Today I’m sharing an elegant vintage card design similar to the Hydrangea card that I shared this past week. For this project I used the Floral Frame, Berries, Large Ivy, Small Flowers #3. Stacked Butterflies and French Script Background. I love the flowers and ivy cascading over the top and down the sides of the card. I actually didn’t intend to cover so much of the Floral Frame but I think the flowers add an element of romance.
The Vintage Card Base and Frame
- Cut a piece of cream cardstock and secure it along with the background stamp in the MISTI.
- Apply Antique Linen ink to the stamp and stamp the image. Note: I stamped mine twice to get a really good coverage. The Antique Linen ink is perfect used on cream cardstock to create the vintage card background.
- Trim the background layer to fit behind the 4.00″ x 5.25″ Floral Frame.
- Cut the frame using cream cardstock, apply thin strips of mounting tape to the back of the frame and attach it to the background layer.
- Apply strips of mounting tape to the back of the frame and background layer and attach it to the card base.
The Flowers, Ivy and Butterfly
- Cut several sets of the Small Flowers using soft pink cardstock, two sets of berry branches and three sets of ivy using green cardstock.
- Use a green marker to color in the center of each flower.
- Place the flowers face up on the molding pad and form them with a small tipped stylus.
- Attach the flowers to the berry branches using glossy accents.
- Attach ivy branches around the top and sides of the frame using glossy accents.
- Use glossy accents to attach the four berry branches to the top and sides of the frame.
- Add a few extra flowers to where the branches were attached together and attach with glossy accents.
- Cut the butterfly using the pink cardstock, attach the pearls and attach it to the card base using a thin strip of mounting tape.
I think this vintage card design would make a perfect wedding or anniversary card. It is so romantic looking with the cream cardstock and pale pink flowers. I like to find different ways to use my dies. Check out my Dry Embossed Die Background card showing how I used the Floral Frame to create a decorative background for ivy and flowers. And, you can see my simple Mini Green Wreath card showing the ivy used with small flowers to create a wreath. Pinterest has tons of vintage cards for inspiration. Thank you for coming by today and I hope you have a good weekend. Stay home and stay safe and sound.
Here are the dies and stamp used for my project.
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Here are the tools and supplies.
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I love to create a vintage card design.
I love your cards. They are so beautiful and full of details. How do you mail them so the flowers are not crushed?
Lynne, I would place this card in a crystal clear box sized for Aw sized cards and mail the box in a padded envelope. Here’s a link to the box I’m referring to. https://www.ellenhutson.com/crystal-clear-boxes-a2/ I hope this helps.
This is BEAUTIFUL, Kittie! The colors, with the French Script & the Floral Frame Die Cut, DO ADD to the vintage feel of this! I think the flowers draped like this also give an Arched Trellis feel! JUST BEAUTIFUL!!! ;)<3
What a beautiful card. I would have to put in a shadowbox frame and hang on the wall
Wow, that is just stunning, love the muted colors, the arch of flowers, neat script background, just all comes together nicely!
Love it!
Such a lovely card! I was wondering the same thing as Lynne about mailing and was thinking it should be sent in a box because opening this card would be like opening a present. So very pretty!
Another, out of the ballpark, homerun, card. Simply elegant unless you know how much work is behind such a gorgeous card.
Love, love, love all your work. Thank you.