60: Happy Birthday Card

Die Cuts with a View - The Mariposa Collection - Glitter and Foil Paper Stack - 12 x 12

Cheers

Beautiul!! Love how you were discreet with the age.

September 10, 2011

I love that you were so discreet about the age. Discreet/Brenda....doesn't seem like they should go in the same sentence :-)

August 10, 2011

This is lovely! Nice subtle "60" too. The thought of you & your mom trading butterfly cards warms my heart... rainbows are meaningful between my mother & me but we don't regularly trade cards with them anymore. (Though my sis & I still trade cow cards in similar fashion but I digress...)

July 22, 2011

This is beautiful! love the layers on this and I also love how the 60 s slightly hidden! Smart!

July 03, 2011

60: Happy Birthday Card

The idea for this card is inspired by Nina Brackett's Shabby Congratulations card on p. 47 of the March/April 2011 issue of Paper Crafts magazine. When I saw her card, I initially planned on a direct scraplift, but my card had a mind of its own and this is the result. The section with the sentiment is cut from a larger pp cs and raised on adhesive foam.

I made this card for my mother's milestone birthday. When she turned 50, she got really angry when she opened gifts that commemorated the milestone. With that in mind, I wanted to include the number 60, but not in an obvious way, which is why I chose stickers very similar in color to the bg pp. Ever since I got married, we've traded birthday cards with butterflies on them. I hope she likes it and is touched that I made her a card rather than opted for a store-bought this year.