Antique Sewing Table Friend Card

Hello crafty friends!  Today I'm sharing my card that features Honey Bee Stamps awesome Lovely Layers: Antique Sewing Table.  I plan on using this for a birthday card to give to someone that is an amazing seamstress!  Fun fact:  I actually have a very old Singer sewing machine (that works!) that was gifted to me by my sweet mother-in-law.

I REALLY wanted to try to replicate the look of the Singer sewing machine I have with the machine die in the Lovely Layers: Antique Sewing Table.  After trying a couple ideas that failed, I decided to try tapping gold ink onto the raised portion of the sewing machine die.  I used Metallic Gold ink and took the corner of a paper towel to wipe away as much of the excess ink that I could.

I carefully placed the die cut side down onto black cardstock and ran it through my die cutting machine.  I have to say, I am quite pleased with the way it came out!  Next I die cut all of the other pieces of the Sewing Table from white and metallic cardstocks.  I colored the white cardstock with a few Copic markers and then adhered the layers with glue.

I colored in the de-bossed areas of the sewing table with two fine line pens.  If you have a pen with a very fine point, this is quite easy. 

Next I die cut pink and green cardstocks with the Lovely Layers: Cherry Blossom dies.  I used ink blending brushes to add a bit of ink to the pieces for dimension.  I used glue to assemble the layers of the Cherry Blossom branch.

With my card elements complete, I created an A2 card with a pink layer of paper.  This paper is one that is in the "FreeBee" paper pack that you will receive with a qualifying Honey Bee Stamps purchase of $100 or more.

I die cut a piece of vellum with the second largest Double Stitched Ovals die.  Then I used glue to adhere the Antique Sewing Table and the Cherry Blossom branch to the vellum.  On the back of the vellum, I added foam tape behind the the die cut pieces so it wouldn't be visible and adhered the piece to my card.

I stamped a sentiment from the Sew Glad stamp set in black ink and then cut it out with the coordinating die.  To finish up, I added a few pearls from the Pastel Pearl Stickers.

I truly love how this turned out!  Especially the sewing machine!  Do you think you would try making one like this?  I sure hope I've inspired you to give it a try.  Thanks so much for stopping by today!

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