Monday 17 June 2019

Floral 69 And 3/4 Birthday Card

A lady will be turning 80 but she is telling everyone she'll be celebrating  reaching 69 and 3/4!  Her friend is a friend of mine at Wilko and she asked me to make a card with 69 and 3/4 on - how could I possibly have refused a fun challenge like that?!

First of all I played around with the numbers and settled on a large stamped and die cut 69 with stamped numbers 3 and 4 with a scrap of CS for the forward slash.  I die cut several 6 and 9 numbers and stacked them together to get some dimension.  Once I'd created the stitched rectangle numbers panel I turned to designing the rest of the card.

The card base measures 5 3/4" square and my colour combo is Highland Heather, Basic Black and Whisper White - with a bit of Granny Apple Green thrown in for the leaves. I layered a square of Highland Heather gingham paper onto a larger square black CS mat.  I stamped the solid flowers and leaves in stamped off once Highland Heather and Granny Apple Green inks and then stamped the detailed images over the top in full strength inks in the same colours.  I die cut the flowers and leaves and played around with a layout.  I chose to use the same size die cut rectangle that I'd used for the numbers and I just offset the two on the card front, after layering both rectangles on black CS mats.

I stamped the sentiment, arranged the leaves and flowers and popped the flowers up on Dimensionals.  To complete the card front I added some iridescent faceted gems for a touch of sparkle.


Here's the inside of the card and the envelope.


Happily, my friend loved the card, I just hope the recipient enjoys receiving this one of a kind card for her milestone birthday!

Supplies:
Stamps: SU! 'Oh So Eclectic', 'Number of Years' & 'Memorable Moments' sets
CS: SU! Highland Heather, Basic Black & Whisper White

Patterned paper: SU! 'Gingham Gala' 6" x 6" DSP pack
Ink: SU! Highland Heather & Granny Apple Green, Memento Tuxedo Black
Tools: SU! 'Eclectic Layers', 'Large Numbers' & 'Layering Squares die sets, M&C Boutique stitched rectangles die set
Embellishments & accessories: the Works iridescent faceted gems, SU! Dimensionals

Ruth

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