Birthday Card for BoBunny & Stuck On U Sketches

It's been a wonderful kind of busy around our home preparing for Christmas. It's so wonderful to reflect on the love of God sent to us in Christ. It's also a wonderful time of the year for us to gather and spend time as a family. I so look forward to that each year. 

Our sweet daughter, Rachel, (our son's wife) has a birthday coming up, and I created this card for her using BoBunny's Gabriel Collection for their December Card Challenge to use lace and ribbon on a card. 

I stopped by Stuck on U Sketches and just had to use their current card sketch. This is my first time to enter one of their challenges. They have some new card designers providing amazing inspiration so be sure to drop by their blog to be inspired. 

Here's Rachel's Birthday Card:

Using the gorgeous December 5 SOUS Card Sketch:

Tips and Techniques:

Lace ~ I used BoBunny's Gabrielle lace to create the strips across the card. I have found that for sheer lace like this, an acid free spray adhesive like Krylon works well. 

Inking ~ My favorite ink for aged/distressed edges continues to be Ranger Distress Ink. I inked around the medallion. 

Butterfly Trail ~ I used the pearl strand from BoBunny Gabriel to create the trail. I used Gabrielle Pollacco's suggestion of Tombo Multi Liquid adhesive to tack down portions of the pearls to hold them in place. 

Rub-On/Mulberry Paper ~ I wanted to use the rub-on birthday sentiment from the Gabrielle Card Kit, but thought the background was too busy to apply it directly to the card. I applied the sentiment to a scrap of mulberry paper. I then wet a q-tip and "painted" the water where I wanted the torn edges around the rub-on. While wet, it tore easily giving the wonderful feathered edges that mulberry paper does so beautifully. An old technique that still looks fresh today. I like that the mulberry paper is sheer and the background can still be seen without the sentiment getting lost. 

BoBunny Products:

Gabrielle Card Kit:

~ Card Base

~ Sentiment

~ Medallion

Gabrielle Lace

Gabrielle Pearl Strand

Gabrielle Chipboard Sticker Butterfly

Other Products:

Petaloo Flowers

Sheer ribbon from my stash

Dew Drops ~ Teal

Adhesives:

Krylon Spray Adhesive

Tombo Multi Liquid

Scotch ATG

Helmar 450

I've also entered this at:
Word Art Wednesday Challenge #58 ~ God will take care of you/anything goes.

Thanks for stopping by! I treasure your comments.

~ Blessings ~