Art Deco 30th Birthday Card

I remember saying once that Art Deco was too hard to do but now I've got used to it. I've found that the simpler it is the better it looks :)

 The glitter card I got from Laura-Lea on eBay
The silver embossed card, blue silk card and black satin mirri card (used on the cutout figure, yes the figure is all hand cut) and the die for the "30" from Tonic Studios.
The number 30 on the front of the card was hand cut.
Here are the original pictures that inspired the card

Templates for Art Deco 30th Birthday Card

Just in case you would like to have a go at making a card like mine here are the templates I made for it
first the templates for the main body of the card

 and if you don't want to layer here is the full template

these following templates are for the card

Hopefully these should all print out at the same size giving you a fully assembled card that is 16.5cm tall by 14.4cm in width.
I recommend you print out a trial set of templates first to make sure they are all correct if you find any mistakes or I've left something out email me at eviledna1964@outlook.com and I'll put it right.
Take care and keep smiling :)

Because - Thank you card

Made this card for my friend of 44 years Tracey ...

The card was inspired by a picture I found and can be found here on Pinterest. The picture was printed on to virtually shed-less glitter paper and cut out and mounted onto silver satin mirri card. The text has been gone over with black Zig Wink of Stella glitter brush pen.
Take care and keep smiling :)

Art Deco Birthday card - For her

A few years back I made a card that I wasn't happy with so it got put in a box and forgot about. A few days ago I was looking for inspiration for a card and decided to look through my box of "not happy with" cards and came across it and decided to revamp it. The first photo is of the original ...

Original card

 The chocolate pictures are from Joanna Sheen's Fashion Boutique CD and are printed onto printable silk. The backing papers are from the same CD, printed onto pearlescent card.
Take care & keep smiling

Art Deco Fathers Day Card

Finally got back to some crafting after giving myself some time off from my last effort. I thought I'd do something simple, thought Art Deco was the way to go. Simple my eye, I've never cut so many weird angles, and yes all those pieces are individually cut by hand, apart from the circle, that was a nestabilites die and the fany die cuts on the back of the card. I think I prefer this card to the Art Deco birthday card I made. Anyway here it is...

  I used Mirri card and satin Mirri card over a thick card (mirri card tends to curl). The sentiment is computer generated and are the lyrics from The Hollies "he ain't heavy, he's my brother" song though I substituted brother for father. The design on the the sentiments are a perfume bottle rubber stamp (Joanna Sheen made but no longer sells) but I only used the stopper part. The diamanté chain was also from Joanna Sheen again she no longer sells it. Some fine silver peel offs and a couple of square rhinestones. Here are the pictures I found on the web that inspired this card ...

 Thank you for looking and take care & keep smiling

Art Deco Birthday card - for a man

Well now for something completely different, instead of vintage, Art Deco. I did the card in this style as I was asked to make this card for a friends' boyfriend, and I'm not very good at making cards for men unless I really know them. Anyway here's my attempt...

The main design in the middle was made by me, here is the template if you wish to use it 

I printed out three times and cut them out like this...

The embossed lines on the silver silk mirri card were made using my Scor-pal. The rhinestone 30 I bought and the only embellishments used were some rhinestone brads and peel offs.

Inside the card the diamond embossing was done using the smallest square Nestabilitie and again the lines were made using the Scor-pal. The poem I found on the web. I'm not sure I like it, but I think that maybe because I didn't distress anything :oD Anyway I hope she likes it. Thank you for looking, oh here's another Art Deco template I made

Take care and keep smiling.