iluvcats and scraps: Lorna's 2023 Birthday Card

Friday, October 13, 2023

Lorna's 2023 Birthday Card

The 49 and Market ARToptions Plum Grove collection

has helped me create a beautiful slimline card and envelope

for my dear friend Lorna!

The colors of this collection are just gorgeous!

Plums, pinks, oranges, greens....

I love making a coordinating envelope using the same paper collection.

I was able to score the center of the card perfectly

so that the butterfly was on the front. 👏

Look at this gorgeous paper when the card is opened fully!

I'm so proud of myself for figuring out something

and want to share it with you.

In the Ephemera Bits of this collection, there are several small cards & tags

that measure 3" long x 1-1/2" wide.

I REALLY wanted to have "Happy Birthday!" printed on the one I chose,

but I didn't want to have to print the words on a separate piece of paper;

then cut out and glue them onto the little card.

SO I used Scor-Tape and adhered the small card to

another piece of scrap cardstock from the collection.

After a test run to insure the size and placement of the words

would print in the right spot on the little card,

I went for it and let it go through my printer.

VOILA!!!!

I'm thrilled how this worked so easily!

I've never seen this done or perhaps no one I know ever shared how to do this,

but either way, I figured it out and I hope you can give it a try yourself!

As you can see, I decorated the little card with a Momenta metal piece

and tiny adhesive rhinestones in Amber color.

Foam adhesive tape under the small card raised it up for some dimension.

The "Debutante" butterfly made by ReneaBouquets is one of my top favorites!

Look how beautiful it is and the colors are incredibly perfect for this collection!!

The details in Renea's products are impeccable!

A small floral arrangement in coordinating colors is all this card needed

to ramp up the beautiful printed images!

Here's the card fully opened to expose the inside.

The sentiment is French Script font in a plum-ish color.

On the left side I layered several of the laser cut wildflowers

and also added a couple of rub-on butterflies.

At the bottom of the right side I used an ephemera frame & laser cut wildflowers (and butterfly), also decorating it with the amber colored rhinestones

like I did to the front of the card.

Thanks so much for visiting!

Have a wonderful, blessed day,

Lisa

Products used:

49 and Market - ARToptions Plum Grove collection

"Orchard" - for main card

Colored Foundations 4 (backside) for inside the card

"Wildflowers" - for envelope

Ephemera Bits - tiny card on front of card

12 x 12 Rub-ons (inside card)

Laser Cut Wildflowers - inside the card