Sunday 1 May 2011

Papertrey Ink Birthday Card

Hello everyone,

Did you watch the royal wedding? My husband and I travelled to the Wirral to see some friends and the men went out hiking whilst we stayed in and watched the morning unfold. I thought the bride looked so stylish in her beautiful dress and I have to say I think that the British do pageantry so well.

The weather has been too nice to stay indoors crafting but I've been wanting to try a new (to me) technique and decided to try and make a card for the current PTI Make it Monday challenge which has to be done today or it would be too late. I have been wanting to try stamping on fabric for a while but I always thought that I would need special ink so never got round to it. Then I thought that nobody is going to wash a card so it doesn't really matter if the ink is water fast and I had a play with some calico that I had in.


I used the Women of Life stamp set  and the challenge this time was to hand draw a frame so I did this with a fine liner pen, and I finished the card off with some ric rak and a button.






I heat set the ink with an iron before matting the calico onto some raspberry fizz card and then onto a fine linen base card. I think I quite like the homespun look.

Thanks for looking and I hope you enjoy the rest of the holiday weekend.

Hugs
Carol x

13 comments:

Itsy Bitsy Snippets said...

I love the idea of stamping on fabric, and yours looks wonderful. I have this stamp set I think I may need to CAS your card, my mother would love it. Beautiful job.

Carla Cabrera said...

i love how it turned out. the fabric adds a great texture.

Chris Simon said...

What a great idea! The fabric gives the stamping such a soft look. I love the rick rack accent, too.

Lynn Mercurio said...

Wow...this is a great project. You really did a great job of getting a perfect impression on your fabric (not always easy to do). Awesome job.

Wendy ten Hove said...

Hi Carol!

Wow, this looks special! I was looking at the first photo, like, where did she stamp that on, but then I saw the detail pic, wow, that looks awesome! Great card!

Hugs, Wendy

Joan B said...

adorable -- love that fabric!

Julia Aston said...

This is just lovely stamped on the linen! a beautiful flower garden and pretty rick rack on the edge!

Janet said...

Love how this turned out . Very beautiful .love the look of the fabricon this card and that is a very cute stamp. TFS and the encouragement to try something new.
Big blog Hugs

Otter Hill Designs said...

This turned out wonderful!

Mona Pendleton said...

So pretty! Love how you incorporated fabric!

Svetlana said...

cool! never seen before, fabric in cardmaking, so interesting! bravo!!!

Dolly Daydreams said...

Wow this is amazing what a great effect will definitely try this out . Fantastic stamping and no bleed into the fabric at all. Well done you.

Marie

Diane Jaquay said...

I love how the stamping on the cloth looks! I found some cross stitch cloth in my basement recently and I want to try this! Beautiful work!

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