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

Graceful Gerbera Birthday Card

A quick little card to share today, another birthday card made in advance for my neighbour who loves flowers so I thought that this card would be perfect for her.

I loved the large beautiful white gerberas on this Graceful  Gerberas kit, they really jump out of the papers and topper in this kit by Opulence by Design Crafts. There is a selection of toppers and sentiments along with a set of pink/cream backing/collage papers for you to choose from.

I've been stocking up on my paper too since I have been using more downloadable crafting. I use an Epson Eco tank colour printer which I have been very happy with as I find it very economical on ink and for printing and for a while I have been using A4 Navigator white paper (250 sheets) for colour documents (in the orange wrapper) which is 120gsm.

It's a nice smooth paper, lovely for flower making and I buy it from Wilkos which often has it on offer. It is very popular though.  The other slightly thicker card I use is Hobbycrafts A4 white smooth card 160gsm (100 pack). Lovely for toppers. I think you have to try a few out and see what works for you.

There are lots of different texture papers around that these papers would look gorgeous printed onto.

I used an 8 x 8 card base for my card and used a ribbon threader die so that I could weave a little rose taffeta wired ribbon under the topper. I also used my stardust gel pen to highlight the gold splatters already on the design and added a matching insert inside my card.

My neighbour is so kind, when she gardens, she digs up little clumps of pinks, lilies french marigolds or whatever is growing in her garden at the time that she thinks I might like and pops them on my doorstep. Her husband used to do the gardening but unfortunately, that's down to her now.

I'm looking forward to getting back into my garden and sorting my little greenhouse out.

If you've been crafting, what's on your craft table this week?  

Happy crafting

Challenges:-

Beautiful Blossoms - Flowers

Creative Fingers  - ATG

Creatalicious - ATG

Allsorts - ATG (option matching) - matching insert

Everybody Art Challenge - Birthday 

Let's Craft and Create - Use a Sentiment

Krafty Chicks Challenge - Birthday

Through the Purple Haze - ATG

Crafty Calendar - Add ribbon