Hi Everyone! Hope your Sunday has been relaxing and enjoyable.
The pocket was stitched with my sewing machine and I added a small button for a little extra detail.
I try to coordinate my business stamp with the card's overall scheme.
It is always fun to create matching envelopes. As long as I can remember, I have always been a stickler for coordinating envelopes, lol! Long before I had my Cricut, my husband used to lose patience with me in the store when I took extra time to find the perfect envelope to match my card--a plain white one would never do, lol!
Didn't this envelope turn out cute with the twine stitched across the back flap? :o) The front of the card was finished similar to the tags inside, since I knew it wouldn't be mailed.
Today I'd like to share a masculine card made for a 60th birthday celebration. I made this card using my Cricut Expression and the Wild Card cartridge. This cartridge has so many fun little cards to make!
For this card I used a craft card base. If you look closely, you will see that this image appears as though it has a torn edge. I really liked this edge and took it one step further with my inks to create an edge that appeared to be burned.
I used the card feature on Page 66 to create this masculine card. The fish were cut and sketched in with my pencils to add detail. I then used chalks to add shading and highlights. The cattails were cut from a sheet of cork for added texture. I held my breath when I put that cork in my machine, but it cut just perfect! I used twine from which to hang the fish.
The inside of the card features the window "casing", as well as a pocket holding two stamped tags. The sentiment stamps used for this card are from Hero Arts, CL148.
The pocket was stitched with my sewing machine and I added a small button for a little extra detail.
The tags were cut from my Tags, Bags, Boxes and More cartridge and have blue ribbon threaded through and secured with a staple at the top. I used the sentiment stamps for the "celebrate" tag, but for the "you're 60" tag, I carefully hand wrote the words and numbers, trying to duplicate the same font. I think I got pretty close, all in all.
It is always fun to create matching envelopes. As long as I can remember, I have always been a stickler for coordinating envelopes, lol! Long before I had my Cricut, my husband used to lose patience with me in the store when I took extra time to find the perfect envelope to match my card--a plain white one would never do, lol!
Didn't this envelope turn out cute with the twine stitched across the back flap? :o) The front of the card was finished similar to the tags inside, since I knew it wouldn't be mailed.
Well, I hope you enjoyed my card for today! I'll be back soon with another creation!
Merilee
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