Welcome to week 34 and Melon Mambo Week! Can you believe that we are one week before Christmas? I can't but I love Christmas as it is always a fun time of year for me with not only my Wedding anniversary but both mine and my husband's birthdays all in the week after Christmas so we just party from Christmas eve to New Years Day! Ok the older we get the less partying we do but I still love this time of year! Speaking of parties my daughter has been invited to a party of a new friend this Saturday and it is a 21st so I thought perfect Melon Mambo here we come! Melon Mambo is such a party name don't you think?!
For the card base I have used Thick Basic White and you may be able to tell that the card front I have trimmed down to just edge the focal point part of the card and to leave the center of the card exposed on the edges.So this is what those exposed edges look like when you open up the card. I have layered a piece of Melon Mambo card then a piece of Basic White which I have stamped the leaf stamp from the Spotlight on Nature stamp set in Mossy Meadow and then the Happy Birthday from the Magnolia Mood also in Mossy Meadow. As you can see there is approximately 2 cm each side of the front of the card that has been trimmed down.For the focal point of the card I have a layer of Melon Mambo card then a piece of Basic White which has been dry embossed with the Eyelet 3D embossing folder. Layered on there are 3 circles which are cut out with the Spotlight on Nature Dies...one int Melon Mambo, one in the Mossy Meadow colour of the Seasons of Elegance Specialty DSP and one layer of Basic White. The flower has been stamped in Basic Gray then coloured using the Stampin' Blends... Dark and Light Melon Mambo and Dark and Light Mossy Meadow. The butterfly is coloured in with the Stampin' Blends also...Light and Dark Melon Mambo and Light and Dark Calypso Coral. I have fussy cut these out and popped them up on dimensionals.
Of course we needed a little bling to finish off and it is a 21st birthday so I used the Alphabet Al A Mode Dies to cut out the 21 in the Gold Mercury Vellum Specialty DSP. The Iridescent Basic Pearl Jewels have been coloured with the Dark Melon Mambo Stampin' Blends and a little bit of Gold Twisted Thread to finish off!
If you have any questions or would like to get this fantastic bundle to create this great design yourself, let me know.
Now is the time to head to the next wonderful person joining in all the fun of Melon Mambo and this week you will be heading to the amazing
Cathy Proctor, just hit the next blog button and you will go straight there.
If one of the next blog buttons goes not where you were expecting please head to our fantastic weekly host Cathy and she will have the complete list:
Cathy's Blog
We are taking a couple of weeks off for Christmas and New Year's but we will be back on January 8th with Misty Moonlight. Have a wonderful Christmas and a safe New Year's.
Thank you for spending some crafty time with me today, take care,
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Oh, beautiful - I'm sure the birthday girl will love it, Sharon. The touches of gold, and the pairing of Mossy Meadow with Melon Mambo, add a real elegance to the card. It's a great fancy fold, and the embossed panel on the front looks lovely. Great job!
ReplyDeleteA gorgeous special & elegant card Sharon. I love this fun fold and the way you have underscored the central panel by using the Spotlight on Nature dies. All so beautiful xxx
ReplyDeleteWow, great fussy cutting of the flowers and butterfly, Sharon, they look amazing! I think this young recipient will be wowed by this card and all the lovely layers you've added with the Spotlight on Nature circles and dry embossed background.
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