Cards for a Summer Card Swap
I signed up for a Summer Card Swap on the vintage side of blogland! I thought it would be fun to see what everyone created since these aren't the normal card making people, but they are all very creative! I am anxious to see what these talented women come up with. A couple of the gals have posted their finished cards on their blog and they are really nice, so I am really looking forward to seeing the rest of them. Wanda, I am posting these for you!!
This is the card I made. Actually the swap is unlike the standard card swaps I've been in from SCS where all the cards need to be the same. These could all be different or whatever we wanted. I chose to use the same layout and image on all 12 of mine. I made 3 of each in the green and the blue shown here and also 3 each of a lilac and a pink. The image is from Rubbernecker and the Merci is from a Flourishes set (can't remember the name...sorry). I used my new heart Nesties to cut them out since it seemed more romantic and went along with my French theme. The image and sentiment were all stamped with Palette Noir Black on PTI Select White cardstock. They are colored with Copics and then went over them with Twinkling H2o's, the flowers down the front the jewelry and the piece at the waist all have MS glitter on them. I added a little rhinestone for the purse latch and also one on the tag. I masked the lady and stamped French script from CHF in the background and went around the outside with Ranger Distress Ink in a matching or, close to it, shade. We had to include envelopes, so I used a Cavellini French set I had and stamped the Eiffel Tower in Palette Hybrid Charcoal on the envelope. The flowers were all spritzed with Glimmer Mist, so it would tone down the brightness a wee bit. I added a ribbon where the two pieces of patterned paper came together. The paper is Lily Kate from Basic Grey. It was nice to be able to use a lot of things I already had on hand.
I left the inside blank, so you could write your thank you inside. This was the first card swap I've been in in quite a while and it was fun. They will be going out in the mail tomorrow and I think this is the first time ever I've been done a week or so before the deadline! LOL I hope the recipients like these.
I picked the first grape tomato off my plant on the porch. Somehow it didn't quite taste the same as I imagined it would. There are a few more green ones on the plant, so at least I will get a few more. It was fun picking it just the same.


