I had a beautiful old piece of 12″ x 12″ designer paper (sorry, I have no idea where it is from) that had sparkly embossed vintage images of birds in a bird cage and butterflies. The paper was so special that I thought that if I just fussy cut, matted and layered the images the paper could “do all the work” (or at least most of the work) for a lovely vintage style spring card.
I started with a corrugated 5.5″ x 5.5″ card base, the vertical stripes of which I thought would echo the bird cage bars nicely. I dry brushed on some white acrylic paint mixed with Plaid Folk Art Extreme Glitter acrylic paint to softened the kraft brown and add a little shimmer. Then I cut a 5″ x 5″ and a 4″ x 4.5″ piece from the plain parts of the designer paper, distressed the edges with my Prima Comfort Distressing Tool, and inked the edges with Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Vintage Photo to create some mats.
I fussy cut out the large image of the birds in the bird cage and added some Ultra Fine Flower Soft in Raspberry Fizz to the flower images. I used this image as the main focal point and embellishment for the card front. I also cut the part of the designer paper with the butterflies generally into a 5″ x 5″ size, fussy cutting around the tips of the butterfly wings so they could “hang” off the edge of the paper and add some interest. I used this butterfly paper for the inside lining of the card.
To add more texture, I used the scraps of the designer paper with an old Prima Doily Die (the one I used is retired, but there is a similar one by Spellbinders available HERE) to die cut some doily parts to tuck in between the matting layers. There were also some pale green swipes on the designer paper too so I cut around a couple of those to create layering banners. Lastly I bunched up some metallic gold DMC thread and tucked that behind the bird cage image for a little extra touch of whimsy.
The following is a video share of this card:
This card is being entered into the following challenges:
Simon Says Stamp Work It Wednesday Floral Challenge
Card Mania Polka Dots or Stripes Challenge
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Anything Goes Challenge
Not Just Cards Anything Goes Challenge
613 Avenue Create Anything Goes Challenge
Through the Craft Room Door Anything Goes Challenge
Crafty Girls Anything Goes Challenge
Word Art Wednesday Anything Goes Challenge
Crafty Gals Corner Easter or Spring Challenge
MFT Card Sketch Challenge #273
So beautiful and elegant. Thanks for sharing with us at Crafty Gals Corner.
Amy-DT
Thanks so much Amy! This is not my typical style, but I wanted to challenge myself and create something in the style the recipient likes. 🙂 TFstopping by! Hugs, Kristina
The image is really lovely as are all your layers. Great color. Thank you so much for entering your creative and beautiful art in our AG FF challenge.
Blessings, Carole
Word Art Wednesday DT Member
Thank you so very much for the kind words! TFstopping by, Hugs, Kristina
fab card, thanks for joining us at FnF 🙂
Thanks so much Ginny! TFStopping by, hugs, Kristina
Beautiful card! I love this vintage vision and style!
Thank you for joining with us at Card mania challenges!
*Dess*
Thanks so much Dess! Vintage is not really my norm, but I had fun making this for a friend who loves that style. 🙂
Beautifully made – a really elegant design.
Thanks for joining us at Fab’n’Funky.
Helen x
Thank you so much Helen! It was fun to make a card from 1 sheet of patterned paper. I love challenging myself with things like that. 🙂
Lovely creation. Thanks for entering our challenge at Lil’ Patch of Crafty Friends (sorry I’m so late popping by to see your lovely creation).
Lynn, LPoCF DT
Thank you so much for stopping by Lynn! You are so sweet. No need to apologize for any delay. I hope all is well with you, and please know I fully appreciate how much time and effort goes into your visiting so many entries. I love Lil’ Patch of Crafty Friends! Big hugs, Kristina