Thursday 26 March 2009

shabby mother's day card



This is the card I made for my mum for Mother's Day - she's a historian so loves anything with a vintage feel. In an Antiques Market I found an Edwardian Mother's Day card which I gave to her along with this card, and a history book she wanted.

I stamped one of the individual damask stamps from Dawn McVey's fabulous Damask Designs set with Sweet Blush ink on Vintage Cream cardstock. I repeatedly stamped the XOs from the Heart Prints set for the horizontal layer, then stamped, punched out and layered some hearts from the same set.

Finally I distressed the edges, sponged on some Antique Linen Distress Ink, added some Sweet Blush Grosgrain ribbon, pom-poms, a button and pearls. Quite a different look from the one layer cards!

Thanks for visiting and don't forget our current challenge ;)

Kate x

Recipe:
All supplies Papertrey unless otherwise stated

Stamps - Heart Prints/Damask Designs
Ink - Sweet Blush/Antique Linen Distress Ink (Ranger)
Card - Vintage Cream/Kraft/Sweet Blush
Other - Sweet Blush Grosgrain ribbon/adhesive pearls (Kaisercraft)/ pom-pom trim (Bazzill)/EK Success heart punches

10 comments:

Marlou McAlees said...

gorgeous card Kate, love the paper!! :)

Marlou McAlees said...

oh its not paper, {silly me LOL} its them gorgeous damask stamps :) :)

Stephanie said...

Oh my gosh I LOVE this Kate - very nicely done! x

Tina Spohn said...

Yes, this is a very special and beautiful card for your mother. I love it!

Sam said...

Lovely card Kate!

I was wondering if either you or Steph knew what the 2009 Anniversary set looks like (and where I might find a picture of it)? I have qualified for one, but can't find a pic anywhere and am jumping up and down in anticipation of it arriving here (in the far flung Down Under ;-).

Cheers,
Sam.

Kate Lewis said...

Hi Sam,

Here's a link to the set - looks fab doesn't it! I know they've arrived in the US so shouldn't be too long for the rest of us!!

http://forum.papertreyink.com/forum/gallery2.php?g2_itemId=50250

Kate xx

Sheila said...

Wow girls! this is too good for me, you make such a professional work, LOVE YOUR CARDS!!

Sam said...

Thanks so much for the link Kate! I have been searching high and low for a pic.

The set does look very beautiful indeed. How exciting :-).

Best wishes,
Sam.

Mandy said...

So Beautiful!

Mandy

carpediem said...

Beautiful, gorgeous card!