Howdy! and welcome to my little piece of blog-land. Here, is where I share my passion for card making, and sometimes cupcakes {smile}. I really do find joy, and peace when I am creating. And it doesn't matter if it is baking or paper crafting. The joy is the same.
I wanted to make another card to add to my Etsy shop, located HERE. But I needed some inspiration, so I set out to a favorite challenge site, and stumbled upon a new (to me) challenge site {smile}.
One of my favorite challenge site I visited, Just Us GirlS #333. It's their 'word week', and this week's word is FLOWERS! On my! I love adding flowers to my paper crafts, so I am playing along with these beautifully creative ladies!
The last challenge I am entering is a 'new' challenge site for me. I stumbled upon this challenge from visiting a fellow blogger that I follow. This challenge site is eastern European. They do not have a 'translate' button, so copy and paste the text into Google Translator. Shabby Scrap - use rose(s).
here is what I made:
Recipe: I used Cream card stock by Paper Trey Ink for the card base. This card stock is a heavy weight, and wonderful as a card base. The card size is A6 (4 1/4" x 6").
The three pattern papers are digital papers. I just fell in love with the pale pink, and blush colors! I sponged the floral digital paper with crumb cake classic ink. I trimmed and sponged the library card digital paper. I rounded two of the corners for a different look, other than a right angle. I adhered these two digital papers together before I added the machine stitching. I also added dimensional glaze to the 'front' blue bird. I loved the pop of color!
I added cream twine to the trio of blush vintage buttons, and adhered them to the card front with my glue gun.
I used a leaf punch and some shimmer green textured card stock to create the leaves. I tucked the leaves under the two pale pink paper blossoms. The larger pink blossom is from Prima Marketing. The smaller pink blossom is a 'carnation' from an on-line shop.
I trimmed the journalling piece into a tag. I sponged the edges, and added a hole for the seam binding. I did a simple loop of pale pink seam binding and tied a simple bow with a pale pink/blush colored thin tinsel. I added a pale blush paper blossom to the bow. The tag was adhered to the card front with foam tape.
I stamped the sentiment onto vellum card stock and adhered to the front of the tag. (I added my adhesive where the lettering is, so that the adhesive wouldn't show through.)
I used the Signature Greetings, by Amuse Studios. I heat embossed the sentiment with antique gold embossing powder.
Thank you for looking! I hope you have been inspired to play along with any or all of these challenges! I will be adding this card to my Etsy shop in the next few days. {smile}
