My mom's birthday is less than two weeks away and we'll be on vacation together when I give this card to her. I love looking through old scrapbooks and seeing those funny old greeting cards given gajillions of years ago, and when I saw this image on a sheet in a 12 x 12 patterned paper pad I'd picked up a while back, I knew I wanted to turn it into a birthday card.
Since the image is pretty big, I created a card that will fit into a standard #10 envelope, which is a little smaller than 9.5" x 4". I used Neenah Classic Crest in Solar White for the base and distressed the edges with Tea Dye Distress Ink and a sponge dauber to give the card a vintage feel. Next I added a layer of Stardream Metallic card stock in Sapphire and then mounted the little girl image (in the finished card you'll notice that I scraped the edges to give it a more worn look.)
I love to reuse products I find in my everyday life, so I punched a little butterfly out of a thin cork coffee cup cuff from a local cupcake shop (yes, they're yummy!) I threaded the authentic red and white baker's twine through the butterfly and added a yellow button for oomph!
You just never know what you'll be able to use from your crafty stash -- happy scrapping!
Love this card. That little girl looks just like me - about a million years ago.
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