Happy Birthday Mum. . .

It's my mum's birthday today and given the past few years of ill health I am delighted that she has reached this year's celebration!  I thought that I had better make her a special card to mark the occasion so zipped this card up early this morning.

The base card is Blushing Bride which will be retiring in August - I love this pink because it isn't too prissy and has almost an oyster tone to it and is so rich looking on every project.  I have used Twitterpated DSP and mounted it on Marina Mist.  I stitched around the edge really roughly with matching blue thread.

The rose wreath is a stamp from the Apothecary Art - I stamped using Bet Black Staz On on Whisper White and coloured in using Stampin' Write markers - Blushing Bride, Riding Hood Red and Pear Pizzazz and a blender pen to merge the colours. I cut around the stamped image as I wanted to use the smaller sized Labels Collection Framelit die so that it was proportionate to the card size - the label is mounted on Blushing Bride.

I made the large flower out of Blushing Bride using the Blossom Punch in the Autumn Winter Mini.  The edges were daubed with Riding Hood Red to tie in the colours.  The Marina Mist roses are made with the Fancy Flower punch.  Leaves in Pear Pizzazz made with the Little Leaves Sizzlet die.

The new Pleated Satin Ribbon from the mini has been mounted on Marina Mist Satin Ribbon to give it a bit of pop on this busy card.  I love how easy the new pleated ribbon is to use and it makes every project look special.

I highlighted opposite corners using Pearl jewels and you can see that I Crystal Effected the roses after I coloured them to give the stamped image a little glamour.

I made two smaller roses for the top corner using the Fancy Flower punch with Blushing Bride and Marina Mist card stock

Enjoy the start of your week.

Shanni