My daughter-in-law had a big birthday yesterday so I made her a one of a kind special card. Following the
Atlantic Hearts Sketch #10 in combination with the
Artiste K Key challenge from
Rose Blossom Gardens #7 was pretty easy to do. I love playing along with blog challenges that support the use of
Close To My Heart products as these two sites do! It was a great sketch and the Artiste K page had fun elements to work with. I wanted to highlight her milestone birthday--the big 30 so I cut the numbers at 1.25" using Artiste from a repurposed foil take out lid. (The silvery metallic lid did not photograph well here). The frame behind the numbers was cut from Dreamin' paper (retired CTMH) accent 2 pg. 58 at 3.25"--this piece is actually a mini-album page so I turned it so the binding holes were on the bottom and then concealed by the horizontal stripe. The mat for the frame was cut at slightly more than 3.25". The
White Daisy background was dry embossed with the Cuttlebug Anna Griffin Poppy folder. The flower accents were also from page 58 accent 4 cut at 2.75" and 1.5" from
Goldrush CS and Dreamin' paper. The greeting is from
Perfect Fit--Birthday and was stamped in
Indian Corn Blue.
Silver Glitz Glitter Gel was applied to the smaller flower center and the tips of the larger flower. The three round accents were made with a 3/8" hole punch from the same paper as the blue and white frame and then glitzed with
Stardust Glitz Glitter Gel. The base of the card is
Pacifica CS--one of my favorite Close To My Heart colors. The card was 5" wide by 6.5" tall. The "30" and "Celebrate" greeting were popped up with
3D Foam Tape. I really like how this card came out and will probably replicate for other special birthday cards.
Here is the foil lid that I cut the numbers from (I did set the Cricut machine pressure to 5 as it is somewhat thicker than regular CS).
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Thanks for stopping by! Have a wonderful week filled with fun and creativity! Be sure to stop back Friday morning to see what I'll be posting for the new Color My Heart Color Dare!
:) Marie
17 comments:
Super cute card.
Hugs,
Mary Ellen, Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge DT
Love the card, I think it is a staple card, one that you will use often. Thanks for playing along with Atlantic Hearts.
Great card. Especially like how you used the lid for the numbers. I'll have to remember that trick next time we have take out!!
Good job, I love this. great way to recycle !!
What a cute way to use that frilly edged piece on a card! I also really like how you used the birthday image for a flower center. Too cute. Thanks for joining us at the RoseBlossom Garden and for the blog visit!
I love those colors together. And this card another great creation. Keep up the great work. Thanks for joining us at Rose Blossom Garden.
Great use of the cricut and the sketch! Love your card :)
Love all the Cricut cuts!
Love your card and the way you popped the numbers.
Margaret, DT
Great card! I really enjoy how you combine challenges. Thanks for joining us this week at Atlantic Hearts Sketch
Love the dreamin'paper. Great card.
Carrie DT.
Great card. Dreamin' is one of my favourites.
Wow love this card! Great use of a leftover lid!
Love that recycled lid idea Marie! Super fabby card .... thanks for another awesome appearance at the Rose Garden. We love having you!
Great card! I love those Dreamin papers and the embossed cardstock! Thanks again for being a part of the RBG Challenge!
Beautiful card! I love the Dreamin papers and the embossed cardstock! Thanks again for being a part of the Rose Blossom Challenge!
Gorgeous card! Thanks for playing along in the Rose Blossom Garden. You always inspire me!
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