Pastel Birthday Card

I loved making this card and one of the points I wanted to make with this design is that you shouldn't be afraid of using a bold black colour with pastels. It may be just my taste but I like the way that the black greeting on this card helps the pastels become more prominent.

To start with I just used a natural looking card and cut three small square apertures along the right hand of the card. If you start with the centre one you will find it easier to space the other two squares without it becoming too wonky.

Once the apertures were cut I chose 3 pastel patterned papers and added them behind each of the three squares.
On the front of the card I used pale yellow paper in a strip on the left hand side and added a ribbon strip to tidy up the edges.

The Happy Birthday sentiment was embossed onto some simple black paper. Using one of my inks I just dabbed around the raised area so that it had a slightly metallic finish and chalk board effect.

The buttons were a mixture of hand made card buttons and shop brought pastel buttons. Using pastel blue butchers string I threaded the patterned button to the card button. Using the pastel green string I tied a bow on the card button using the button holes. Using my glue gun I fixed each of the buttons to the card and then just trimmed up and tightened the strings once the buttons were secure.

Hope you are enjoying my pastel inspired crafts!