Carrie's Friendship/Birthday Easel Card

I made an easel card for my very sweet friend, Carrie, for her upcoming birthday. 

She & I have really hit it off since we met and I've enjoyed her friendship very much. 
Besides scrapping, we are both cat lovers & owners.  We talk about both in detail.

She's very upbeat, witty and intelligent.  I love reading anything she writes about. : )

I used Blue Fern Studios Blush collection papers to make the card & envelope.  
I love the feminine feel and the colors are beautiful.

I like to make easel cards at least 8" wide; this one is 8-1/2".  

Also, I really like making the top piece smaller in width than the main card because it adds interest. 

This top piece measures 8" wide, leaving 1/4" on either side 
so the contrasting pink main card color accentuates the edges.

The word "Friendship" is computer printed on the paper to fit nicely inside
The Dusty Attic chipboard Decorative Frame #1.   

Carrie has been using lots of pretty shiny gold in her layouts lately so I chose BFS Imagine Ink embossing powder color 14 Karat and I think it looks "fantabulous" against the aqua tones!

  

Next, The Dusty Attic chipboard Elegant Swirls #13 was heat embossed in 
BFS Imagine Ink color Speckled Mint and placed in the center at the bottom.  

It's as close as I could get to one of Carrie's favorite colors "seafoam"!  

I coordinated the shape of the swirl chipboard with a Martha Stewart corner punch Crotchet Loop.

Tiny white pearls on the diamond points add extra femininity. 

I decorated the inside "hidden part" of the easel with some pretty white lace.

For the inside of the main card, I created the rest of the sentiment.
I want Carrie to know that I cherish our friendship.
The Dusty Attic chipboard Teeny Tiny ABCs are acrylic painted in bright white.

The Want2Scrap chipboard word "cherish" is heat embossed in BFS Imagine Ink color Pink Peppermint. 

A flower arrangement was added to coordinate with the colors in the top piece paper. 

Some close ups of the flowers:

And here is the smaller flower arrangement with a small butterfly:

The butterflies are scanned & fussy cut from the same BFS Blush paper collection.
I added Frosted Lace Stickles to the wing tips & 22g wire antennae on the larger one.

The largest of The Dusty Attic set Elegant Swirls #13 serves as the foundation 

to hold the opened easel card in place.  

It lines up perfectly with the smaller swirl when the card is in easel position. 

The envelope I made measures 9" x 5-1/4" x 1-1/2".  

Two 24" pieces of seam binding were sprayed with Lindy's Stamp Gang Starburst color Salt Water Taffy and after they dried, random spritzes of Starburst color Cotton Candy Pink added a tiny bit of a darker pink. 
The seam binding was scor-taped to the envelope and tied off in a simple bow.  

This allows Carrie to keep her card inside the envelope and hang it on the wall out of the way if she wants.  

I lined the top of the envelope with the same pretty white lace used on the inside part of the card.  

One side of the envelope is decorated with white pearls. 

I really enjoyed making this for my sweet friend! She's such a complete doll! 
She makes me laugh & smile.

A GREAT BIG Happy Birthday to sweet Carrie!

I'm so happy to say that Carrie received her card and she likes it!!  YAY!

Thanks for viewing and I hope you have a wonderful week!  Lisa : )

Products used:

Blue Fern Studios

Used for Main Card

Used for Top Piece of Card

Used for Envelope

14 Karat

Speckled Mint

Want2Scrap chipboard

The Dusty Attic chipboards

Teeny Tiny ABC set

Decorative Frame #1

Elegant Swirls #13

Prima die

Leaves

Tattered Lace die 

Ornate Leaves

Sizzix

Big Shot

Magnetic Platform

Martha Stewart

Scoring Board

Crotchet Loop

Prima flowers

White Flower Bundle

Wild Orchid Crafts flowers

2-tone Open Roses 10mm

Mixed Color Rosebuds 4mm

White Heather

Yellow Open Roses 20mm

White MINI Sweetheart Blossoms

Petaloo flowers

Pink MINI Garden Rosettes

Other products - 

Ranger Stickles - Frosted Lace
ColorBox inks - Pink Sky, Aqua & Black
Adhesives: Scor-Tape, Beacon 3-in-1 Glue, Tombow Mono Glue
Michael's Recollections - White Pearls, bright white acrylic paint, blue flowers, 22g black wire
Hobby Lobby - white lace trim
Hug Snug - Seam Binding 
Lindys Stamp Gang Starburst sprays - Saltwater Taffy & Cotton Candy Pink

Vintage Tag

I created a vintage tag for a swap I joined on scrapbook.com.  
It's total size is 4-3/8" wide x 6-3/4" long.

This is the first time I've ever created one so I started with the idea of two tiers.
I settled on using chipboard covered with pretty paper.  

The base is edged with clear crackle over Distress Ink color Tattered Rose and then sprayed with 
Lindy's Stamp Gang Moonshadow Mist color Buccaneer Bronze.
The backside is covered in Blue Fern Studios paper where I signed & dated it for my swap partner.
The top piece is also covered in BFS paper which set the vibe & inspiration for the decorations I used.

After the two pieces were adhered together with foam tape, it was time to decorate!

But I faced a dilemma------my Crop-a-dile hole puncher wouldn't open up wide enough because of the thickness!  YIKES!  But luckily the 'little light in my head clicked on' and I used a drill bit to do the job!!  LOL!  It worked BEAUTIFULLY!  I was then able to run my ribbons through and tie them off in a simple bow.  

Decorating began with a Tim Holtz Metal Ornate Plate.  
I printed a photo of my 'obsession' - the early 1900's Super Model, Evelyn Nesbit.  
I have created many layouts of her: 
(Evelyn, Timeless Beauty, Imagine, Sweet Tuxedo, The Classy Evelyn Nesbit, 1925 Fashionista, Gypsy Soul).  

The photo was cut to fit snugly inside the ornate plate; pretty feathers placed under it; 
and then the plate was glued down, offsetting it on the tag.  

I stenciled a few small designs on the bottom of the tag with Copper Crackle.  

For an antiqued look, I rubbed the crackle with my fingertip along the edges of the tag 

and also in random areas in the center of the tag. 

Finally, some flower arrangements with snippets of ivory colored lace and leaf die cuts completed the tag.  

As I do with my scrapbook layouts, I incorporated the print in the paper as part of the design. 

 

Thanks for dropping by!  Have a great week!  Lisa : )

Products used:

Blue Fern Studios Mémoires collection ~

used on main tag & backside of base tag

Sizzix ~

BigZ die - Vintage Cabinet Card by Tim Holtz

Big Shot

Magnetic platform

Tattered Lace ~

Ornate Leaves

Maja Design Enjoying Outdoors collection ~

Backside of "Beautiful Trees" used for leaf die cuts

Tim Holtz ~

Ornate Metal Plates

Prima ~

Decor 1 stencil

Finnabair Copper Crackle

Hug Snug seam binding - Eggshell, Mushroom, Rose Beige
Lindy's Stamp Gang - Moonshadow Mist color Buccaneer Bronze
Hobby Lobby - ivory cotton lace
Adhesives: Scor-Tape; Foam Tape; Beacon 3-in-1 Advanced Craft Glue

Wild Orchid Crafts flowers ~

Carnations - Red Mix

30mm Wild Roses - Blue Mix

Aster Daisies - 2 tone Yellow

Gypsophila - 2 tone Antique Blue

30mm Wild Roses - 2 tone Mix

Mini Sweetheart Blossoms - Blue

Mini Sweetheart Blossoms - Red