This month on the blog we have a super exciting theme….Vintage!! Everyone loves a bit of vintage don't they - whether it's vintage clothing, vintage architecture or vintage wine! I am a huge fan of all things 1920's and so you will see quite a bit of this appearing over the month.
Lets move to the card being looked at today though. This was a card I designed a long time ago for a competition run by Uniko Studio for a 'Vintage' theme. I decided to make this a card for my Mum and she was over the moon when it was chosen as the winner of the competition!!
Here is the card…..
I wanted to create some 'vintage' looking lace so I began by heat embossing chrysanthemums and small doilies in a sea foam white powder which natural created a more crackled look, on to vellum. Some small pearls were added to the centres of the doilies. Flowers and leaves were also heat embossed and carefully cut out. These were then coloured and shaded using Spectrum Noir markers. These were layered with foam adhesives over the top of a ribbon. Finally, 'Mum' was stamped at the base of the card.
Whilst this is not a card I would replicate exactly (I like to keep it a one off for my Mum), I am always willing to design a card specific to your chosen recipient. You just have to tell me as much as you can about them -favourite colours, hobbies. likes etc and I do all the rest! Want a bit of inspiration first? Check out my Etsy shop, where you will find my current collection of Cards. This can be found following the link here.
Join me next week when I will be designing an Art Deco inspired Wedding Invitation. There will of course be a video showing you how it was done :-)
Laura x
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