Something Old - Something New
Good afternoon blogger friends
Good afternoon blogger friends
Not been around
for quite some time now, won’t go into it but with health issues and some
personal stuff it’s been a pretty rough ride but now I am back on smoother
ground.
I made this card
as a special birthday card for a friend who loves sewing and knitting and
recently I got her into crafting which I think may well have taken over now – opps lol...still
us crafters all became addicts quickly so its another in the worldwide club!
I saw the theme
for the CD Sunday Challenge Blog was Something Old Something New and this card
really did fit the bill perfectly,
I used Debbi
Moore Shabby Chic Haberdashery cd for all the papers and images used.
I started off
with 3 A5 sized envelopes with a V flap, laid them all side by side with the
flap under the next envelope and stuck them together – so the left
envelope was stuck underneath the centre envelope which was then stuck under
the right envelope, this left the right V on show.
I lined all the
envelope with themed backing papers, then covered the rest of the envelope on
the same side,
Once that as done
I printed out 2 sheets of petty backing paper from Kanban Seasons cd then added
sentimental verses to both, folded them both and slipped inside the envelopes.
The envy on the right had the V covered and I popped a sheet of old advertising
paper inside.
Turning all the
envelopes over to show the blank fronts I continued the theme of covering with
haberdashery backing papers, leaving borders on all sides were possible.
Once all
envelopes were backed on the front and the back I began the embellishing.
Again these came
mainly from the Debbi Moore cd but I had been sent a lovely old sewing machine
someone had taken the time to mat this onto silver and cut out to leave a fine
border – it blended in lovely.
I matted images
onto dark brown card so they would stand out on the backing paper.
In my sentiments box
I came across some brown mirri card greetings that were embossed with gold so
they were randomly placed on the card.
Amongst the same
box were lots of matching heart shapes so they too were added here and there across
the card.
It then struck me
how would I close the card – so I chose a larger image, matted it
onto gold card then used a metre length of brown organza ribbon which was stuck
behind the gold card and then stuck onto the middle envelope front.
What I really didn’t
like now was the white edges all around the card so I used a blending
applicator and Tim Holtz Frayed Burlap to ink all the white – now that’s much
better!
To finish my
creation I used some old embellishments, namely the large metal scissors which
I added to the front by tying a piece of the same brown organza ribbon through
the finger holes then secured it under the edge of the paper with a piece of
red double sided tape.
The other old
embellishment is on the left side of the envelope front, I found this pretty
flower surround metal button type thing in the street some years ago and it’s
been sat in the button box – it was only when I rummaged for buttons
to randomly place over the card I spotted it...and it looked perfect!!!
So there we have
it- my something old something new project – not a wedding in
sight either!!!
Thank you for
popping by
x
