90th Birthday card

My friend asked if I could make her a card for her Aunt's 90th Birthday so this is the card that I made.

I have made this style of card before that my friend has chosen and I have die cut the front of the 7 x 7-inch card using a frame die from one of Tattered Lace's Petals of Lace collection.

I have also used the matching charisma papers (which I believe you still can download some free samples from their website for your dies)  to die cut the roses for my decoupaged topper, which isn't too fiddly to do, compared to some.

I stamped and heat embossed both sentiments for the aperture centre but had to rely on die cuts for the rest.

I also used backing papers from the collection that I had and mounted the topper on foam pads so that it would stand proud. I used my sakura gelly roll pen in stardust to highlight areas of the paper to give it a little shimmer.  I can't recommend these pens enough. I'm not a huge fan of using loose glitter, I love my Stickles glitter glue but the pens I use all the time as they give you a little shimmer here and there where sometimes sparkle can be a little too much. Unfortunately, it doesn't always show up in my photos to show you.

As this style of card doesn't really have a place to write your message unless you don't mind it showing through the design, so I made a panel on the back which I think looks a lot neater.

Of course, the card needed a box, so I used some more of the design paper on the front of the box and lined the inside with some plain pink paper, overlayed with an embossed topper using one of the Dreamees embossing folders. I also highlighted areas of the printed paper on the front of the box with my gel pen, which just shows up in the picture above.

What a special birthday to reach and I hope that my friend's Aunt receives lots of cards to mark her memorable day.

I have another project to finish off from last year so hopefully, that will be my next post.

What's on your crafting table today? 

 Have a good day whatever you have planned for yourself.

Happy crafting

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Tattered Lace Petal of Lace Collection

Following the launch of Tattered Lace Petals of Lace, I am sharing my DT samples made from some of the dies for the launch on Create and Craft TV .

I had the following dies:- Oops, It Wasn't Me, Message of Love, Petals of Lace Rose Carpet, Petals of Lace Square, Zig Zag Rectangle dies, Best Friends stamp set and backing papers from the collection.

Starting with the best friends stamp set.

I also used the flowers to create a background layer for the card and the zig zag rectangle frame die set.

 I used the leaves from the hedgehog stamp to embellish the edges of the card and the zig zag rectangle die set again.

One of the sentiment stamps was used for a background panel also. The zig zag rectangle die set created the different panels for my card.

I have used a mix of all the animals in the stamp set for a monochrome background.

Stepper card also using the zig zag rectangle dies and a shaped cream card base.

 Petals of lace square die with matching charisma decoupaged, also using the best friends sentiment stamps and background papers from the collection.

An aperture window, using the frame of the petals of lace square die with the charisma and using the centre panel as a hanging aperture.

Using the petals of lace square die and charisma with the Oops die and the best friends stamped sentiment on acetate with the matching backing papers from the collection.  I have also used the petals of lace rose carpet die and matching charisma which has been decoupaged around the centre of the card.

Staying with the Oops dies I have used some of the decoupaged flowers from the petals of lace square die to embellish the card.

The other dies I have used are from the Tattered Lace Fine Filament Portofino collection and the heart die from the Tattered Lace dimensional handbag die set. The backing papers are from my stash, possibly a Trimcraft collection of luxury textured papers.

I have used the Tattered Lace There's no place like home die from the Portmanteau collection for my frame card with the matching backing paper from the collection with the Oops die and petals of lace carpet die. Adding some matching ribbon down the spine and a best friends stamp with the zig zag rectangle dies.

The flowers look equally as nice without the matching charisma papers which are downloadable for free directly from the Tattered Lace website.

https://www.tatteredlace.co.uk/downloads/artwork/

I have used the zig zag rectangle dies with the petals of lace carpet die for this invite.

Circle aperture card with an acetate panel with the It wasn't me die and matching charisma paper, also using the backing papers from the collection. I have used the petals of lace carpet die with the matching charisma paper onto glossy paper for a posy of flowers at the top of the card. 

Using the same die and a different colour combo, I have used pearlescent paper for the petals of lace rose carpet flowers and snipped into the die/charisma to add another flowerpot of flowers for a slightly different look. This backing paper has a corduroy look to it. I have used the zig zag dies to make a panel card.

Message of love die with the decoupaged flowers from the petals of lace square die to embellish the frame of my flower shaped card using the Tattered Lace quaterfoil die set with the backing papers from the collection.

A different shaped aperture card using the message of love die, best friend sentiment stamp and rose embellishment from the petals of lace carpet die.

Another lovely collection to work with and it was nice to have the mix of stamps to work with this time.

Happy Crafting!