Today's featured card is a thank you card for a very lovely lady. I can't be any more specific than that because, on the off chance that she's checking out my blog, I don't want to spoil the surprise.
Believe it or not, this card was quite difficult for me. I'm thinking it's because I don't use a lot of green of this shade in my cards, and I had quite a time figuring out how to incorporate it into a cohesive whole. The image was easy enough to work with, and I knew I wanted to make the card blue and white with yellow accents, but that pesky green nearly got my goat. In fact, I had the bow adhered to the card with some other bits of ribbon attached underneath, and it screamed "hot mess!" at me so loudly that I took it off, took it apart, retied the bow (no small feat with bits of glue dots still adhered) and simplified the whole decoration a bit. The patterned paper is just plain white card stock with my favorite flourish from the Stampin'Up! stamp set "Everything Eleanor" stamped all over it. This was layered onto green card stock and sewn with a nice "U" stitch. In green, of course.
Sooo...when reading a tag, one reads from left to right, correct? Note to self: stamp the words backwards on the tiny tag so they don't show upside down on the finished card. <sigh>
Rhinestones finish the front of this fresh, springlike card.
The inside has been completed with contrasting card stock and some stamped-off flourishes from the same stamp as was used on the front.
I hope she realizes how grateful I am for her and the assistance she gave to me recently.
Thank you for joining me today and I wish you a lovely, floral fresh spring day full of crafting goodness.
Happy crafting!
2 comments:
So pretty, Shea! And I LOVE the stitching around the edge.
Such a beautiful card to thank your friend. :) I love how this bow turned out, too, I guess because it's satin and just screams 'luxury' to me. Funny about those little tags...I've done the same thing, too!
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