Okay, this was a last minute card and it 's still waiting for it's insert which needs to be done as soon as I have finished writing up this post. So I'll make this a quick one.
I don't usually use ribbon flowers for my cards but as I left it so late to make this card I had to cheat a little.
I chose to do a vintage style Mother's day card for my Mother in Law, she is 93 years old, so I'd say she is vintage too.
I know she won't mind me saying that, she has an amazing sense of humour. Probably due to raising my husband, who is very much the comic.
I love making cards for her, she appreciates them and work that has gone into them so much. It makes it all worth while. I do hope she likes this one.
I used the Spellbinder Envelope corner die to cut two corners in cream card and glued them onto a cream card square, then I lightly sponged over the entire background using soft suede ink from Stampin' up .
The sentiment is from the stamp set "Occasional Greetings" I think.
It's a retired stamp set but it still comes in very handy.
I die cut the circles for the sentiment/ layers and cut the butterflies, inked the edges with soft suede ink and a sponge, stamped the greeting and assembled all the layers.
Lastly I added the flower and butterfly.
After Christmas I decided to treat myself to a couple of new dies and I have been itching to get in the craftroom to try them out. But my favourite room became the dumping ground for everything I needed to get out of the way over Christmas. So the craft room has been out of bounds for a while.
Today was the day I decided to fight my way through the door and and have a go at creating these envelopes.
These would be great for wedding invitations. But I wouldn't fancy making too many of them.
I have to say the 6x4 envelopes were a cinch to make with my envelope punch board from SU.
The die I used to decorate the flap is a Spellbinder Gold die. I think it's called the Envelope Corner Die.
It's Beautiful design and I have been umming and arring over it for some months now.
I am glad I finally got round to buying it. I think it makes these envelopes look really specially. I would be loathed to throw it out if this arrived through my letter box...... Mind you, Hubby would say I am loathed to throw anything thing out.
As for the black lined envelope, I'd like to say that was a cinch too but it wasn't. Everything was great until I got to the last flap,....... how the hell does one die cut the last flap without squashing the embossing on the two side flaps.
As you can see I did manage it somehow but there has to be and easier way.
I found the die needs to be near the edge of my Bigshot pro to cut through the flaps cleanly.
but angling the flaps to avoid squashing the previously cut flaps means the die had to go through the centre of my Bigshot.
If anyone out there knows of a tutorial for making these without squishing the side flaps Please tell.
Hope you like these.
