Vintage Lady Birthday Card

Today I want to share with you a birthday card I made for my friend Melissa.

I was running short on time and had to make this card rather quickly which led me to think of other ways to embellish the card rather than use my Cricut machine.

Not that I don't love my Cricut machine mind you… But when I'm limited on time and space sometimes it's just easier to do without it.

(As I've mentioned before, I no longer have my dedicated craft room that I had previously set-up and therefore my Cricut machine is stored away and has to come out on the kitchen table when I need to use it.)

I found this adorable graphic of this vintage lady from Keren at "Free Pretty Things For You".

Her blog is just a delight! So many pretty, vintage goodies and many of them are free for personal use.

Check out her site if you get a chance...you won't be disappointed, I promise!

I had downloaded the graphic from her site, quite awhile ago and was just waiting for the perfect project to use it in.

I knew this would be the right time to use this sweet lady, as my friend Melissa likes vintage things and her son even plays in a band called The Vintage Vandals!
(They are GOOD...you can check them out here).

I used a medium weight white card stock (110 lb.) to make this card and stamped it with a flowered background stamp from hero arts using an olive green pigment ink stamp from Studio G.

I really felt that the pattern and color on the stamp was reminiscent of vintage 50's decor...almost like wallpaper you would have seen back then!

The pretty vintage girl from FPTFY was printed on the same cardstock using my Lexmark Printer.

I cut her out and added some Mod Podge Dimensional Magic to make her shine!

Then, I affixed her to the card using some foam adhesive dots to give her some more dimension.

I created the word sentiment myself as I could not find any on the Internet that I felt worked for the type card it was.

The journaling frames/shapes (inside and out of the card) were made using My Memories v4 Digital Scrapbooking Software.

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The journal frames were a part of a Birthday Kit I had purchased called "Birthdays and Many More" and the embellishment was called "Journaling Pink".

The sentiments were made using the MyMemories Software and I used the font: Bella Donna.

I printed these embellishments out on some cardstock and then I cut them out.
(This is where I'd usually use my Cricut Imagine!)

I added the polka-dot ribbon and tiny button embellishments to add an extra pop of color and dimension.

The final touch was to add my personalized blog stamp (PSA Essentials Peel and Stick), to the back of the card and it was ready to fly!

Here is a photo of the supplies and tools used to make this card:

Supplies/Tools List:

White Card Stock, GP ImagePlus, 110 lb.

Digital Download Graphic, Color, Adorable Lady (Vintage) from: Free Pretty Things For You

Polka Dot, Grosgrain Ribbon, Aqua/White, 3/8", Item #3980 (2007) Devrian Global Industries LLC

Flower Patterned Rubber Stamp, Hero Arts, #K5346 (2010) "Flower Burst Card"

Pigment Ink, Olive Green, Studio G, #VP0017

Mini Buttons, Lime Green, Aqua

Mod Podge Dimensional Magic

Foam Adhesive Dots, Round, Recollections

Fiskars Scissors, small pointed tip

Scotch ATG Tape Gun

Xyron Mega Runner Tape Gun

PSA Essentials "Peel and Stick" Custom Stamp

My Memories v4 Digital Scrapbooking Software

Lexmark X4975 Printer

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New Year's Ladybug Card

Hope you all are having a great New Year so far!

I've been wanting to get back into making cards lately and found the perfect excuse/opportunity to make one  when I came across the latest challenge posted at Die-Cuttin' Diva's!

This challenge is Challenge #96: A Sketch for 2013 and here is the card map:

The challenge did not call specifically for a New Year's Day card, but I've never made a card for New Year's and the timing is right, so I went with it!

I just recently purchased the "Lori's Garden" Imagine Cricut Cartridge and noticed that it had a cute ladybug diecut on it. 

I had somehow remembered (back in the dark recesses of my old mind somewhere...) that ladybugs were considered "Good Luck" in some cultures, so I thought it would be appropriate for a card ringing in the New Year!

I used the Cricut "Create a Critter" cartridge to cut the leaf and the "Enjoy the Seasons" Imagine Cartridge for the pattern on the leaf.

The "Happy New Year" sentiment was cut using "The Good Old Days" digital cartridge from the Cricut Craft Room.

I heat embossed all of the die-cuts using clear embossing powder and embellished the ladybug with some little green gems to give him some bling!

For the final touch, I added some brown satin ribbon and pretty sheer ribbon roses to dress the card up a bit.

I added a short sentiment on the inside also.

I wanted to be sure and make this card a standard size, so it would fit in a purchased envelope, so I made it 4" x 9-1/4" which fits perfectly into a standard business size envelope (4-1/8" x  9-1/2").

Here is a photo of all the tools and supplies that I used to make this card (list following):

Supplies/Tools:

Carson's Creation Sketch Map #13

Cricut Imagine Machine

Cricut Cartridge - Lori's Garden (Imagine)

Cricut Cartridge - Create a Critter

Cricut Cartridge - Enjoy the Seasons (Imagine)

Cricut Cartridge (Digital) - The Good Old Days (Not Shown in Photo)

Paper/Cardstock, Lt. Weight, Brown - Best Occasions

Paper/Cardstock, Lt. Weight, Beige - Best Occasions

Gold Glitter Cardstock, DCWV, (The Mariposa Cardstock Matstack #MS-003-00054)

Fiskars Paper Cutter

Architect Tri-Ruler

Cricut Tool Kit

Cricut Spatula

Medium Steel Scissors (Compton)

Tweezer Bee Tweezer's

Steel Spatula Dental Tool

Tweezers

Spouncer Sponge Dauber Tool, Plaid

Marvy/Uchida Embossing Heat Tool

Recollections Craft Collector Tray

Makeup Blush Brush (For embossing powder clean-up)

Ranger Inkssentials Emboss-It Pad, Clear

Tsukineko Versamarker Watermark Pen

Ranger Super Fine Detail Embossing Powder, Clear

Stampendous Embossing Powder, Kaleidoscope, Transparent (#EP030)

Sharpie Paint Marker, Metallic, Copper Rose, Ex. Fine Point

Ribbon, Satin, 1/4", Milk Chocolate, Really Reasonable Ribbon

Ribbon Roses, Sheer, Dk. Red, JoAnn's (#1201-7125)

Darice Self-Stick Gems, Green

Terrifically Tacky Tape, 1/4", Provo Craft

Zots Singles, Medium Clear Adhesive Dots, 3/8", Therm-o-Web

Zots, Clear Adhesive Dots, 3-D, 1/2", Ultra Strength, Therm-o-Web

Glue Dots, Mini, 3/16"

Aleene's Original Tacky Glue

Xyron Mega Runner Tape Gun

PSA Essential's Custom Name Stamp

Hope you enjoyed my post and if you get a chance, stop by and see all the great cards from this challenge at the Die-Cuttin' Diva's!

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