HOC Photo Inspiration Shabby & Vintage with Birthday Wishes on the Side

Today is my daughter Ashley's 27th birthday.  She is far from a Girlie-girl, but I thought that I would make her a vintage style card for her birthday.    The inspiration for the card came from the House of Cards, photo inspiration challenge that I used on Monday's post.  My style for HOC is Clean and Simple, but I thought that I would take it up a notch for this card and be a little more fussy.

Happy Birthday Ashley...

Love Mom and Dad

TST#72

It's Tuesday!! Time for Try Stampin on Tuesday  Jen has given us a beautiful sketch to work with this week.  Although the sketch itself was square with a round supporting background, I decided to go with a standard A2 card with a gate fold and a square supporting background.

I have not tried many gate fold cards in the past, but I am seeing a lot of them lately, so time to give it a try.  Here I have used the Fleur de Lis Spellbinder Die to create the inner and outer portion of the locking mechanism for the card front.  The original blue CS was very vibrant on the more muted background so I used Not Quite Navy to sponge and tone it down.  Then I added a little more blue on the DSP.  

Unfortunately the photo does not do the card justice, but I'm sure the recipient of the card will enjoy it.

Now hop on over to Try Stampin on Tuesday and see what the other designers have up their sleeves for you.

Don't forget to give this sketch a try yourself and post your results so I can see how you interpret this one.

Hope you enjoy.

Nancy

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Picture Inspired

I had seen a picture in a store and loved the way it was mounted in layers in the frame.  I couldn't wait to get home to give it a try and this is what I came up with.

First I needed a center point, Fleur de Lis to the rescue.  Then using the Spellbinder Nestabilities Label Five I cut out three layers.  The layers that I cut out I saved and used on the inside of the card.

Then I had problems with the bottom of the card.  I loved the top and got stuck on the bottom.  Then I thought if I had the right lace it might work.  So I used a strip of the paper that I had used for the top cut outs and after it was punched I ran it through the crimper twice to break up the fibers and make it more pliable.  Sticky strip was used to adhere the paper lace to the bottom and topped it off with a satin ribbon.

Hope you enjoy!

Nancy

Life is a Matter of Moments

Nestabilities Fleur de Lis makes a comeback with this layered card.  

Fleur de Lis is a square die but two bases were die cut and staggered on top of each other.  Then the second layer was done the same way.

A simple ribbon was added underneath and accented on top with Lots of Tags stamped with Elements of Style and tagged off with more Fleur de Lis'.

Hope you enjoy!

Nancy

PS:  have you seen a pattern in the last few cards using Elements of Style, I think I have an attachment to it!

Any Occasion with Fleur de Lis

This is a rather simple card but with big effects.

The background is a simple piece of Whisper White cardstock.  The Fleur de Lis' were die cut and emobossed using the Spellbinders Fleur de Lis die in Baby Blue and lifted off the Postage Stamp Punch out of Whisper White again using Dimensionals.

The side strip follows the diamond portion from the right side and is punched on both sides using the Diamond Border Punch and accented with a white bow.

This card could be used for just about any occasion and therefore I have left the sentiment blank until I need just the right card for the occasion.

Hope you enjoy!

Nancy

Fleur de Lis Aujourd'hui

Yes I studied French in High School but over the years it has become  a little rusty, this is about as french as I can be these days.

Here is a little card made with the Spellbinders Fleur de Lis die.  This is my first time working with Spellbinders and I don't think it will be my last.  I studied this particular die before I purchased it to see what I might be able to achieve with it.  So I'm sure you will be seeing a lot of it in my work in the future.

There are several, 5 to be exact, layers to this card if you look really hard you will be able to count them.

Merci!

Nancy