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Saturday 7 July 2012

All my friends are turning 50....

Purple easel card
Just lately it seems like I have been making lots of cards for friends (or friends of friends) who are hitting the big 5- 0.

I found a really cool stamp sentiment that says "Still sassy and nifty, now that you're fifty!!!" and boy, has that had a work out.

This card is a 6" square easel card, and I was asked to include purple, silver, lots of bling and a picture of the birthday girl.

I used plain white card for the base, and then layered the flat part of the card with silver mirri and purple glitter card.

I covered the two triangular elements of the easel with silver mirri and a lilac embossed paper (from hunkydory or kanban - not sure which!).

View of card laying flat
Onto that I layered some diecut shapes with feathers placed underneath so they stood up.  A photograph of the birthday girl was included as the main topper, layered over the top of a floral square diecut from memory box.

Other embellishments included  a butterfly from memory box (my new favourite thing) and a fanciful flourish by cheery lyn.  I used some diamante flower gems to set off the flourish, which was stuck to the base of the card.

A simple peeloff was used for the birthday greeting on the stopper plate.

2 comments:

  1. This is fabulous and I'm sure the recipient will love it! That swirly die cut is gorgeous! I always find these sorts of cards difficult because you're trying to please three people - the recipient, the requester and yourself as well which can be a hard balance to get right.

    Good to see you back and crafting for 'yourself' as well as design team bits!

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  2. great card and I'm sure the birthday girl will love it!
    Kim x

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