Happy 55th Birthday Card for Dave

Hello it's good to be with you on this last day of July! Wow! Really seven months into 2013 already??
I have another commission to share with you today. This is another one for Dave who was 55 this month, last year I did the Red, Black and white Handyman look.
This year it's the Blue look ....

It was hard to find a photo of Dave, however perseverance paid off.

Gail gave me lots of hints for his card so I used them all. I did experiment with some metal work for the card as I was aiming for a bit of the Grunge Steampunk look.

The base card was made from an A3 Quill 210gsm sheet of card stock. I added a sheets of blue design paper from my stash.

I cut a small sheet of silver metal with Spellbinders Circles die, then embossed with a Tim Holtz metal rivet embossing folder. From the waste ( in the centre) I used Spellbinders Sprightly sprockets to make some more gears.
On the corners I used one of the Spellbinders Parisian Accents, for the sentiment I used a Just Rite stamp and Spellbinders Fancy Tags Two die.

I used the cut circle as the frame behind which I added some blue feathers, then created words on my Computer, then fussy cut them out and distressed the edges with some Tim Holtz Faded Jeans blue distressed stain. I added these with glue dots around the edges of the metal as well.

I added some great metal charms that I bought from My2Angels, like this one here, which I decorated with some fine blue ribbon from my stash.

Although this image looks like it's upside down, this is the way it looks on the card, you can see some of the metal gears I added and another of the metal charms from My2Angels.

On the onside of the card I used a variety of stamps from Tim Holtz - Stampendous and also a Hero Arts Clear Stamps FIND JOY 2011 CL497

I used a couple of Peel Offs in the right hand corner (and hand wrote the word 'Today'.

I really like these stamps so here's a close up.

Here are the main ingredients that I used to make this card:

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A Garden Wedding Card

Thanks for stopping by again, I promised to post a card today.

I was asked to make a Wedding card for two people who will have their wedding in a garden. I decided that I would use Graphic 45's Secret Garden papers and that led me to make the card I did.

Here it is:

It is a front step card.
I used Kaisercraft Lilac weave cardstock as the base and G45 Secret Garden Beautiful Blooms Design Paper.

The stamps are from Just rite stampers:
The Kindness Cling set - CL-02095 and the Classic Scallop Borders One Clear set CR-03625.

The central medallion was stamped using versamark ink and then heat embossing with white opaque embossing powder.

The sentiment was made by cutting up a gold peel off to fit inside the centre circle. I used dimensional foam pads to adhere the two layers together.

I used drop pearls from my stash ( I think I got these on e-bay) with little spacers (from spotlight) and stitched these on with very thin bead thread (also available from Spotlight).
I added the spacers with a little strong clear drying glue. (3M Scotch Glue).

A closer view of the Gold Wedding ring embellishments - I got these from a cake decorating shop, however I found them cheaper from the link I have provided below in the ingredients list from New Zealand.

I just love this charm from My2Angels. I have had it for ages because I love it so much and didn't want to use it - however felt this card was a perfect use for it.

Another cake decorating piece, this time cake toppers of a Bride and Groom. They come attached to Tooth Picks. I just cut these off and glued them with string glue. (I bought these at Spotlight in their baking and cake decorating department).

This is a tag that I cut from Graphic 45 Secret Garden May Flowers Design Paper. I added it to the back of the card as a writing panel, onto which I added a "Congratulations" peel off.

Another view of this card at a different angle.

















The main ingredients I used to make this card:

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An Indian Wedding Card

G'day to you. I hope you enjoyed your weekend and are feeling refreshed and ready for the coming week. I have a card to share with you today which is a rather rushed commission that I received on Saturday 13th July (just gone) for this coming Saturday 20th July. It also had another little twist in as much it is for an Indian wedding. Thank goodness for Google!

The first thing I did was check out Indian Wedding Cards, most are produced commercially but at least it gave me an idea. Next I knew Ganesha was the deity that I needed understand more about and explore further. When I researched I found it was OK to include an image as Lord Ganesh, whilst having his own celebrations, is revered at most Indian celebrations and festivities.

So here's my card:

I decided on a Gatefold style of card. The colours red and gold are very popular with wedding cards (my research told me) so I used Kaisercraft Scarlet weave cardstock as my base. I used gold strips (peel offs) for the edges.

The swirls are from Fabscraps (organic twirl) and are chipboard that I used my Art Institute Glitter system to cover in Gold.

I found this lovely image on Google. Enough of a reference without causing offence as I am not knowledgeable enough to know if certain colours are appropriate and I wanted this reference to be fairly discreet.

The other reason I placed this here is that it held (disguised) my magnet mechanism (Basic Grey Magnets) that holds the card closed.

Again I used my glitter around the edge and on the inside of the circle.

The colour in this photo looks a bit pink, however the colours do match my papers very well.

When you open the card this is what you see. I purchased the two people from Dreamstime - they are an stock photography/ image company. This particular image was the best of what I could find for my needs. I manipulated it a little in a graphics program so that they were looking across at each other.

Here is the image of "The Bride". I fussy cut her out and used a gold spica gel pen on her clothing and necklace.

I used the Spellbinders Radiant Rectangles S5-161 on some holographic gold card I had in my stash then placed her with some foam pads on top to add some dimension.

I treated "The Groom" in the same way as the bride and placed them on the outside folds  of the Gate fold card.

For the centre panel I created a sentiment on my PC then cut a panel in Gold Mirri card from Spellbinders 5 x 7 Enchanted Labels 28. I traced around the inside of the die on my sentiment, fussy cut this out and then matted it onto the Mirri card with foam dimensional pads.

The two little hearts I bought from My2Angels ages ago and I popped them on the sides of the central panel.

Here is the reverse of the card opened out so you can see the folded flaps.

This little charm is so adorable on the reverse it says "Home Sweet Home", I just thought it fitted so I added it to the back of the card as a little finishing touch.

Here are the main ingredients for this card:

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