I was recently asked for a few birthday card ideas, one for a mother-in-law and the other for a soon to be 30 year old. The favorite colors are golds and silvers. These needed to be quick but WOW with techniques and bling. I was in a creating mood since I had just been baking cookies and other goodies for the upcoming holidays. My customer wanted to place an order the next morning so I needed to get these done and to her quickly. I decided to start with the card for her mother-in-law first but it could also be used for the second needed card.
a close up of embossing techniques
I first embossed the stamped image using gold embossing powder.
I then used the coordinating Wildflower embossing folder to raise the flowers.
I could have stopped at this point but decided to add 3 different sizes of Rhinestone Jewels to bring this card over the top. I also embossed the “Happy Birthday” in the inside of the card using the gold embossing powder.
I stamped the envelope with only a part of the stamp set using the Encore Gold stamp pad.
Here is the final result.
I layered the Very Vanilla onto our Brushed Gold cardstock which added richness to this elegant card. This was one of those cards I wasn’t surre I was going to like when I started but am in love with it! These pictures just don’t do this card any justice cause it is simply beautiful in person.
I will share the second card I created for her tomorrow.
Til we meet again,
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