My shining star

My shining star

Monday 23 May 2016

Helen's card

Good morning lovelies! How are you today? Thanks so very much for your best wishes for my dad - it was good to see him yesterday ..he looked better than the last time I saw him - and he ate well on Saturday night and he ate a little bit whilst we were there which is all positive. Lets hope that he's going to pull it out of the bag again.

Today my lovely friend Helen has her birthday - so this is the card I made for her. She likes crafting and does cake craft and sewing too - I went with the sewing theme to fit with the current AVJ challenge. Here's my make.


I wanted to go feminine as Helen is a real lady so I went with spun sugar and antique linen mixed with some sepia tones. I used a two tim stencils - blossom and lace and an image from tim stamped in sepia archival. 


The dressform is from a stamp set by rubberdance that I was lucky enough to win from Katy Leitch - thanks Katy.


The flower is cut from tattered florals overstamped with a tim stamp and finished off with a beautiful tim button that I got from the lovely Redanne. I added the lace and the rubberdance edge stamps!

I hope she likes it.

I would like to enter this into vintagejourney sew-special

Have a great Monday!

Hugs

Rachel

19 comments:

  1. Good morning Rachel, love your card.
    Helen will be over the moon when she opens that one up.
    Have a good day
    Patricia x

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  2. Hi Rachel
    This is stunning... Love those soft colours... Beautiful
    Hugs Sylvie xx

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  3. Wonderful card, Helen is going to love it!!

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  4. Hi Rachel, what a stunning card. I'm so glad your dad was a little better yesterday. Thank you for your lovely comments..they always make me smile dear lady. xxxxx

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  5. Gorgeous card Rachel, sure Helen will love it

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  6. An absolutely beautiful card for you friend Rachel. I love the sepia colours and what a beautiful face. Barbxx

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  7. A beautiful card for Helen x love the co,our tones and gorgeous layout....stunning Rachel

    Tfs Annie xx

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  8. Helen will love her card I'm sure Rachel, your design and colours are fabulous the images are just perfect for a sewer.
    Glad you found your dad much brighter, Kate x

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  9. Beautiful Rachel, perfect for someone who likes to sew too. Love the colours you've used.

    Hugs Sue xx

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  10. Love the charming vintage card you've created for your friend - it's just perfect for a sewing-crafter.

    Do hope your dad will be okay.
    Hugs,
    Alison x

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  11. It really is a lovely card Rachel, I love the added flower and lace, such a beautiful feminine touch! And the button looks great too (of course - lol).

    Thanks so much for joining in our Sew Special challenge at A Vintage Journey. Anne xx

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  12. This is fabulous! I love sewing themed cards even though I can't sew. LOL So happy to hear your Dad was a bit brighter yesterday.
    Hugs
    Linda xxx

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  13. A beautiful card Rachel, lovely details.
    Pauline
    x

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  14. Beautiful card and image and great tape measure borders-good to hear your Dad is feeling a little better
    Carol x

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  15. A super creation for our 7th Birthday celebrations Rachel, many thanks for joining the party at Allsorts challenge.


    B x

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  16. Fab design on your gorgeous card, thanks for joining us at Allsorts Birthday week, xxx

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  17. Lovely design! Thank you for joining in our birthday celebrations at Allsorts and good luck in the challenge.

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  18. Really beautiful and incredibly classy too Rachel - I hope your friend loved it as much as I do. I have been wondering if I need that set of stamps from Tim and am trying very hard not to lol!
    I am trying to catch up a little today so you will see comments all over the place Karen x

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  19. This really is a wonderful card Rachel. Thank you for joining us at A Vintage Journey xx

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Thankyou so much for leaving a comment - it really does mean a lot to me! Hugs Rachel xx