This is my card for today's inspiration challenge. We were to be inspired by book covers at the Book Cover Archive website. How fun! This is the book cover I was inspired by.
This is my story!
1. I was running out of time to get a card made for my nephew who is graduating from High School next weekend. He has always done very well with competitive swimming so I wanted to congratulate him both on his achievements there and his graduation. When I saw This book cover I thought, hey that could be the lanes in a swimming pool!
2. I was a little nervous cuz I thought when I showed this card to the photographer, he would not know what it was! He immediately said, its a swimming pool and that's the platform! Holy cow, now I know what its like to be a success! Snort!
3. I can't believe I found the perfect letters to make sentences out of. Most of what I have used in the past never has enough of the same letter. I used these foam letters by American Crafts called Thickers. They give you a ton of each letter. Look how many S's I used here and I still have some left! Yah!!! They rock!
4. There is acetate over this entire card and in real life it looks more like the shimmer of water but of course you can't see that on line! Fiddle-sticks! You know what the black corners are doing, don't ya? Hiding the dimensional keeping the acetate on! Snort!
5. I will probably have to explain the whole concept of this card to my family! Hee! Congrats Justin...can't believe you are all grown up!
Registered: November 3, 2005 Location: Fairport Harbor, OH-IO, Lake Erie shoreline Posts: 59967
Sat, May 30, 2009 @ 6:41 AM
This is fabulous. It does look just like a swimming pool. Great grad card and congrats to your nephew.
I'm gonna check out those letters - you never seem to have enough, so this is good! Thanks for the info.
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Registered: July 12, 2005 Location: McKinney, Texas Posts: 9080
Sat, May 30, 2009 @ 6:53 AM
I love it! It's a great concept. I love how it's personalized just for him. It will be a treasure because it's so unique. He won't get anything else like this. Awesome Job!
Registered: March 5, 2007 Location: Coatesville, Pennsylvania Posts: 44898
Sat, May 30, 2009 @ 7:32 AM
You are most clever, GF!!!! I'm glad the photographer could tell that it is a swimming pool! I'll have to send my cards to him and see if he can tell what things on my cards are cuz my hubby just doesn't get it right for the most part! Grrrr! Anyway, great, great card!!!! I love the idea!
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Registered: May 15, 2005 Location: Arlington, Washington Posts: 30400
Sat, May 30, 2009 @ 7:33 AM
what a perfect inspiration miss Cindy!! He will love your personalized creation for sure! I love it!
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Registered: July 1, 2007 Location: small town near montreal, quebec Posts: 26677
Sat, May 30, 2009 @ 8:25 AM
Wow, what a beautiful card for a graduating young man. My son is graduating and you gave me some idea of how to use big letters. WOW, you see great minds think alike, your photographer got it and I did too! Does that mean I'm as smart as you. Snort...don't answer that now.