Sunday 1 September 2013

Box of Roses for Monica

Not only was I able to deliver my niece Leanne's birthday card in person this year I was also able to deliver her Mum's card at the same time as their birthdays are only eleven days apart.  Here is a photo of the two of them when we all had a day out at the Highland Wildlife Park recently.


For Monica's card I've gone back to the box of roses again using papers from the Nitwit Collection Promises.


It was back to my favourite dies from the Marianne English Rose die set to make more rolled roses.  The lighter coloured roses on this card were made from lilac parchment card sponged with Encore purple metallic ink and the darker roses were made from the same purple cardstock as used on the backing layers.  Leaves were punched from green parchment card and certainly celery card from Stampin' up using an X-cut embossing punch.  Stampin' up's old olive ink was sponged around the edges of the leaves.  Small lilac rose buds were added around the outside.


The box of roses fits on an 8"x 8" scalloped card and is raised up on foam pads.  The parts of the lid which don't overlap the box are on double layer foam pads.  Along with the roses this makes quite a dimensional card.
 
An original Sizzix red die was used to cut the gift tags for the box and the top tag was embossed using one of Stampin' up's textured impressions designer frames.  The sentiment was made using a stamp from Stampin' up's Sincere Salutations set and their Marina Mist ink.  It was then punched out using their extra large oval punch and the same ink sponged around the edge.  The scalloped edges of the base card were sponged with Encore Metallic purple ink.


Along with the usual addition of ribbon and a bow, purple metallic brads and purple self adhesive pearls were added as embellishments.

  
The inside has a double layer insert using another patterned paper from the Promises Collection for the back layer and a message created on the computer for the top layer.  Both layers had their corners rounded off using a Woodware corner punch.

After sitting posing for a sensible photo my sister and her family started to misbehave and this was the result where their real characters came out.


Thanks for reading today
Liz xx

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges

Seize the Birthday Challenge - Birthday
Challenges 4 Everybody 28 - Anything Goes
Creative Inspirations Paint Challenge Week 2 - Anything Goes
Sentimental Sundays Challenge 170 - Happy Birthday
Crafty Calender August Challenge - Anything Goes
Hiding in my Craft Room Challenge 113 - Freestyle
Delicious Doodles Challenge 51 - Anything Floral
Inspire Me Fridays Challenge 118 - Anything Goes
Sister Act Challenge 22 - Anything Goes
Aud Sentiment Challenge 88 - Any Sentiment
Cute Card Thursday Challenge 284 - Things With Wings (Butterfly Backing Paper)
Delightful Challenges - Make the Cut
Paper Crafting Journey Challenge - Anything Goes
Crafting For All Seasons Challenge 59 - Tag It
Rhedd and Rosie's 14th Challenge - Something for the Ladies
Bearly Mine Challenge 101 - Digi Days (Digi Papers)
Cuttlebug Mania Challenge - Anything Goes/Die Cuts

14 comments:

  1. Thank you for your nitty in the crafty ribbons challenge
    But we have moved on to a new challenge of back to school
    P x

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  2. Gorgeous card Liz. Love your flower arrangement and the beautiful ribbon treatment. Pat K xx

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  3. so gorgeous liz.really beautiful roses and i love your colours.
    fabulous family pics too.

    xx coops xx

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  4. Very pretty card, thank you for joining in Rhedd and Rosie's challenge, good luck Hun, Zoe DT xx

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  5. Beautiful card and flowers. Thank you for joining us at Aud Sentiments challenge good luck Ginny ♥

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  6. Oh my, that is some bunch of roses and a beautiful card all round. Thanks for playing along at Cuttlebug Mania this week x

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  7. Gorgeous, love the flowers.

    Thank you for joining us at Rhedd & Rosie Challenge Blog.

    Moira DT xxx

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  8. Gorgeous Gorgeous card!!!! Love the colors and the ribbon! So cool that you were able to deliver this beauty in person! Thanks for linking it up with us over at Seize the Birthday!

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  9. This is such a pretty card, lovely papers and your rolled roses are fabulous.
    Thank you for joining us at Crafting for all Seasons.
    Pauline
    x

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  10. Gorgeous card. Pretty colors and the rolled roses are fabulous. Thanks for sharing it with us at Seize the Birthday.

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  11. Very lovely card - I love the colour combo and also the way you've done the ribbon. Many thanks for entering the Rhedd and Rosie's Challenge and good luck! Melissa (DT) xxxx

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  12. Stunning card! I adore those flowers and the the box is such a beautiful colour. Thanks for joining us at Sister Act Card Challenge :)

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  13. Simply stunning card and amazing job with these roses and the colors you used! Thank you for joining us this week at the Digital Delights Challenge! I hope you play along with us again soon!

    Jackie, Digital Delights Challenge DT

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  14. This is really pretty. I like the color combo. Thanks for playing at HIMCR.

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