Special’s my kind of card making, and I love to make a coordinating box, with the card nestling in layers of tissue paper for that extra special touch.
This is also my first play with my extended Cameo Silhouette cutting mat – I used to the cut the fancy edge card blank with the matching frame. Very happy with the result. I will be using this technique again on other shapes – it was a doddle to do.
Card Recipe:
Stamp: Kanban
Colouring Mediums: Momento Ink Pad Cocoa, Brown Pigment Ink, Promarker Pens, Tattered Angels Glimmer Spritz
Paper & Card: Kanban Printed Cardstock, Stardream Opal, Opalescent Vellum
Tools: Spellbinders, Silhouette Cameo, BigShot Pro, Quickutz
Embellishments: double satin ribbon 10mm & 3mm, hand-made beaded Hat Pins, pearls, mulberry roses, gardenia & cheery blossom.
I then embossed an offcut of stardream card through my Big-Shot Pro using a spellbinders embossing folder. Once embossed, this offcut was paper-pieced together with an offcut of coordinating Kanban Printed Cardstock and the join was covered by a strip of double satin ribbon, then die-cut with Spellbinders Labels 1.
My brown pigment ink was not as deep as I wanted so I inked up the stamp first with a layer of Momento Cocoa and then added a layer of brown pigment ink. This was then embossed with clear powder and coloured with promarker pens. The finished image was then cut from the smaller Labels 1 die, using the ‘outside the die’ technique so that the tassle came below the cut line of the die.
I printed my greeting onto an offcut of Kanban Printed Cardstock and die-cut it out.To ensemble, I mounted the flourish background onto the backing card, topped off with the frame and inked all the edges. The mounted stamped image and greeting were added . To embellish, I used mulberry paper rosebuds, gardenia & cheery blossom flowers, handmade HatPins, flat-backed pearls and a double-satin ribbon bow. Finally, the entire project was spritzed with Tattered Angels Glimmer Spritz, for a subtle shimmer.
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WOW stunning card, love the box, will make it extra special.x
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ReplyDeletestunning card tracy x
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ReplyDeleteAbsolutely stunning card love everything about it especially the flower's. Have a great weekend. Caroline xx
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ReplyDeletecarol x
A stunning retirement card, very elegant xxx
ReplyDeleteHow beautiful! This certainly is a very special card, and thank you for explaining each stage.
ReplyDeletestunning sue xx
ReplyDeletea beautiful elegant card, with a stylish colour scheme - just lovely! xx Jill B
ReplyDeleteStunning card- beautifully elegant - love the colours
ReplyDeleteLinda
absolutely beautiful I am sure she will love it who wouldn't x
ReplyDeleteGorgeous elegant card.
ReplyDeleteOoh this is stunning! Happy leapblogging! Elaine-xxx-
ReplyDeleteThis is stunning and so elegant. The flowers are just gorgeous.
ReplyDeleteHeike xx