Front Image: Sailboat sailing on a map river with clouds in the background
Front Sentiment: "We cannot direct the wind...We can only adjust our sails"
Inside Sentiment: None
I created the base card from periwinkle cardstock and scored it at the top so that the card opens from the bottom. I placed a sage green strip down the right edge of the card and affixed several wavy rivers constructed of map paper across the width. Amongst the map rivers I printed "We cannot direct the wind...We can only adjust our sails" in a wavelike pattern.
For the focal point of the card I used a digital sailboat stamp that I colored and cut out. I placed the sailboat on one of the map rivers and popped it from the surface of the card for more dimension. To add more definition to the image I popped a trio of fluffy clouds behind the sailboat.
I elected to leave the inside panel blank. However, I did decorate the bottom edge of a sage green panel with a wavy piece of the map paper to represent the ocean. I popped a sailboat on the ocean and added a fluffy cloud behind it.
I also constructed an envelope from heavy cover stock to compliment the card. I decorated the lower left corner with a sailboat image.