Birthday card for Mother

Hello friends; I hope you've had a great start to your week.  The weather here in South Wales has been awful, so much rain and really windy but we've been lucky compared to some areas of the country, although it does seem that we've had rain for 10 years lol!  

It was my lovely mother's birthday last week so I thought I would share the card I made for her.  I went for a shabby chic vibe with muted colours.  I hope you like it.  

Here is my card:

a closer look at the images:

I decorated the inside:

I began by stamping the images in a soft beige ink and coloured them in muted colours of Promarkers.  I used the matching dies to cut them out.  I cut a piece of white card 4 3/4" x 6 3/4" and used an embossing folder to add some texture.  I matted the white panel onto a slightly larger pink panel with double sided tape.  I die cut a postage stamp panel and cut it up to make individual postage stamps.  I used my Promarkers to colour the edges, stamped a script background stamp over the postage stamps and also used a distressed background stamp to add some 'franking' marks to my postage stamps.  I also stamped some postage value and postage word stamps in black ink.  I added my images with foam squares and also added the postage stamps to my panel with foam squares.  I die cut a stitched strip banner and stamped my greeting in black ink; this was also added to the panel with foam squares (lots of dimension as I knew I would be hand delivering my card).  I adhered the panel to my card base with double sided tape and finished off with some gold pearls.  For the inside I added the same script background just around the edges of my panel and stamped my sentiment in the centre with black ink (I didn't realise it was off centre until now lol!).  As I had a few images left over I added them in a cluster in the bottom left corner with liquid glue.  I again matted the white panel onto pink card and adhered this to the card base with double sided tape.  I don't normally do shabby chic/vintage style cards but I'm happy with the finished result and most importantly my mother loved it.  The finished card is 5" x 7".

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Addicted to Stamps & More challenge - die cuts and/or stencils

A Place to Start challenge - ATG optional twist add one or more flowers

Beautiful Blossoms challenge - anything floral goes optional mood board

Can You Handle the Pressure challenge - must use an embossing folder optional twist - birds

Colorful Options challenge - pastels

Craft Rocket challenge - layer it up

Daisy Chain challenge - not square

Dragonfly Dreams challenge - use a die

My Time to Craft challenge - butterflies and/or dragonflies

PINspirational challenge - embossing

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge - happy birthday

Sweet Stampin' challenge - birthday girls

Triple B challenge - must include at least one bird, butterfly or blooms

Unicorn challenge - use a die

I hope you enjoy the rest of your day.  I am so grateful for all the visits and comments on my blog.  I'll be back again tomorrow so hopefully you will be able to pop back again.  

Love and hugs, 

Card ingredients:

Gina K Designs - vintage summer stamp & die set

Gina K Designs - Master Layouts 14 

Gina K Designs - petite flourish embossing folder

Gina K Designs - spring friends stamp set (for postage values and words)

Gina K Designs - lovely lace stamp set (for main sentiment)

Gina K Designs - pearl mix - black gold and silver

Gina K Designs - ink pad - sandy beach

Promarkers

Limetree Crafts - 250gsm white silky smooth card

Honey Bee Stamps - Inside: birthday sentiments

MFT - romantic script background stamp

Inkylicious - worn paint background stamp (for 'franking' marks)

Versafine - onyx black ink pad

pink card from stash