A Happy Birthday to My Mother!
One of my all-time favorite color schemes is Pink Pirouette with crisp white and dramatic black. It’s such an elegant look and feel. So I used the combo for my mother’s birthday card. (I think I used the same colors in her Mother’s Day card too. Oops!) I had to make sure she received her card in the mail first before I posted it here – so now that I’m sure she has it, I can share it with all of you! I love making something special for her, because I love her, she deserves it, and because she loves my cards and appreciates them!
First, I stamped one of the smaller doilies from Delicate Doilies stamp set down the left side. Then, using the Stamp-a-ma-jig for perfect placement, I stamped the sentiment from Blooming with Kindness in Black StazOn ink. While I had my doily inked up with Pink Pirouette I stamped it on a scrap then stamped the butterfly from the Papillon Potpourri stamp set over that before punching it out with the Elegant Butterfly Punch.
I used the same punch to layer a black butterfly silhouette and punched out the small 4-petal flower in pink from the Itty Bitty Punch Pack. An itty bitty black circle topped with a bitty pearl was added to the tiny flower. My bone folder aided me to curve the wings of the butterfly and the petals of the tiny flower.
The black delicate scallop edge was punched with the Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border Punch and tucked under the stamped panel before the panel was adhered to the Pink Pirouette card base.
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Enjoy! Julie
Absolutely beautiful, Julie. I’m sure your mom loved it. Will be CASing this for my aunt! Gail
Don’t you just love pink pirouette? And the black just seems to make it so crisp and elegant. I’m glad you like it. Thanks
I absolutely LOVED your pretty card, Dear Daughter Julie! It was a part of my show-and-tell for the week! Thank you for remembering me and I appreciated the very sweet note inside that beautiful card, too!
So glad you loved it, Mother. I enjoyed making it for you, because you deserve it, and I knew you would appreciate it too!! Love, Julie