Saturday, May 11, 2013

Hello! Welcome to my blog and thank you for stopping by. I design and create handcrafted greeting cards. I like to call this passion of mine "visual poetry" ....imagery on paper. Please feel free to browse the photos of my cards and leave a comment.

Saturday, January 30, 2021

Birthdays Are A Big Deal

Hello, fellow crafters! The holidays are over and it's a new year, hopefully better that 2020. My first card for 2021 is a birthday card for one of my nephews. I had to put a lot of thought into what theme to use for this masculine card. This is what I came up with.

I began with deciding what images I would use for my theme.....playing cards and poker chips. First, the base card was prepared in GKD Pure Luxury White card stock. Next, the base was layered with GKD Red Hot card stock followed by a layer of GKD Black Onyx.  The sentiment was computer generated onto a panel of plaid digital paper which was then layered onto the base card.

I chose the main suits from a deck of cards and adhered them to the front panel as shown above. The poker chips were digital images that I cut out with my circle dies and arranged on the card.

This completed my project. I was quite pleased with the final product. It was not difficult to create and it was a lot of fun to design.

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3 comments:

Hilda Burton said...

This is a great masculine card. I love your design. Enjoy your day!

Judy Woodland said...

Love this. It's the perfect masculine card, especially with that plaid background. Using real cards is GENIUS!!! I would have never thought of that.

Verna Angerhofer said...

Fantastic card design and the sentiment is perfect with the cards and chips.