Nautical Birthday

 This card was created for one of my nephews. As many of you know, masculine card ideas are not always easy to come up with. This one took some thought.

 I created the focal point background first by using kraft card stock and scoring the panel every 3/4  inch. Next, I used a Memento Rich Cocoa ink pad and spread the ink over the panel, creating a wood-like effect. 

The ship's wheel and telescope were die cut in kraft card stock and then sponged with Memento Rich Cocoa ink. I used a light gray card stock for the anchor and sponged it with Memento Gray Flannel ink. The rope around the anchor was die cut in a grayish-white card stock and positioned around the anchor. The sea gull was cut in white card stock and Copic markers were used to add color to the wings, beak and legs. Metallic gold was used to die cut the porthole and copper brads were added to give it an authentic appearance.  I didn't have a die for a ring buoy so I used two circle dies to create it and used a Copic marker to add the red color. The birthday greeting on the buoy was done on my computer. The boat scene view from the porthole was a digital image that I found. I added a sail boat to the scene which was die cut using white and brown card stock. 

It was time to put it all together. I created a base card in white card stock and layered it with brown. Next, a layer of grayish-white card stock was added followed by the focal layer. The sail boat scene was adhered to the focal panel with adhesive and the sail boat with dimensionals. A piece of acetate was added to the back of the porthole and then adhered to the scene using dimensionals. All the other die cut elements were positioned and adhered using dimensionals. My project was complete.

 

Here are the products used:

Card Stock:  GKD White, Whisper White, Metallic Gold; PTI Dark Chocolate, SU Smokey Slate, Crumb Cake

Dies:  Sue Wilson Porthole, Nautical Accessories; Marianne Designs Tiny's Sea Gulls; Hero Arts Circle Infinity Dies

Ink:  Memento Rich Cocoa, Gray Flannel 

Other:  brads, Copic markers, adhesive, dimensionals, sponge daubers

Thank you for visiting. Hope you will stop by again. 

Until then, make it a great crafty day!

 

 

Barrel Full of Love Birthday

 Hello again! This card was created for my daughter whose birthday fell this month. I absolutely love how it turned out. Lots of work but well worth it. One of my daughter's cats is a tortoiseshell and she has many cardinals around her home, hence the cat and cardinal images on the card.

I began by die cutting all the images that I planned to use in this project. Using kraft card stock for the barrel, wagon wheel, and sign post, these were die cut and then sponged with brown ink to give all a rustic appearance. Next the barrel, wheel and sign post were assembled, adding brown card stock to the barrel and wheel to make them complete. Gold card stock was used for the chains holding the sign. The sentiment was computer generated on white card stock and a pink heart was added before adhering the sentiment to the sign post.  

The flowers and greenery were die cut in various shades of card stock, assembled and then positioned over and around the barrel with dimensionals and adhesive. A grass border was cut in green card stock, the cardinal in red and the cat image in digital paper I had in my stash. Now it was time to put it all together and create a scene.

I used white card stock for the base card and layered it with brown card stock. I added another layer of pink card stock die cut from a postage stamp frame die. Finally, the white  focal panel, after sponging the center with pin, was adhered to the prepared card base. The die cut images were then positioned and adhered to the card using adhesive and dimensionals. Yellow butterflies, wings sponged with brown ink, the red cardinal, and the cat image were added and the project was complete.

Here are the products used:

Card Stock:  GKD White, Kraft, Innocent Pink, Sweet Corn, Red Hot; variety of greens and colored card stock for the flowers, stems and grass; PTI Dark Chocolate

Dies:  Spellbinders Rustic Garden, Welcome Sign, Garden Builder; Sue Wilson Garden Circle Scene, IO Cardinals, Postage Stamp Frame; Butterfly die (unknown)

Ink:  GKD Dusty Rose, Memento Rich Cocoa

Other:  dimensionals, adhesive

Summer Sunflower Birthday

 

Hello fellow crafters! Here is a summer card I created per request from my daughter for an old childhood friend of hers. Her friend lives in California and has been there for decades after moving from her Ohio home.

I began by creating the focal point elements...the sunflower and wheat. The sunflower was die cut in yellow card stock and then color was added with Copic markers. For the centers of the flower I used 2 shades of brown and then added white specs to mimic pollen. Next the flower's leaves were die cut with green card stock and wheat spikes with pearlescent gold. Finally the twig wreath was created using brown card stock. This was all put aside in order to prepare the base card and background layers.

I used white card stock for the base and then layered it with brown followed by yellow card stock. The white embossed layer was adhered to the base with fun foam. The die cut images were then positioned on the card and adhered with dimensionals or adhesive. A birthday greeting, which was computer generated, was added as a final step. My project was complete.

Here are the materials used:

Card Stock:  GKD Sweet Corn, White, Grass Green, Charcoal Brown; PTI Dark Chocolate; Pearlescent Gold (Unknown)

DIes:  Honey Bee Lovely Layers Sunflowers, IO Wheat, Twig Wreath, Avery Elle Double Pierced Rectangle

Other:  Lisa Horton Padded Quilt EF, dimensionals, fun foam, adhesive

Thank you for popping in! I will be showcasing another summer card shortly.

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