I wanted to make a special card for my MIL's upcoming 70th birthday using my new Memorable Moments stamp set, and pulled together some bits of paper and ribbons and other odds and ends from my stash to put together. The card base is PTI Fine Linen, then I layered it with Bravo Burgundy and the Kaisercraft paper. I stamped a small strip of Linen paper with the Elements of Style roses in Burgundy, and layered that with Burgundy paper and lace to make a border strip. I also added a rhinestone brad to the end of it from the Hodgepodge Hardware kit. I stamped 'Happy Birthday' on a strip of Vintage Cream paper, trimmed each word apart and added a 'V' notch to the end of each piece with my square punch. I stamped '70th' in Rose Red onto another piece fo Vintage Cream and punched it out with the oval punch. I sponged all the edges of the Vintage Cream pieces with Antique Linen distress ink and added pearls to the oval. I stamped the label shape with versamark onto vellum and heat embossed it in white, then diecut it with the label framelit. I diecut a larger framelit out of the Prima paper to put behind it. After these were all layered onto the card, I made the flower by wetting and scrunching scalloped circle pieces of paper (the Prima paper as well as Rose Red and Bravo Burgundy) and adding a brad that I made by combining the Build-a-Brad kit with a large cream pearl from the Hodgepodge kit. I adhered the pearl to the brad finding by punching a 1/2" circle of Sookwang sticky strip and putting that first on the pearl, then on the brad. The ribbons and lace were tied together with a bit of thread and attached under the flower with glue dots.
Whew, lots of stuff going on here but I like how it turned out!
Date: Wednesday, June 13, 2012 GMT Views: 2372
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Stamps: Memorable Moments, Elements of Style
Paper: Bravo Burgundy, Rose Red, vellum, PTI Fine Linen, Vintage Cream, Kaisercraft English Rose, Prima Romantique
Ink: Bravo Burgundy, Rose Red, Antique Linen distress ink, Versamark
Accessories: Lables framelits, large oval punch, 1 3/4" and 2 3/8" scallop circle punches, square punch, Hodgepodge Hardware kit, Build-a-Brad kit, pearls, white embossing powder, ribbons and lace