Hi there!
I'd like to present a greeting card made to order for a Wedding Anniversary. I put a lot of work and heart into it and now I'll tell you how it was created. But let me start by mentioning what my long-time client had in mind and asked me for: a colour scheme of bottle green with gold and graphite blue. The main attraction was to be macramé in any form, elegant style with wood elements. In my personal opinion, it came out beautifully boho - what do you think?
It's rather normal with me that once a month I create a project in line with the colour challenge on the Dusty Attic blog. This colour combo really coincidentally fell into this challenge, I swear it's a coincidence which I was really thrilled about. The combination of these colours is truly madness. See the poster below. I encourage all of you to take part in our challenge. of course. All you have to do is add your art work to the comments section of the Dusty FANattics Facebook group for a chance to win one of two amazing prizes of $50 (AUD) on purchases from their store. I can't wait to see your work on the Dusty FANAttics group.
The card base has been made according to my fixed pattern, there is layering: there is a beige base, a gold frame and decorative paper in a shade of green trimmed on the machine. This is the paper that has the centre cut out, the gold ribbon is lined and I have threaded a delicate whole ribbon around the frame through the pre-punched holes. The effect is fantastic, but this is something I already knew about before I got down to it, because about six months ago I made very, very similar twin cards.
The central section is a smaller piece of decorative paper also lined with gold ribbon around the edges. On top of this I arranged a delicate decorative grid cardboard panel, which I coloured gold using wax. There you can also see the ragged gauze underneath. The next layer is a beautiful feather wings sticking out from underneath the flower composition at the top, and wooden slices on which I arranged the macramé. The leaf has a matching green tonality thanks to different combinations of waxes, while the woods are whitened with white acrylic paint.
I have placed beautiful white flowers on both cards: one is made of fabric, the other of foamiran. They are surrounded by paper leaves and remnants of the cordon that was left over when I did the macramé. The composition is enhanced with beautiful vintage-style ribbons and gold cord. You can also see cute little butterflies between the leaves, and stylish decorative corners at the bottom of the work. Almost all the pieces are lightly brushed with gold wax. I made both macramé pieces with my own hands, and again I declare that this is something I adore with all my heart. The day will come when I will grow this love in to myself. And you? Do you do macramé?
I also have to mention the field plant on the macramé, it's absolutely adorable and adds that natural style - it's kept in the aforementioned green and gold colours. The entire art message is reinforced by the subtitles: So Happy Together and Close Together, as well as from another set: Time to Celebrate and Congratulations. The cards are splashed with white paint and I also added tiny white pebbles in several places. How do you like the end result?
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