Here’s a card I’ve made for the Christening of our friends’ baby girl. The initials are really sparkly in real life but any photo I took which really showed off the sparkle then put shadows on the rest of the card, so here’s the best I could manage:

Here’s a close-up of the embossed background.

I wanted to keep this card simple and elegant looking so I kept the colours pale and to a minimum. Only two colours used here other than white and they are Certainly Celery and Blush Blossom. The white card has been stamped with the flourish stamp from Stampin’ Up!’s Baroque Motifs stamp set using Versamark ink and then heat embossed with white embossing powder. The letters SNM are the baby’s initials and they have been made using the On Board Lots of Letters Stampin’ Up! chipboard. To get the chipboard coloured and sparkly I simply used a sponge dauber to apply Blush Blossom chalk onto the letters, then I covered the letters with glue using the 2-way Glue Pen then pressed the letters into the Dazzling Diamonds pot of glitter. The letters were then adhered to the embossed white card using glue dots. The flower above the letter ‘S’ is from the Pretties Kit – I decided not to colour it this time and instead used it as it is in white but just adhered a flat-backed white pearl to the centre of the flower using a glue dot. Why is it despite the amount of ribbons one has one still can’t find the right ribbon to use??? I did want to use some of the pretty taffeta ribbon I have but I didn’t have the exact colour I wanted so instead I used the Celery Wide Grosgrain ribbon. I do love the Grosgrain ribbon, I just had ‘taffeta’ on my mind. Oh well. The ribbon was tied in a simple knot and then a hat-pin with pearls and a teardrop bead threaded through it was inserted through the knot.

Any comments are gratefully accepted.

Here’s a list of products – if you have any questions or if there’s anything you’d like to purchase then please email me on angelasargeant@gmail.com

Baroque Motifs stamp set
Certainly Celery textured cardstock
Blush Blossom textured cardstock
Whisper White cardstock
Versamark inkpad
White Embossing Powder
Celery Wide Grosgrain Ribbon
Pretties Kit (White flower, pearls, teardrop bead, hatpin)
On Board Lots of Letters (Chipboard)
2-way Glue Pen
Dazzling Diamonds Glitter
SNAIL Adhesive
Glue Dots

All images copyright to Stampin’ Up! 1990-2008. Card designed by Angela Sargeant.