Female Vintage Birthday

One of the (many) things I love about Meg's Garden collections, is that you can adapt the papers to suit any occasion - and gender. 

From Meg's latest Junk Journal collection, I have made both a male and female birthday card - showing how easy it is, using the one collection, to create for both. 

In this post, I am sharing the female birthday card. 

In contrast to my previous minimally embellished male birthday card, but still using the same Junk Journal papers, I went 'over the top' in embellishments for the more feminine birthday card.

Taking inspiration from the washi strips included in this collection, I layered the paper strips with vintage laces. Creating depth and a variety of textures, I continued to frame the card this way.

Using the same die cut sentiment as on the male card, this time only using it the once, leaving plenty of room for the Junk Journal Cut & Create designs to embellish the centre of the card.

Not holding back, I also decorated with paper flowers, a fabric button and one of my favourite textural pieces - muslin!

From ultra-girly, to modern male, you'll find papers for all your needs at Meg's Garden!

Julia

A New Case to Solve

I say, Watson, I do believe we have another three cards to solve!

It is hard not to have fun with the Sherlock III collection!

With so many choices on each page, the Sherlock ephemera sheets made my three cards full of detail.

I wanted to have the man himself, Sherlock, stand out. This card has several layers - including die cuts, background stamping and more from the ephemera sheets, but of course dear Sherlock must take pride of place. The papers in the Sherlock collection beautifully allow you to create either in full detail or laid back in design.

Taking inspiration from the ephemera, I added corner detail giving the effect that the gentleman's quill is ready to pick up and write inside his journal - or of course, inside the card!

I think one of my favourite designs to date, a letter to a loved one, complete in an envelope with a postcard and forget me not photo - all from the ephemera pages. I made a small slit in the envelope cut out so I could tuck the postcard and photo inside. I added background stamping to give the effect of a far travelled message. 

I hope you are all enjoying this new collection, I love having a challenge and stepping outside of my comfort style of cards! 

Happy creating,

Julia

Chapter 88

Hello Crafters,

Haven't we all struggled at some point trying to make a masculine card? I certainly have! Never fear, as we now have Sherlock on the case - Sherlock III A New Case solves the mystery of just how do I make a male card look pretty?! Elementary, my dear Watson.

Using the new Sherlock collection along with the coordinating Cut & Create Ephemera Sheets, I created a card album, with a specific gentleman in mind for a special occasion.

I still wanted to keep the look and feel of this as being a card, rather than a book or album, so simply adhering two large cards together gave me my starting point. The rest came together easily using this collection.

I made sure to have an embellished page next to a slightly toned down page throughout, ensuring space to personalise at a later date and not to overwhelm the overall design.

The background papers are the perfect size for a slightly larger card. I enjoyed having more space to create, and it was ideal for this project for the extra space to write on.

Embellishing was exciting, using keys and charms that all toned in so well together with the papers and ephemera. I added a touch of ribbon and twine to add dimension and also make the charms function.

On most pages I added stamping detail, only lightly, to blend into the background. And as always, distressing and inking around the edges - which was perfectly suited to this collection.

 
I cannot wait to give this card to the gentleman, and hope he enjoys looking through it it as much as I enjoyed making it!


Head on over to Meg's Garden and be inspired, rather than afraid, to give masculine cards a go.

Creative wishes,
Julia