Raise your hand if you're a busy mom who has more crafts on the must-try list than you'll ever have time to actually accomplish. Oh, you too? I love papercrafts, fabric crafts, home decor -- you name it, and I want to try it. This is where I share everything I squeeze in after the kids are in bed and the laundry's done!
Saturday, October 25, 2008
Bless You -- Laura's Sketch #11
When I saw Laura's sketch this week, I knew just what I wanted to do with it. My hubby's mom and grandma made the most beautiful dress for Eliza's baby blessing, and I wanted to create a special thank you card that would pick up some of the beautiful details from the dress. I rotated the sketch 90 degrees for this card. The lace is from Fancy Pants, and I sewed it to the card with the same ribbon used on the dress. The stamped image is a Tilda from Magnolia, which I colored with Prismas and Gamsol, then raised up on pop dots. The background is embossed with the Cuttlebug. The sentiment was what killed me on this card -- I didn't want to cover up any of the lace, and there wasn't too much room that wasn't covered with embossing. I tried a couple different stamped sentiments and rub-ons on various colors of paper but couldn't find anything I liked. "Thanks" and even "Thank you" just didn't seem like enough for the hours of work they both put into the dress. So I hit upon "Bless You!" and wrote it in myself. I'm pretty happy with how it turned out!
And here is a picture of my little angel in the dress that inspired the card!
You did wonderful on this card Tomi, bet they will love it... and Eliza's dress is BEAUTIFUL! :) Sonia.
ReplyDeleteAwwww this is darling and so is your sweet little peanut!
ReplyDeleteLaura
Beautiful card and your baby girl is precious. Love your blog and projects, you are very creative:)
ReplyDeleteWhat a cute card! And what a lovely baby girl.
ReplyDeleteMartha
Gorgeous card...love how you were inspired by the dress that was made with love!!! And with your handwriting you should be designing stamps:)
ReplyDeleteThis is stunning hun well done xxxxxx
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful dress perfect for your little princess !!Eliza is absolutely gorgeous !! I love your card it turned out beautifully and your handwriting looks like a stamp !!
ReplyDeleteOH, so very beautiful! Both baby and card! ;p
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