I made this card for my Mom's birthday next week. I was instantly inspired by the MOJO Monday sketch (MOJO96)! Love love love the layout!
I've had a thing for vintage looking cards recently, so I naturally went in that direction with this one. My mother LOVES purple...like no other - seriously! Soooo...I worked with the new SU! Rich Razzleberry and the retired SU! Purely Pomegranate. I think the two look great together. I also used the new SU! Razzleberry Lemonade DSP.
After I layed my pattern out to size it up, it seemed like I had too much background showing through to keep it vintage with plain cs. Soooo, I spied a roll of linen I picked up for just over a dollar at WalMart the other day. PERFECT! In my mind anyway :O)
I hand-stitched the linen to the card using craft thread, trimmed to the size of the cs and frayed the edges. This successfully used up the vacant space I noticed at first :O) I popped the three matching panels using dimensionals and did the same for the main image.
More info on my blog, Mindless Creativity...just as soon as I finish uploading this card :O)
Kristin Bueter
Date: Monday, July 20, 2009 GMT Views: 854
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Wed, Aug 05, 2009 @ 3:22 PM
Kristin, this is really blowing my mind girl!!! OMG, that frayed linen hand-sewn for the b/g - how brilliant and it pushes this card way over the top of WOW!!! The colors are gorgeous, the dsp, the awesome ribbon, layout and the flower nesties are just fabulous!!! I bet your Mom went CRAZY when she got this card. Sounds like it was tailor made for her!! TFS!
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