Tuesday 24 July 2012

A Card for my future Granddaugher in law

Three weeks Saturday my eldest grandson Andy will marry a beautiful young girl Laura and they will start their lives together, and I wanted to let Laura know how much she will mean to us by joining our family. Andy is one beautiful person and so is Laura and I know they will be very happy together or at least I sincerely hope they will. Laura is a fully qualified nurse and works very hard though I know they are hoping to start a family fairly quickly so I wouldnt be to surprised to hear that Im to be a great grandma in the near future. Anyway we have to send them some money as a gift and I couldnt think of anything nicer than to make her a card wishing her all the best for the 18th August, and here is the image I decided to use, its Tilda with her bridesmaid.
Ive stamped her onto white card then used my copics to colour her, and then used Nestabilitie Die Labels No.18 to cut her out, then drew around the die to create the mount which I have pleated lace all around the edge of. The sentiment is yet another of the Magnolia stamps which I thought was appropriate for the card, this has also been mounted onto pink card.
The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of pink card, the papers I have used are Kaisercrafts "Chanteuse" Collection a very pretty set of papers, the first is a white background with flowers and leaves on, and for the second I cut a 5" square and used one of my Martha Stewart border and corner punches on it, then placed it on top of the bottom layer. I then cut a heart doily
 with one of the pink papers with a Cheery Lynn Die, and then wrapped a pink organza ribbon around the middle.
The mounted image was then positioned towards the right with the sentiment at the bottom on left.
And to finish of I created a flower spray with roses, carnations and pearls in the top left hand corner.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-

29 comments:

Sarah said...

Stunning card Shirley, love the papers and floral arrangement x

Helena (Gvendalen) said...

So lovely card!

Anonymous said...

She will be happy about this nice card
Hugs
Elma

Carol Willis said...

Beautiful card Shirley. I'm sure your soon to be Grandaughter-in-law will love it.
Hugs
Caz x

Unknown said...

This is beautiful, Shirley! I love the paper!

shulsart said...

Beautiful card, Shirley. Good luck and thanks for joining in on the fun at Cheery Lynn Designs challenge blog.

coldwaters2 said...

OMG Shirley this is so beautiful she will love it so much, the papers, flowers and that image are just perfection.
Hugs
Lorraine x

Renee B. said...

What a gorgeous card Shirley...I can tell it was made with much love going into it! I'm sure Laura will love it!
Hugs, Renee

Riet said...

So beautiful card Shirley,I love the image and the colours.
So gorgeous papers and the details.

Hugs Riet.xx

Beverly G said...

Beautiful papers, coloring and layout. Congrats on the addition to your family, all the best to them. Thanks for entering at Art With No Boundaries.

Stamps and Paper said...

Stunning card Shirley which I am sure will be treasured

Anne

Susan Hogan said...

Its a lovely card Shirley, but not eligible for Unstampabelles 'cause we don't allow the use of any stamps, or digis.

Melodie said...

Gorgeous card, I love the layout with this cute Magnolia-image and the wonderful colours very much.
Hugs
Melodie

Angela D said...

Really pretty card I love the image. Thanks for joining us in the crafty bloggers network challenge

Christine said...

Wow Shirley this is so pretty am sure Laura will feel special when she receives this gorgeous creation from you..BTW it will fit Totally Tilda chall too.

smiles Christine x

cotnob said...

This is so pretty Shirley, such pretty colours and lovely lace detail. Your Granddaughter in Law and your Grandson will treasure their card.
Pauline
x

Jodi said...

so adorable!!! Thank you for joining in the fun at Cheery Lynn Designs!

Chris Stern / CS Designs said...

Shirley, Beautiful card, love the colors and the elegant look. Congratulations on the new addition to your family and thank you for sharing this with us on Art With No Boundaries.
:)Chris / CS Designs

Debbie Sherman said...

This is so cute! Thanks for playing along!

Dr Sonia S V said...

How beautiful this looks
Saw your link on MIM
Cheers
Sonia
cardsandschoolprojects.blogspot.com

Lori said...

What a special card! Love the corner embellishment you created. So glad you linked up at Art With No Boundaries!

Paula said...

Thanks for sharing this beautiful card with us. The flowers in the corner look real and compliment your design perfectly Thanks for joining us at AWNB Paula DT :o)

Jo said...

Spotted your gorgeous creation on MIM and had to come take a look. Its great. Hugs Jox

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Meihsia Liu said...

Wow...this is such a gorgeous creation. Love the beautiful lace frame and your colouring is great! Thank you so much for joining us at Make It Monday this week...:)

Karen C said...

I love the lace and those flowers! Cute with the image! Stopped by from MIM!
Hugs,
Karen C
#'s 3, 67, 165, 187, 222, 258, 260

Donna said...

What a really stunning card Shirley. Your granddaughter is going to love it,
hugs

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Patty Sue 2 said...

I know your future GDL is going to love this. It is fantastic!

Denise Goeldner said...

Gorgeous card love the image and colour combination. Hugs Denise xx