Wednesday, July 18, 2018

Milestone Birthday


I made this card for a friend's mother who recently turned 80. Her favorite color is blue, so I made this one in some pastel soft sky blue colors with white. The doily, ribbon, and dsp are all from SU!, and the numbers were done with an Impression Obsession set of number dies and coated with glossy accents. The birthday sentiment was done with Gina Marie designs dies and some heavy white cardstock. The white stems were done with a die from a "Leaves" set by Fantastic Flowers, and I added 2 different styles of flowers done with 2 different SU! mini punches, adding blue gemstones to the centers and randomly around the card.

I'm sharing this over at the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge which is to use a die and/or punch. I used both dies and punches in making this card.

Thanks for stopping by and do have yourself a fantastic day!

Carol

19 comments:

Heidi MyLittleStampingBlog said...

Very pretty! I like all the feminine elements that go together so well! I bet the birthday girl loved this!

cotnob said...

A beautiful card Carol, lovely soft blues - so pretty.
Pauline - Crafting with Cotnob
x

jimlynn said...

Absolutely gorgeous!!! I love the dies you used on this. This will be something she'll treasure forever. So lovely.
Lynn

Faith A at Daffodil Cards said...

Gorgeous, love the pale blue and the flowers Carol.
Faith
x

Doreen said...

A gorgeous card, I'm sure your friends Mum loved it too.xxx

Darnell said...

She will cherish this pretty card, Carol, and it will look so feminine and gorgeous sitting on her end table. It will look like summer came inside with the beautiful flowers and sky blue color!! Hugs, Darnell

Verna Angerhofer said...

This is so gorgeous with the soft blue colors, dainty flowers and pretty doily.

Cathy said...

Such a pretty card Carol, love the soft blues and the delicate white details, Cathy x

Claire said...

Such a pretty card, the doily is so fitting and works as a lovely mat for the '80'. The blue is a great choice softened with the white. I do like this, its classy x

Alice (scrAPpamondo) said...

Very elegant and feminine birthday card, I'm sure that your friend's Mum will love it! The little flowers on the branches are so sweet and love the doily as base of the numbers!
Hugs

JD/ Jill said...

This card is really, really pretty!

Jeanne H said...

what a lovely card! A treasure for sure.

aussie aNNie said...

Just gorgeous and I absolutely love that beautiful colour and dies used.

Aquarius said...

This is such a pretty card and I'm sure it will be well received.

Wendy said...

This card is beautiful, Carol! Love the Soft Sky color and all the pops of white from your dies! All the little extra's just make this card even more pretty! This card will be cherished for a long time! Well done! :)

JD/ Jill said...

Carol, thank you so much for the nice comment you left on my blog. You made my day! And yes, I want to see some more of your iris folding. I really like the cards you have made using that technique!

Brenda said...

Such a beautiful feminine birthday card Carol! I love the soft blue and white color combo as well. Hugs, Brenda

*Vicki* said...

Wow! What a really elegant and stunning design here Carol! I love the softness of the blue tones with the white and your flowers look so elegant with the leave dies too! I think they will just love this one! HUGS

Stampin Mindy said...

What a beautiful, elegant card. I love the soft light teal color. The flower dies are gorgeous.
Thank you so much for joining us at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge. Good Luck!

♥ Mindy