Chic 60th

So I wanted to make a special card for a friends 60th birthday. I instantly thought of using the hunkydory window to the heart postcard collection. I used the a special friend toppers, matching paper and insert. 

 

 

I folded an a5 cardblank and covered the front with patterned paper. I scored a piece of a4 acetate in the centre, then on one side scored a second line 2.5cm away. I creased the folds, added a couple bits of tape in the folded strip and glued it to my card blank. I wrapped some white ribbon around the card front and acetate to cover the glue, then tied in a bow. 

 

 

I trimmed the picture side of the insert to fit the inside of the card. I stamped my 60th sentiment and added some glitter pen to add sparkle. I trimmed the greeting side of insert to be the same size as the toppers.

 

 

I glued the first topper in position on the front of the card blank. I positioned another on top of the acetate in line with the one on the card front. I then used the insert greeting paper to cover the glue on the reverse of the acetate. As a final touch, I added a stick on gem to the perfume bottle.

 

Mx

Uptown girl...

• Stamping bella-mason uptown girl opal the optimist 
• Sentimentally yours- elegant milestone birthday 
• LOTV- timeless Victorian paper
• SU!- finishing touches edgelits
• Neenahclassic crest cardstock 
• Memento 'tuxedo black' ink pad 
• Copics- skin E50,51,21,11,93. Hair E44,43,42.Y21. dress C4. V12,15,17. BG32,34. Dress/bottle YG63,67. Bottle/drink E40,81. Glass BG70. Ground C1,00
• atyou spica glitter pens - clear, sand and black
• Clear self adhesive gems and paper flowers (unknown brand)

I took inspiration from the sketch and decided to create an alternative shaped card by cutting the front off at an angle. To do this, I measured 1cm in from two corners on the front of my card blank and drew a diagonal pencil line across to help line up my edge die. I die cut along the line to shape the card with a decorative edge. I cut a mat of paper for both the inside and outside of my card blank and glued them down. I stamped and coloured my image with copics and touches of glitter to create the champagne bubbles and sparkly belt. I then stamped my sentiment onto another piece of card and used my paper trimmer to shape them into rectangles. I matted each of these onto the coordinating paper and glued them to my card, making sure the glue was only on the areas touching the card front and not on the overhang. I added paper flowers in matching colours and clear gems to complete the sketch with a touch of decoration and sparkle.

 

Mx

Challenge i would like to enter:

Sketch Saturday #432

opal the optimist...

• stamping bella- uptown girl opal the optimist
• sentimentally yours- elegant milestone birthdays
• we r memory keepers- love 2 craft 6x6" paper pad
• SU!- adorning accents border dies
• Neenah classic crest cardstock
• memento 'tuxedo black' ink pad
• copics-skin:E50,51,21,11,93. hair: E09,97,99. dress: BG11,32,34,57. RV04,06,09. green:YG63,67,17. cream:E34,31,30. Glass:B41,BG70. ground:C1,00.
• sakura gelly roll 'clear star' glitter pen
• dove craft 'serendipity' sequins
• 6x6" white card blank

I cut a piece of copic friendly cardstock to the same size as my card blank. I die cut both pieces to the same size to give a decorative border along the opening edge of my card. I stamped my girl image and coloured her using copics. I then stamped my sentiment and traced over it with a glitter pen, to add some shimmer. I cut a piece of paper 4cm wide and added this to the inside back of my card. the final touch was some sequins in co-coordinating colours.

Mx

 

challenge I would like to enter:

cas(E) this sketch #185

bottoms up !!

got dad a bottle of booze for fathers day and thought it would be nice to wrap it up and decorate it with a bottle hanger. used stamps from lili of the valley, the bear was perfect holding his glass and the new bottoms up just finished it a treat !!

 

 

stamps: set 43 statement stamps, set 26 simply sophisticated and cheers bear from LOTV

 

tools: promarkers and cobalt archival ink pad, tuxedo black memento ink pad, xcut corner rounder, sizzix big shot machine with circle die

 

other: blue card, digi cardstock from craftwork cards, bakers twine and blue tissue



june 'use a sentiment' challenge !!

2 milk bottles...

sitting on the cake... lucky me none fell off!!

 close up off the bottles

this is a retirement cake i have just done for a milk man. the milk bottles are made from a krispie recipe to make them light enough to go onto the cake, which caused some trouble this week when decorating. i am pleased with how it turned out in the end though, hope you all agree...

Mx