Birthday Wishes

It's my moms birthday today and so of course I wanted to stamp a card to go with her gift this afternoon. I wasn't feeling very creative though and couldn't seem to come up with much. So, I went surfing! Internet surfing that is. ;) I find a lot of inspiration from seeing what others have created...and sometimes I just CASE (copy and save everything) someones project when the creative juices just don't seem to be flowing.

 I came across a gorgeous shabby-chic card stamped by an amazing demonstrator by the name of Sandi MacIver. Her projects are gorgeous. I fell in love with her card as soon as I saw it and had most of the materials she used. SO, I shamelessly CASEd it.

The designer series paper I used is our Beau Chateau dsp - I LOVE this paper and we even have matching fabric right now!!!

 
I embossed the tag with one of our Designer Frames Textured Impressions Embossing Folders (which coordinates with our Beau Chateau suite!) and I just love how it draws your eye to the stamped images.

I didn't have any antique brads left (which is what Sandi used on hers) but I did have a retired "rose" embellishment that I thought would work well for the center of the rosette (created with my Simply Scored score board) and matched the Baja Breeze seam binding ribbon.

I "distressed" all the edges with our  distressing tool which is part of our Cutter Kit and then sponged around all the pieces to really accentuate the rough edges.

The small flowers were punched using the 4-petal punch from our Itty Bitty Shapes Punch pack and I added a small pearl to the center of each one to finish it off.


Thanks for stopping by and Happy Stamping!!!