Hi friends, with Father's Day right around the corner, I had to make these cards to send them out to India one for my father and one for my father-in-law :) It usually takes 10-15 day's to reach, I am keeping my fingers crossed that they receive it on time :)
So before working on my card, I went over the blog land to see if I could get some inspiration from the challenges and yes of course I did!! The challenges are really helpful when I comes to designing my card :) So, here's my first card...
Inspired by the following challenges -
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To make this card, I took a diagonal striped pattern paper and cut it out and scored, folded and glued it to create a gift box, coz when I read ribbon a gift box struck my head. Added ribbon just the way we wrap a gift box. Then further embellished it with die cut alphabets and an anchor. Stamped the sentiment across the edge to finish my card :)
For my second card I was inspired by a few challenges again :)
2. Color Q #243
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I created my chalkboard on a black card stock by heat embossing the banners in white. then brushed some white ink to give a chalkboard look, stamped around with a border stamp to make the frame. Then I stamped and colored the banners on the card base to add interest. To finish, I added the die cut alphabets, stamped the sentiment and embellished it with the star pin.
Thank you for stopping by and leaving me a comment :)
Supplies used
Card 1 - Stamp: CAS-ual Friday's Clover; Pattern paper - Sn@p - color vibes; Dies - Paper smooches Anchor die, MFT Little lower case alphabet die; Ink - Distress Broken China and Memento - Rose bud; Ribbon from Darice; Martha Stewart Score board
Card 2 - Stamps: Banners from Recollections Cannery Mason jar clear stamp set, CAS-ual Friday's Clover. Paper Sweeties - Borders; Inks: Memento Tuxedo Black, Memories white dye ink, Versamark; Whisper opaque white embossing powder; Spectrum Noir Markers