I've been really lazy about making cards lately but I've recently gotten back into the swing of things. The weather here got very warm and it's just too nice to stay inside...lol. I have a very good reason to get back into the craft room. It was my hubby's birthday Friday and I wanted to make him a card as usual. I was surfing one night last week and came across 2 sites/blogs that piqued my interest.
First was a site I got onto from an advert on a blog called Persnickety Prints. Then I saw that Deena Rutter was having a layout contest for digital scrapbooking. She required that you use this one digital kit she gave you free, create a LO and then post on her blog to enter. So I downloaded the kit and printed out some paper and elements and decided to do a hybrid card for my hubby with it instead of a LO.
Second site was the challenge blog of Card Positioning Systems. The provided a card sketch for a design to follow for this week's challenge so I used that. With this one card I am entering both of these challenges today. Wish me luck!
Here is my hubby's birthday card...he was really pleased with it. Made with Scarborough Fair by Deena Rutter and sketch by Card Positioning Systems:
I used a blank 5" x 5" white card and trimmed out the papers and some matching turquoise Coredinations cardstock. I did a little editing and arranging of the papers and elements in Photoshop first. I also created the elements for the inside of the card as well as the personalised messages on the front and inside. The elemets are on 3D foam pads for dimension. To the front I added a few gems and I hand stitched with a Copic marker in brown. ..this is why the faux stitching is a bit fat and wonky. Copic markers have softer tips so I was afraid to push down to hard so I had to lightly swish on the dashes which gave me less control.
Here's the inside of the card:
I had some left over bits so I made a little extra square card to have on hand just in case I need one fast. I didn't put a sentiment on this one yet. When I need it I will add it then as I do not know exactly what I'm using ot for yet...lol. I used some of the bits of printed paper and the cardstock again on a beige 4" x 4" card blank. I then stiched together 3 Prima flowers together with a little white plastic flower and white pearl. Lastly I added faux stitching with a white gel pen (which was a little dried out).
Thanks for looking at my cards...hope you like them!
Hugs, Dorothy
