Geometrical goes soft

Last week a lovely friend of mine had a 'do' to celebrate her 50th birthday so naturally a special gift was called for. In my quest for the perfect piece of jewellery, I found a beautiful bracelet I thought she'd love - and it inspired me with the packaging too. Come and see:

Here's the card and wrapped gift, made using a soft Blushing Bride and Crumb Cake colour palette with touches of gold.

The card was stamped with the swirl from Stampin' Up's Everything Eleanor set (an invaluable addition to anyone's stash) and circles from Geometrical which reminded me of delicate rose petals.

I 'stamped off' some of the circles for a bit of depth and you can see that better in this close up. For that celebratary feel, I sprinkled the card with gold sequins - such a lovely embellishment and very on-trend!

The swirl leads the eye nicely down to the Birthday Wishes, one of the fabulous statement sentiments from Four You.

The bracelet came in a box with a hideously garish lid so I made a different one out of this subtle tone on tone design from the Designer Paper Stack. The box was tied up with soft Crumb Cake seam binding ribbon and I added a pretty rolled rose, made using the new Spiral Flower die from the spring/summer catalogue.

I knew you'd like a peek at that bracelet - isn't it beautiful? And you can see where the swirl idea came from!

I didn't want the gift to get damaged on the way to the party, so I popped it in a plain white bag, tied up with some of the gorgeous chevron ribbon and decorated with a coordinating tag. My goodness my Tag Topper punches are seeing some action - have you got yours yet?!

HERE'S WHAT YOU'LL NEED TO MAKE THIS CARD
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Stamps: Everything Eleanor wood or cling, Geometrical wood or cling,
Four You wood or cling

Ink: Crumb Cake, Blushing Bride, Basic Grey

Card stock: Whisper White, Crumb Cake, Blushing Bride, Pear Pizzazz
Punches: Scallop Tag Topper, 2 step bird
Ribbon: Crumb Cake seam binding, Blushing Bride chevron ribbon, white bakers twine

Other: Spiral Flower die, Big Shot, envelope board (for rounding corners), Designer Series Stack in Neutrals, sequins, stamp-a-majig

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It was quite a treat to go out to eat at The Muddy Duck, a beautiful old pub with very fine food in a village not far from Buckingham (highly recommended if you're ever in the area.)

Arriving by horseback is optional of course!

Now, normally I'd suggest dropping in tomorrow for my usual Three Minute Thursday quick card, but this week, there'll be an exciting alternative instead! See you tomorrow when all will be revealed!