I must be getting old. Why didn't it occur to me earlier that my best friend from high school and college was turning 60 this week? She is only a few months older than me. (That has always made me feel a bit better when those birthdays with a "0" at the end happen.)
I usually make my friends a special card to celebrate those decade birthdays, so I knew I had to get a leg up and get on it!
Linda's favorite color has always been blue. She has the prettiest blue eyes, too!
So it was natural to choose blue fabric and a blue sky paper for background. I snuck in some scrap stabilizer for the backing just to help keep it all together. I purposely keep my old, dull needles for sewing cards.
I did some hand-drawing for the numbers and fussy cut 2 flowers out of scrap fabric, then used some narrow 2-sided tape to hold it together before stitching down..
I free-motioned twice around each letter and flower, then changed thread colors to stitch down the papers. In the past, I've stitched right onto a square of fabric, but that often bunched up, so paper it is from now on!
Super cute birthday card for your friend, Kathy!! She's going to LOVE it!
ReplyDeleteSo cute, I love this birthday card! I'm sure she will love it too ;)
ReplyDeleteVery nice, your did a great job.
ReplyDeleteSuch a cute card! You did a great job! If I may ask, what kind of stabilizer is that you are using?
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful idea! I hit that number last year, gulp. I know what you mean about having friends a few months older, though in the younger years it was annoying! Funny how perspectives change! Thank you for linking this sweet card at DrEAMi!
ReplyDeleteThis fun card will make her forget her age and feel young. When I was young, most of my friends were older...twice my age. But now I’m the “old” one. Ha! It’s okay though. It’s not the years, it’s how you live them. Especially the older years!
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