Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Birthday Wishes

This card is a perfect example of the other side of my personality.  As you can tell from my blog so far, I really like the clean & simple look of lots of white space.  The flip side of that is my love of a shabby-chic feel.  I also call it "vintage country".  Not too frilly and frou frou, but just enough girliness to make me forget that I live in a house full of boys.  Big and small.  Well, at least until I hear the yells of the WWF Smackdown going on in our living room.  Usually my 10-month-old prevails.  He shows no mercy.  But I digress. 

When I saw that the tabs from the Papertrey scrapbook stamp set fit perfectly in the humps of their large scallop die, I couldn't wait to make a card.  This really does expand the versatility of this stamp set, which was impossible to resist to begin with.  Overall, this card is still fairly simple, but it has a few more details than my typical project. 


The card base is Papertrey Rustic Cream cardstock.  (Have I mentioned how much I love this paper?) All the stamps and buttons are also Papertrey Ink. (Have I mentioned how much I love this company?)  The patterned paper is by My Mind's Eye. (Love them too!) The yellowish green solid paper is the reverse side of the floral print.  The inks are Memento Rich Cocoa, Versamark and Papertrey Vintage Chai and Chamomile.  I added a little crocheted lace to finish off the vintage feel of this card.  I really liked how the design from this tab stamp matched the loop at the top of the frame stamp.  The frame die and scallop border die are also by Papertrey.

I know exactly who will be getting this card. ;)  Thanks for looking and enjoy your day!! I need to go rescue my almost 4-year-old from the death grip his little brother has on him.  Ah, the joys of boys... ;)

Lauren

7 comments:

  1. Shabby chic is right! Love everything about it, especially the soft lace.

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  2. Oh nice card, love the "shabby-ness" of it! Very nice!

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  3. Love this!! Like you said, I love how the loops on the scallops match the loop on the frame!

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  4. So pretty! I love the rustic papers, too! Love this shabby chic beauty!

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  5. Lauren this is really pretty! I love how you did the frame in the center! So cute!

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  6. I love your frame partially shown....cool effect. Very elegant card!

    On another note, thanks to you....I am now the proud owner of the MS stamp set you emailed me about! hehe Now, I can't wait to CASE your set of cards!! Thanks so much for the info!

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  7. Great card! I too like how you only have part of the frame shown!

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