I made this so my son would send a thank you to his cousins for his Christmas presents. Boys sending out girly thank you cards really don't work. So I made this masculine card. After all, he received sports type stuff from them, so it should be masculine.
I really didn't have a clear idea when I started. I went to my stamp sets, and saw the leaf from the Touch of Nature set and knew this was the right set to use.
I started with my die cut. White, then the espresso. Then I stamped off the leaf twice with old olive. I saw the branch and knew I had to incorporate it somehow. I had a piece of white that was perfect and I stamped on the end thinking I was going to cut out the image, then decided against it, and then added the thank you. I also stamped the butterfly thinking I would use it on top of the leaves.
I added the olive strip to tie in with the colors used when stamping.
I wanted masculine colors so I just got the smoky slate and thought it would fit with the colors, but it was kind of boring, so I rummaged through my many styles of dsp and found this blue paisely that worked fabulously.
Once I started putting it together, I realized the white thank you piece needed something so I ran the edges through my espresso ink. The butterfly wasn't going to fit on the main image and I didn't want it to detract from what was going on, so I cut it out, popped it up and added it to the corner.
tfl and have a great day and fun stamping today!
Date: Wednesday, January 22, 2014 GMT Views: 2053
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Registered: January 20, 2010 Location: Brampton, Ontario Posts: 26119
Wed, Jan 22, 2014 @ 7:46 AM
Love how you adapted the sketch and lengthened your sentiment panel to overlap the 'circle'. The images are beautiful and perfect for a masculine card. Congratulations on getting your son to send a thank you card. Not an easy task! :-)
Registered: August 7, 2007 Location: North Carolina Posts: 28113
Wed, Jan 22, 2014 @ 9:22 AM
This is just perfect for your son to thank his cousins! It's masculine enough for him, but pretty for them! Love the inked edges on the white panel.... gives it that extra pop without matting it! Beautiful design and gf, YOU are looking great!!!! Way to go!!!
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