It is time to search through your brads and eyelete
collection, yes all those wonderful little pieces you just had to have 8 to 10
years ago . . . and find the perfect embellishment for your Retro Rubber creation for
our new challenge.
I did just that and found this ancient history layered
flower brads (a little worn around the edges) and the sweet butterfly
brad. I can always use a few Birthday
Cards in the stash so I was off and running to create something to highlight
these fun brads with Retro Stamps.
I used the Fiskars Layer Away Variety stamps (around 8 years
in my stash) for the dotted circles, and stamped them in Memento Cottage Ivy
and Sweet Plum. Next I die cut the
center circle from the card. Couldn’t
resist a little texture, so I used Lifestyle Crafts Blooms embossing folder to
pressure emboss just the front of the card.
Sonlight’s “Happy Birthday” is probably the first unmounted stamp I
bought back in 1997 at the Labor Day Stamp Convention in Portland, Oregon. So it is almost 20 years old! It is stamped in Memento Luxe Elderberry and
heat embossed with clear embossing powder on the inside of the card.
The flower brads were a little shop-worn so I gave them a
little love with my Chameleon pens in VO2 Mauve, VO4 Deep Violet, and GR2 Dark
Sage. The butterfly brad was silver, but
with Dark Sage and Deep Violet pens a little color was added to spice it up to match
the card. After placing the brads I
realized the front of the card needed to be stabilized a little to support the
weight of the brads and compensate for the pressure embossing. A piece of violet cardstock trimmed to fit
inside the card and the center circle was die cut to allow the sentiment to
show through then adhered into place.
I had one more embellishment I found in the search of my
stash, a butterfly paperclip. A strip of
paper ribbon is slipped through the clip and adhered into place to add a final
touch to the inside of the card.
Please come join us at Retro Rubber Blog Challenge
and share your brad or eyelet decorated creation. Do stop by and see all the lovely projects
shared by the Design Team.
I would like to enter the following challenges:
Neva this is gorgeous! I love the flower brads! This is such a great card design.
ReplyDeleteCute "retro" flowers for the retro rubber challenge! Love the colors you chose and the texture as well.
ReplyDeleteOh, this is so fun! Great take on the sketch!
ReplyDeleteThe recipient will be one lucky person! All your special touches are so lovely. ❤️❤️
ReplyDeleteI had to read every detail of this amazing card, Neva! Love that you colored your embellishments. It's the layering of all of your details that makes this card so perfect!!
ReplyDeleteLove the flowers with the brad centres Neva and I am a big fan of your colour palette for this card. Cx
ReplyDeleteLove it, especially the purple and green together. So excited to be on the team with you at Retro Rubber.
ReplyDeleteNeva, I just love, love those brads, the butterflies are so pretty and look amazing around this circle you die cut to showcase your sentiment.
ReplyDeleteThe color combination of green and purple is always beautiful.
Love the finished inside too.
Hugs,
Maria.
Beautiful card. Love the butterfly and pretty colors. Thanks for sharing with us at Seize the Birthday.
ReplyDeleteI love this card - the colors are excellent and then all the brads and butterflies!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful card! I love the embossing and those flowers. Thanks for playing along with us at Seize The Birthday :)
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