My husband's grandmother was 94 yesterday. She still lives by herself in her own house, about an hour's drive down the country from us, and we headed down with family on Saturday to bring her out for a birthday lunch. I had only a little time to make a card for her (and frankly, she's always more interested in what's inside the card, she opens the envelope, takes out the card and shakes it to see what falls out!!!) - here's what I ended up with:
I used the sketch from this week's Deconstructed Sketches, although I didn't have time to incorporate all the elements, and I'm also entering this into the following challenges: Creative Card Crew ("Shabby Chic/Vintage"), Crafty Creations ("S" - my word is Summer), Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge and Crafty Girls ("Anything Goes"), Brown Sugar ("Birthday") and The Shabby Tearoom ("Vintage Love").
As I was so short for time, rather than print or stamp and colour an image, I printed off this sweet vintage image from Pinterest on photo paper. I love the tinting and big floppy pink bow in her hair, which I echoed by tying a crumpled seam binding bow at the bottom of the panel. Here's a close-up of the image.
Recipe:
Papers: Crate Paper "Emma's Shoppe"
Other: Seam binding
Thanks for looking - and don't forget my giveaway - HERE is the link to the post.
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4 comments :
Beautiful card, love the image & the two bows. Hope your husband's grandmother enjoyed her day :)
Gorgeous, beautiful, sweet vintage image and lovely papers.
Thank you for joining us at Simon says Stamp Wednesday challenge
luv
Debby
Lovely card, thanks for sharing it with us in the Brown Sugar Challenge
Fabulous card, lots of great details and such a lovely composition. Thank you for joining our 'S' challenge at Crafty Creations Challenges and please come back tomorrow for a brand new one.
Hugs,
Anna xxx
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