Happy 21st Card

I'm sharing a card made for a special birthday using a mini cardmaking kit that I have been looking forward to using for a while and for this card I have used some of the papers.

I think this beautiful design and these vibrant papers will be just perfect for the person I have made this card for.

The Bright Lights Maeve PDF digital collection download mini kit by Opulence by Design Crafts, comprises of toppers, sentiments and 4 fabulous design sheets to use with your projects.

I started with a white 8 x 8 inch card base and have added some black cardstock between some of the layers. The purple layer was one of the colour block sheets from the Purple Anemone flower forming sheets.

To get the shimmer on the top layer of my paper, I used a textured pearlescent cream paper that I have had for ages and think it was really intended to be used for wedding or special occasion crafting as it has a luxurious feel to it. Using this in my printer has changed the look of my design papers and I'm also making the most of my craft stash too.

I used a very fine gold string bead instead of ribbon that I found at Christmas as a set of 3 colours on a roll and thought it would come in handy. I then chose my flowers, some of which I had previously made up.

I used the the Digital Florist Purple Anemone, the Digital Florist Giant Lilac Poppy,  the Digital Florist Purple and Lemon Pansies, a few Digital Florist Poppy Heads and Foliage Ivy leaves . The little pink dahlia  came from one of the flower sets and it has been reduced in size. I often like to reduce the size of my blooms to suit my project.

I have just added drops of glossy accents to the centres of my flowers and I love the vibrant designs of these collections.

If you would like to check out Amanda's YouTube Channel for cardmaking, flower making and inspirational craft videos  you can find her gallery here or even follow on Instagram:  

https://www.youtube.com/c/opulencebydesign

https://www.instagram.com/opulencebydesignca/

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

Happy Crafting

Challenges:-

Beautiful Blossoms - flowers/mood board

Triple B - Blooms

Daisy Chains - Flowers

Aud Sentiments - Dies/sentiments

Crafts Galore - AG

Everybody Art - Birthday 

Craft Rocket - Birthday

Allys Angels - AG  (Top Pick )

Let's Craft & Create - Dots

Creative Crafters - AG

Creative Fingers - AAG

Pennys Challenge - AG

CD Sunday Plus - AG   ( Top 3 )

Pammiesinky Pinkies - AG

Classic Designs - AG

Try it on Tuesday - flowers

Sparkles - Flowers

Crafty Addicts - AG

Dream Valley - Add a Sentiment

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)