A Classy Birthday Card

Busy few weeks and back at school after the summer break so not much time to craft now.   Seems like the Summer flew past in a flash with me still waiting for it to get started.  I don't mind Autumn but feel cheated that we didn't get a good Summer with all the rain, and now we're racing headlong to Christmas. 

Between work and 'The Battle of the Slugs' I have managed to make a few cards, one of which I'm going to share today.  And no I didn't win the Battle, The Slug Gang and their allies The Snail Gang seem to think I'm running an 'All You Can Eat Buffet'

This card was made to order for a friend to give to her daughter.  She wanted something classy but left the design and colour up to me. It's A5 size and I decided on a subtle colour palette so used three papers in the same colour, with white, from Pink Petticoat and teamed them with silver, the image is also from Pink Petticoat.  Colouring this to match proved difficult so I printed a second image onto a solid colour, cut out the shoes and stuck them on.   The sentiments were created in Word and printed directly onto the paper, which was quite a challenge as  it took several attempts before I was happy with the curved writing.  White ribbon, a small silver coloured heart and a few crystal gems finish it off.

 

CHALLENGES ENTERED

Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge #203 - MILESTONE BIRTHDAYS

Wild Orchid Challenge 58 - Layer It Up

Southern Girls Challenge 53 - It's Well Bling Bling 

Thanks for looking.

Lynn x

Wedding Hearts

'A personalised wedding card please', but no information about the happy couple other than their names, 'I'm sure you'll come up with something', was the request I had from a friend a few weeks ago.

I remembered seeing some cards around Blogland which used heart shapes to represent the bride and groom, so after a few attempts at drawing a suitable sized heart I came up with a template that I was happy with.  After that the card came together quite easily as I already had the 8"x8" (20cm x 20cm) scalloped card blank, a scrap of suitable paper and a length of matching ribbon.

The sentiment was made in Word Art and printed directly onto the card front.  Then some silver card for matting and a cuttlebug embossing folder to create the dress.  I used some flat back pearls to finish it off ... only it didn't look finished ... so I added part of a die cut that just happened to be hanging around (luckily in the same silver card)  from when I was trying out a new Memory Box Die called Honeysuckle Vine.

I'm entering the September Card Challenge on the Ribbon Girl Blog which is 'Just add pearls' 

Thanks for looking,

Hugs Lynn x