She Is Engaged!!!

I have been working on my special card all week and finally finished it.  I also promised you some exciting news and here it is – My daughter is engaged!!  I am so excited for her and my card is for her and her fiancé. 

 

The front of the card has layers of white, teal, and glitter.  I used two different corner border punches, along with a Spellbinder Die and an embossing folder.  I used "Tear-ific Tape" to add added the new Cloud Nine Velvet Glitter to the edges with the heart border.
 

Since they are both musicians, it was very important to incorporate something musical.  I heat embossed the Music Background with Silver Pearl Embossing Powder on a white square that shows through the Clear Embossable Acetate of the picture frame created with a Spellbinder Die and layers of white and teal.  It is popped up with foam tape on only three sides, leaving the top open so their engagement picture can be slid in behind the acetate.  The Congratulation from the Congratulations Trio was heat embossed with Poolside Embossing Powder on the front of the acetate.

 I created a large bow with some lovely decorative sheer ribbon and added it to the top left corner, along with some handmade roses.  I sponged the two smaller roses with a little pink ink and added glitter to all of the flowers, using Brushable Glue.

For the inside of the card I added more punched layers. I embossed the Music Background in Silver Pearl again, but also added the Solid Monarch in a few places.  I added teal cardstock covered with the same ribbon across the center.   The hearts are cut with Spellbinder dies and their names are written with a Penboss Marker and embossed with Poolside EP.  The final touch was to add tiny pink pearls to the punched border on both the front and the inside.

 

Here is the final card.  I hope this will be a keepsake for them of this exciting time in their lives.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This card is entered in the following challenges:

Simon Says Stamps Challenge – Dies and/or Punches

Clearly Inspired Challenge #61 (CIC61) – Sentimental

Crafts and Me Challenge #105 – Anything Goes

Craft Your Passion Challenge #131 – Hip To Be Square

The Cuttlebug Spot Challenge – What’s On Your Desk? (Yes, this was all on my desk – working on this for the last week and my desk is a mess!!)

Fussy and Fancy Challenge 73 - Easel Card

Ladybugs Crafts Ink Challenge – Flowers and Embossing

One Stop Craft Challenge 200 – Heat Embossing

Happy Birthday Pop Up

 

This card is for the November card swap for my local stamp club, Stampin Divas.  We are to use a pop-up technique. 

 

I painted the stamped image with Twinkling H2Os.  The flower layer is made using a Martha Stewart Border/Corner punch, of course, and I used a corner rounder on each layer.
 

I love this type of pop up because you get to have two surprise messages.  When you pull the tab at the top, the card opens to reveal a message at the top of the card and also inside.  This is a real fun card to make.  I have to give a big thanks to my friend, Bonnie, at Love, Light, and Peace.  I am at her beautiful studio in the mountains playing and she was so kind to help me get this loaded today for all of you to see.

I gave this card a birthday theme for the Crazy4Challenges C4C58 challenge.