90th birthday...

Not a challenge this time but a card for my Auntie who will be 90 tomorrow!! Why do I always leave things till the last minute? Anyway as I needed a card quickly I decided to do a card similar (almost the same really) to a christmas card I did a while ago.

I printed an image from the CD 'Silhouette Magic' by Ooh-la-la-creations on to ink jet acetate and then matted this on to gold card using black brads. This was then matted on to black to make the image stand out more.

The base card has a vellum wrap around it to soften the look. Gold peel offs and tag help to pull the design together.

Down on the farm...

The challenge at http://pennybfriendssaturdaychallenge.blogspot.com/ this week is 'Down on the farm'. I borrowed my daughter's cute sheep Penny Black stamp and made this very simple card to send to a friend at any time of the year.

Had a slight panic while making it as I couldn't find my cuttle bug folder - what would we all do without our 'swiss dots'? As you can see it turned up - thank goodness!

Powder Blues...

The image and backing papers I used for this card are called Powder Blues and although I made this card a few weeks ago it seemed perfect for the challenge at http://artygirlzchallengeblog.blogspot.com/ where the challenge is to have the colour BLUE as a main feature.

I love the soft tones of blue in the image of these ladies in their blue dresses and wanted to keep that softness in the make up of the card. I used vellum to soften the edges and pearls as accents that may possibly echo the kind of jewellry they would add to complete their outfits.

The image and backing papers are from the 'Passion for Fashion' CD from Ooh-la-la-Creations.