Monday 8 August 2016

The big 5-0

We have a friend who recently celebrated his 50th birthday and this is the card I made for him, haven't made a word card for a while so it was a fun project for a change.                                                                                                                                                                                       I cut each of the letters from card used in shirt packaging and covered both sides with different coloured papers , some coloured copy paper , some digital freebies from birdhouse  and some magazine freebies. I tried to keep to the colour palate of the retro paper I used on the 'Y' letter.

I added some fun images all of which are lily of the valley and a mix of sentiments which I think are all from the dark room . The images are all coloured with promarkers and some are fussy cut others just left on a white card surround.
On the last page of the card I added a die cut circle and used so,e of the letters of the memory box/poppystamps happy birthday background die to form the birthday sentiment. I could then write my message here,
The cute Thomas stamp with the cake was perfect as I made hies birthday cake , a 9 inch sachertorte which was enjoyed by all his guests and there was still some left for him and his wife to take home and enjoy.


I punched holes into each letter and tied them together with butchers twine , below are a couple of pictures to show the finished effect.




I would like to enter this card into the following challenges ;-



kraftin kimme - birthday wishes

stamping sensations - anything goes

a bit more time to craft - anything goes

left of centre -shaped or square cards

613 Ave create - anything goes


the cutie pie challenge - work ,rest or play
our friend works in IT, likes to chill and knows how to party


13 comments:

Lisa xx said...

This is brilliant! I haven't seen a fantastic word card like this for ages, this looks great and the images fit our theme so well

Thank you for joining in with the cuties xx

Marilyn Webb said...

What a fun and awesome idea for a card!! Love it!! Thanks for joining our challenge this week with Kraftin Kimmie Stamps.
Marilyn DT

brenda said...

A lovely creation for our theme this month Julye, many thanks for joining in at Stamping Sensations challenge.

B x

Chana Malkah said...

Very creative and very well executed! Thanks for sharing with us at 613 Avenue Create!
Hugz,
Chana, Owner

alex said...

What a wonderful design, thank you for joining us at 613 Avenue Create, hope to see you again soon
{613 DT Member}
Alex x

Titbelsoeur, mixed-media addict said...

thank you so much for sharing your cards with us at Left of Center
WIshing you good luck to win beautiful digistamps !

anncreatief said...

Beautiful card and image. Thank you for joining us at Creative Craft Cottage challenge and good luck.
Anneke DT

pinky said...

That must have taken ages but well worth it. Love all the images you have used. Thanks for joining us at Stamping Sensations this month.
Pinky

Fikreta said...

very beautiful !
Thank you for joining us at Creative craft cottage!
Good Luck and hope to see you again.
Fiki

Sally H said...

A very cute creation for our Challenge at Stamping Sensations! Thanks for joining us this month and good luck!

Julie said...

Great word card. Thanks for joining us at the Cutie Pie challenge.

Pat K said...

Wow...this is fabulous. Great colours and design. Thanks for playing along with us at the Cutie Pie Challenge. Pat K x

Shona Hamill said...

This is fantastic, well done! Thank you for sharing with the Cutie Pies. Shona xx