French and Feminine

Hello everyone,

Today's post is a pair of fun French feminine 'birthday' cards.

The card bases are a gold of unknown origin and The Paper Studio.  The printed papers are of unknown origin and BasicGrey “Kissing Booth” Butterfly Kisses layered on Recollections Kraft and Stampin’ Up Merry Merlot.  The sentiments are Bonnidée French Greetings #2 stamped in Versafine Onyx Black on Recollections Vanilla and layered on more Kraft and Merry Merlot.  The embellishments are a Dimensional Sticker, Forever In Time, a metal flower of unknown origin and a Crafts brad highlighted with Sequin Stickles.

I don't know that there are a lot of francophones in this particular seniors' residence but I always try to include a few French cards in the commission.  This pair of cards is particularly feminine and uses the same layout.  I had these two flower embellishments that were perfect for this sentiment so decided to do similar cards.  The results are wonderful.

I hope you enjoy these cards and come back to SPI again soon.

Gisèle

Happy Birthday

Hello everyone,

My registration package at Saturday's marathon 'Crop For The Cure' contained a striking piece of origami paper. This card almost made itself and I'm now on the hunt for more paper.

The background paper is Stampin' Up Old Olive. The origami paper, of unknown origin, is layer on Very Vanilla that was heat embossed with Close To My Heart gold embossing powder. The sentiment is Gina K Fanciful Tags. The embellishments are Pebbles Pearl Candy Dots. The butterfly is from Dimensional Stickers.

I wish the photo did justice to this card. It is strikingly beautiful. The origami paper is utterly gorgeous. I can't wait to create more cards and I'm excited about trying to find more similar paper. I had forgotten to bring and metallic papers with me on Saturday so improvised by heat embossing. I think it actually works better because it provided just a little more texture to the card and compliments the texture of the origami paper in a way I had not intended.

I hope you enjoy this card and come back to SPI again soon.

Gisèle