to make this year and was really spoilt for choice, as I have quite a few favourites when it comes to these beautiful digital download collections by Opulence by Design Crafts.

One of my favourite things to make has always been flowers and when saw this digital download collection from Amanda Aitken, I fell in love with it straight away. Amanda is a very talented crafter/designer and so much more. She's worked very hard to create a website with all her own designs and collections.

The Breathe collection comprises of 5 x  A4  PDF sheets - a mix of backing papers, embellishment/collage sheets, and of course the beautiful Dahlia flowers which are so very detailed and easy to cut out, which is important if you have dexterity issues.

I used kraft card for my base and layered it with rose gold textured mirror card. I quite often carry paper through to the back of the card too. I used one of my Tattered Lace dies for my flowers to sit on.

Between the flowers and the square topper, I inserted a blue heart embellishment from the collection which was heat embossed with clear embossing powder to add some texture.

I also added some variegated green ivy leaves also from Amanda's website, in between the flowers. I just added some glossy accents and some copper nail head embellishments to finish off my card.

I just need to make an envelobox for this card, leaving enough space for the flowers, so that  I can be sure they won’t get crushed before I send this card on its way.

Have a great day, whatever you have planned for yourself.

Happy crafting

Challenges:-

Daisy Chains  - ATG

Love to scrap - ATG

Love to craft  - ATG

Crafts Galore - ATG  (won DT favourite)

Beautiful Blossoms - Flowers (Winner)