Friday, 6 January 2012

Vintage birthday card

A big thankyou to Kathy from Docrafts who was my Christmas swap partner this year, and sent me some absolutely gorgeous lace. Some of it is used on this card and I hope she approves.

"Vintage birthday card"

The design is mostly achieved with distress inks & Tim Holtz stamps. The background has gold Perfect Pearls rubbed into the stamping for lots of shine.

"Closeup of main panel"

The stamping from the background is repeated on the main panel in a darker colour. The sentiment is stamped in black archival ink, distressed, and diecut in layered ovals before fixing to the main panel with Pinflair.

"Butterfly"

A couple of butterflies are stamped and heat-embossed in gold onto white card before colouring with distress inks, cutting out and fixing to the card with the wings raised to add a little dimension. This design folds neatly flat for posting at the standard letter rate :-)

Entered for the following challenge:
Samuel Taylors January Blog Challenge - Distress (fab prize of 4 distress reinkers - woohoo!!)
Simon Says Stamp...NEW something (new lace)
Crop Stop Challenge - Go for the Gold
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12 comments:

  1. CropStop6 January 2012 at 18:35

    Wonderful. Love how you carried through the stamped image, but treated each part differently. Very pretty. Thank you for joining in the fun at www.CropStop.com.

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  2. Zoechaos6 January 2012 at 18:59

    Gorgeous card XOXO Zoe

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  3. Jayne6 January 2012 at 19:47

    Gorgeous card Maddy, I love the elegance of it and the lovely shimmer, just beautiful! Love Jayne. x x

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  4. Kathleen (Kath) B. Hernandez7 January 2012 at 01:30

    Wow! What a beautiful and stunning card! Thanks for joining CropStop's “Go For the Gold” Challenge!

    Kathleen
    Blog: Creo by Lady Katutz at http://creobyladykatutz.blogspot.com/

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  5. Peanut7 January 2012 at 06:35

    Gorgeous card! Love that lace. Thanks for sharing.

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  6. Crafty Loops7 January 2012 at 13:23

    Oh my word Maddy, this is absolutely beautiful. I love the colours and embossing. Love it. Sorry Ive been a bit quiet lately. I havent had 2 mins to myself! Lee x

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  7. Marie-Louise7 January 2012 at 15:57

    Really beautiful card.

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  8. Vicki8 January 2012 at 01:08

    Lovely, elegant card! Thanks for playing along with our CropStop Challenge Blog.

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  9. Anonymous8 January 2012 at 13:53

    Yes I do approve, such a gorgeous card as are all your other ones, you are one very talented lady. Glad you are happy with the lace. Love Kathy xxx

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  10. Rosie12 January 2012 at 16:11

    Wowzers, this is beautiful! The gold is stunning! Thank you for joining in our CropStop Challenge. Hugs, Rosie

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  11. kramer_buffy13 January 2012 at 00:18

    love all the details you added, this reminds me of those gorgeous vintage postcards. Thank you for joining in our CropStop GOLD Challenge.
    -- dalis

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  12. Lizzybobs5 March 2012 at 15:31

    this is a gorgeous card - inspirational

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