Another Challenge

The email with the latest Card Patterns sketch arrived today and it was quite lovely. Since I had just downloaded the latest freebie from SVG Cuts as well, I thought that this was an opportunity!

I used one of the scalloped shapes from SVG Cuts Scalloped Circles to make a base card. I welded two circles together and cut them to make a folded base then cut another slightly bigger scalloped circle for the top layer. A red circle completed the cutting!

I used the dune stamp designed by Sue Law to stamp around the edge of both layers, then stamped a heart using the freebie from the Craft Stamper magazine this month. I cut this one out and covered it with 3 layers of UTEE, with a sprinkle of gold on the top layer.

I added ribbon and lace to the centre of the circle then attached the ribbon roses and leaves.

The sentiment is from a Hero Arts words collection that I use a lot. I attached the heart with foam dots to make it stand out a little from the rest of the card.

Birthday time

Yes, it is that time of the year when the birthdays in the family start to come around again. The first one since March!!

My mother turned 86 yesterday and I made this card for her. I wanted it to be a bit special so I found a photo of her when she was about 18. I printed onto copy paper, tore the edges and layered it onto card using melted beeswax. I scraped away some wax from the centre of the card, then heated it a little and stamped a music stamp around the edges where the wax melted. I inked the whole piece with sepia archival ink.

The background is a tapestry paper from DCMW and I layered some old sheet music on top of this.

The roses were made from 6 petal flowers that I punched and made into roses then covered them with melted thick embossing powder which made them look semi-transparent in parts - quite a vintage effect. I layered these onto the lace trim that I coloured using distress stain (vintage photo) and threaded a pale blue ribbon through the lace.

The tag is a grommet tag from Spellbinders that I stamped with the sentiment using archival ink.

Mum thought the card was lovely and showed it to all her friends. She also had a lovely birthday!