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Tuesday, 9 August 2011

The curtain is up ...

I was commissioned to make a card for a 70th birthday for someone who is involved in amateur dramatics and singing.

I found the picture of a production of Giblert & Sullivan's Gondoliers at the Northcott Theatre in Exeter. I added the sentiments in Publisher.

I created the curtain by printing on to flocked paper, so it feels like soft, plush material. I spent a long time this afternoon printed on to a piece of red velvet paper which looked much richer than this, but, unfortunately, when I was in the process of sticking it on to a print out of the G & S picture I tore the velvet paper, so I had to resort to this instead. Having stuck it to an A5 card I cut round the edges of the curtain to make it a bit more realistic.

I'm linking this for:

Quirky crafts 16: let's do the numbers
Birthday sundaes 21: birthday card
Anything goes 47: happy birthday/celebration
Spoon full of sugar 162: happy birthday
Cardmakin mamas 26: birthday cards
Creative CAS August: birthday bonanza
Cute card Thursday 176: no designer paper
Creative stamp friends 31: home-made background
Creative Belli 123: non-paper - the curtain is flocked

Update: took the card to the person who ordered it and she was absolutely thrilled with it.
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Indian summer GD slot on Use it Tuesday

Having won challenge 12 last week on Use it Tuesday I was invited to be a Guest Designer for today's challenge: Indian Summer. I feel privileged to join the team for challenge 13 - I very much enjoyed producing this card.

When I thought about Indian Summer I thought of a touch of summer in the autumn, so I went for autumnal colours for the framework of the card with a summer rose in the middle.

Both stamps are Kanban ones that I bought a while ago and hadn't yet used either of them.

I stamped the border one with memento rich cocoa and used distress inks - mustard seed, spiced marmalade and just a touch of fired brick. The rose was then stamped with memento tuxedo black and coloured with a variety of green and yellow copics.

I wonder what Indian Summer makes you think of? Please go over and visit Use it Tuesday and see the lovely crafting of the Design Team - and hopefully join in the challenge.

I have quite a few acrylic blocks, but I found that the border stamp went right to the edges of a large block, so I used a box lid instead - this was so easy to press in to to get a sharp image.

I'm also linking this for:

Come and get it: fall birthday (insert with birthday greeting)
Dream valley 13: distressing
Order of the opus gluei 110: a picture is worth a thousand words - no words
Sundays with Crissy 20: keep it simple stamper
Freshly brewed 30: hot!!! colours
Cute card Thursday 176: no designer paper
Creative stamp friends 31: home-made background
Frosted designs fabulous Friday: colouring (distress inks and copics)
Just some lines: outdoors/summer colours
My craft spot 20: it's hot out there - hot, bright colours
The craft garden August: bold, bright and loud
Cutie Sunday 146: flower power
The paper shelter 25: flowers, flowers, flowers
Paper creator's crafts 4: say it with flowers
AiFactory: August anything goes

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