Good Morning Crafters!
Another snow-less December day in our parts - which is good for me as I've been hanging the outdoor lights on our front entrance and today I need to put up a swag as well - lots of fun!
Meanwhile I am keeping my thoughts to cards that need to be mailed away! No sense making great hand-made cards trouble and then missing the important Due Dates - so sorry I am not posting as much because I am simply busy-busy!
But this card is for a good guy! 'Andy' kindly went through some trouble while I stayed at his home visiting his mom, and making him a card was fairly easy when you think of 'natural' materials {nice flecked & off-white cardstock for starters}...and I think its fair to say that wildlife is a popular choice!!!
I love this deer - plus its one of my first sets of stamps, long ago from FLOURISHES c 2007! Goodness even the name of the set is FLOURISHED CHRISTMAS, and at the time, the scroll/flourished antlers was a pretty new trend! If you haven't visited Flourishes - you must!
Here I stamped the image on the natural cardstock - then once again, I stamped the antlers on the blue cardstock before mounting the cut-out deer above with dimensionals.
AND I used another old trick - metal-rimmed tags! Yes - I brought out my Memory Maker Tag Maker - anyone else have it??? Always fun! To speed it up, I used a rub-on sentiment to complete the tag and a masculine touch of suede cording!
NOTE - when mailing cards, the metal could possibly mean the card is 'hand-sorted' - possibly slowing down the delivery process, so be aware of that.
Try doodling your own design on the edges - remember that's more of old school techniques ....boy when I think of it, I certainly re-visited a lot of stuff for making this card, lol! Good with me!!!! If it works - why not!
Over-all I think its pretty. If pretty applies to a 'great guy' card!
Cheers!
Another snow-less December day in our parts - which is good for me as I've been hanging the outdoor lights on our front entrance and today I need to put up a swag as well - lots of fun!
Meanwhile I am keeping my thoughts to cards that need to be mailed away! No sense making great hand-made cards trouble and then missing the important Due Dates - so sorry I am not posting as much because I am simply busy-busy!
But this card is for a good guy! 'Andy' kindly went through some trouble while I stayed at his home visiting his mom, and making him a card was fairly easy when you think of 'natural' materials {nice flecked & off-white cardstock for starters}...and I think its fair to say that wildlife is a popular choice!!!
I love this deer - plus its one of my first sets of stamps, long ago from FLOURISHES c 2007! Goodness even the name of the set is FLOURISHED CHRISTMAS, and at the time, the scroll/flourished antlers was a pretty new trend! If you haven't visited Flourishes - you must!
Here I stamped the image on the natural cardstock - then once again, I stamped the antlers on the blue cardstock before mounting the cut-out deer above with dimensionals.
AND I used another old trick - metal-rimmed tags! Yes - I brought out my Memory Maker Tag Maker - anyone else have it??? Always fun! To speed it up, I used a rub-on sentiment to complete the tag and a masculine touch of suede cording!
NOTE - when mailing cards, the metal could possibly mean the card is 'hand-sorted' - possibly slowing down the delivery process, so be aware of that.
Try doodling your own design on the edges - remember that's more of old school techniques ....boy when I think of it, I certainly re-visited a lot of stuff for making this card, lol! Good with me!!!! If it works - why not!
Over-all I think its pretty. If pretty applies to a 'great guy' card!
Cheers!
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