Hi there bloggers, I hope you're all having a great weekend.
This is the birthday card I made for my niece (the younger sister of the one that I made the fairy card for). She works in one of Glasgow's swankiest hair salons and loves all things fashion related. Every time I see her dressed for a night out she's dressed in a vintage dress so it had to be a vintage card, didn't it.
I couldn't find an image I liked so out came my trusty pencils and I drew this myself, scanned it and produced my own digi-stamp. I wanted something similar to the dress she wore last Christmas so this is what I came up with. It's coloured in with Promarkers.
I blended the edges of a bit of white card with some dark copper coloured ink to match the dress and distressed it with a pair of scissors, then used the ink again to get a darker edge and then mounted the image with some foam tabs.
I then used the same ink on the Cuttlebug swirls folder and ran it through the bug with another bit of white card. The brown card is from stock and I distressed the edges of this and the Cuttlebug card too. (Can you tell I was getting into this distressing malarkey?) I stuck some teeny bits of ribbon loops to the back of the image mount and stuck on some little pearls.
The sentiment is a from a freebie set from Caz , that Claire gave me the link for, also inked but not distressed.
The whole thing is mounted onto some cream coloured card stock.
I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:
Papertake Weekly Sketch Challenge - #49Stamp Something – October Digi Day Challenge – My own digi-stamp
Charisma Cardz Challenge #40 – Vintage
Hodge Podge Shop Challenge #2 – Monochromatic
Lexi's Creations Challenge #25 – Happy Birthday
Stamping with the Dragon #12 - You Got Ink
Thanks again for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your weekend.
Jaqui x
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Oh that is gorgeous bet she loved it xx
ReplyDeleteJacqui this is so pretty, the embossing and the inking look great! Thanks for joining in at Charisma this week :) Gemma x
ReplyDeleteSimply stunning card hun. It also fits the current challenge over at Stampin' with the Dragon :)
ReplyDeleteLovely card Jacqui, I love the embossed panel :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for joining us at Lexi's Creations & Good Luck!
Hugs
Tracey
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This is so pretty, love the vintage feel and the textures. Lovely image too :)
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Oh love this it's so beautiful.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous card, how clever are you drawing that digi yourself, it looks fab and has a definate vintage feel to it.
ReplyDeletefab card it has a great vintage feel
ReplyDeleteBeautiful card. I love all things vintage.
ReplyDeleteI love vintage cards. This is great. Thanks for playing with us at the Hodge Podge Shop!
ReplyDeleteShelley :)
lovely and elegant
ReplyDeleteOhhhhhhhhhhhhhh WOW this is stunning !!! Jacqui you are sooooooo fab with your pencils ever thought of going into a wee business????
ReplyDeleteThat digi is fab Jaqui! Do you know I was just chatting with someone at the weekend about how fab it would be if more people used their own art in their projects rather than just instinctively reaching for a stamp. Case in point exactamon my friend. Fabulous!
ReplyDeleteThis is beautiful! It's simple and elegant! And you drew your own digi...wow! I'm so jealous! You're a very talented artist. Thanks for sharing your talent with us this week at The Hodge Podge Shop. Hope to see you again soon!
ReplyDeleteOh how lucky to be able to draw like that. You should sell them as digis. I'm sure your neice will love her card - I would! x
ReplyDeleteoh I love the clean and simple elegant lines of this lovely card, thank you for sharing with us at Stampin with the Dragon
ReplyDeleteHugs Kate xx
Super job esp. creating your own image! I love the soft color palette here!
ReplyDeleteI love the vintage look and feel of this card! As soon as I saw this card I thought, "wow, look at that dress! I wonder where she got it!" What a great image!!!! And kudos for creating it yourself. You should go into the digi stamp business because this is awesome!
ReplyDeleteVery beautiful card, thanks for joining the Hodge Podge Shop Challenge
ReplyDeletehugs linda
Lovely card, thank you so much for playing along with us at this week's Hodge Podge Shop Challenge.
ReplyDeleteSee you again soon and good luck.
Fae xxx
Well done on creating such a stunning digi yourself. Gorgeous card, I bet your neice loved it.
ReplyDeleteWhat a fantastic fashionista card! Thank you for sharing your creation with us in our "You Got Ink" Challenge at Stamping With The Dragon.
ReplyDeleteLove that dress. Your coloring is great! Thanks for joining us at the Hodge Podge Shop this week!
ReplyDeleteI am not usually a fan of vintage, but this is stunning!!
ReplyDeleteFantastic card, thanks for joining us at Lexi's Creations, hope to see you back again!
ReplyDeleteSo pretty! Thanks for joining us at Stamp Something this week!
ReplyDeleteThis is a beautiful card! I'm very impressed that you did the artwork - it is beautiful. You are quite talented.
ReplyDeleteWow Jaqui, Gorgeous!! I've left ya alittle treat here . xx
ReplyDeleteFab card Jaqui, love the fact you've done your own drawing.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much also for coming by my blog and leaving so many wonderful comments. I'll reply to them soon when I get some time free.
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Hope you are having a great day. I left you something on my blog. :)
ReplyDeleteAww htis is lovely xx
ReplyDeleteBeautiful card, lovely gorgeous image really feels vintage x
ReplyDeleteFab card sweetie love the vintage feel to it, hugs pops x
ReplyDeleteThat's a gorgeous card, I love how you have coloured and shaded, it's fab
ReplyDeleteThis is so beautiful, love it x
ReplyDeleteWow Jaqui what a great image. Love the vintage feel to it.
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