Friday 16 September 2011

Birthday Card in Pink and Black

I made this card for my Boyfriend's Mum, I used papers from DCWV Black & White stack and printable papers from Stitchy Bear's Love Bloom's II selection. To create the flowers I used a set of Joy Crafts flower dies, I cut them all from white card then used chalks, inks and glamour dust to decorate them, I then adhered them using varying thicknesses of foam pads to create a nice layered arrangement although you can't really tell in the photo's :o)

To create the "Birthday Wishes" sentiment I used 2 cute stamps from Stamping All Day, I stamped using Versamark then embossed using a detail silver powder. I also created a tiny "Mum" tag in the same way. I added ribbon, a charm and pearls to finish off. I always like how pink and black turn out but don't seem to use the combo that much.


I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:
Cute Card Thursday - "Anything Goes"
Fab n Funky - "Bingo" - my 3 in a row are Embellishment, Ribbon, Die Cuts
Creative Inspirations - "Anything Goes"
Emerald Faeries - "Pearls"
Craft Your Passion - "Use the "F" Word" - mine is Flowers
Top Tip Tuesday - "Birthday Time"
Die Cut Dreams - "Flower Power"

16 comments:

Shell Shearer Swinscoe said...

Gorgeous, love the colour so pretty!

Thank you for sharing with us at MAWTT this week, good luck!
Hugs Shell xx

The Scrapbook Garden said...

Beautiful card - those colours go so well together. I love those flowers too. Ann x

Davi said...

A Beautiful card April!! I love the soft pinks and the cool layers you created give lots of dimension! Thanks for sharing with us at TT This week>

Deb said...

Beautiful card!
Many thanks for joining us at Cute Card Thursday this week!
Have a great day, happy crafting, Debxx

downrightcrafty said...

gorgeous creation very girlie and love the addition of the pearls, thank you for sharing with us at the Emerald Faerie Garden
Hugs Kate xx

Maggie's Crafts said...

Lovely creation!

Thank you for joining Top Tip Tuesday this week. :)

Maggie
x

Gaynor Greaves said...

Just gorgeous, I love that image, thanks for sharing with us at CYP, Gaynor DT :)

DesignerDiva said...

Beautiful card April, really elegant and pretty!

Thanks for joining us at MAWTT for our 'Sparkle' challenge this week and good luck

Hugs Laurie x

LaJanette said...

This is oh so so pretty! I love all of the flowers and that double bow is just awesome! I am loving the pink on the silhouette and your color combo is just so perfect for an elegant kinda Mum!


Thanks for joining us for our Birthday Challenge this week at Top Tip Tuesday!

Hugs;
Janette

Anne said...

Love the card April, I particularly like pink and black together. Anne x

NGCARDS said...

Wow a gorgeous card hun! Thanks for playing along with our Anything Goes Challenge at Creative Inspirations Wednesday's Challenge Blog this week! xxx

Shannon White said...

Goodness! How Pretty is this! Love it! gorgeous image and dp's and your Flowers are such a darling touch!

Hugs
Shannon

Aunty Sue said...

Fab card and thanks for joining us at creative inspirations this week

Unknown said...

Hi April,
Great card hun, fab image and I love all those little pink and white embellies. Great ribbon too. Thanks for sharing with us at Die Cut Dreams this time.
Good luck
Hugs
Dawn, Susie and the Dream Team xxx

PS. You should think of entering it into the challenge at Crafty Ribbons too. xx

Karen said...

Gorgeous card, thanks for joining us at DCD.
xx

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