I used black cardstock for the card base. I wanted a sort of grunge look... you know how 18 year old young men are right? I wanted to have a card with the theme of dream, take a journey, and encourage him to "live an inspired life".
I just love the hot air balloon I found on The Graphics Fairy.... isn't the image vintage and old looking? Look at that little man down there? The Graphics Fairy has over 4500 free images! I just love her mostly vintage images and her blog and gallery of ideas.
I used black ink to swipe all the edges for that vintage look... and used some free tickets that I printed off the internet from The 80's Me blog. She has many other tickets for free printing. I have a stamp with the words Dream, Journey, etc. so I stamped on the tickets with black ink.
I popped up the hot air balloon with some foam tape so it would stand out. My background paper was a piece I had leftover from some project, and for the life of me now, I can't remember what paper pack I got it from! Sorry............
I don't really have alot of "masculine" doo dads and blingy stuff (but what guy wants or needs blingly stuff anyway!), so for the inside of the card, I used a tag (another free one!) that I printed out from Sweetly Scrapped that says "Fly". I thought this was very appropriate for an 18 year old just graduating from high school.
I used another ticket with some stamping on it, and wrote the number "18" on a circle punch out. Of course, everything got a good swipe of black ink!
I hope this might give you an idea for a more masculine card.
Enjoy......
Your artwork is OVER THE TOP! I really enjoy it and you describe it in such a way that card makers can really get the idea of how to duplicate some of the tidbits that a professional like you have discovered through your years of card making and teaching. And, the quality of your finished cards is perfection in all aspects. Lovely!
ReplyDeleteThank you Mary. What a nice comment! I REALLY appreciate your words. I don't consider myself a "professional" yet! Just lots of learning (and fun) going on and I love playing with paper and fabric so much. I think it has alot to do with all the colors as I love color. And I like to experiment now and then too. You should go look at my "block fill" card which is unusual and one of my favorites (look at my labels towards the bottom on right-hand column and find "block fill"). Have a nice day! Marilyn
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