I have two cards to share today and both were created for current challenges. The first card is for three separate challenges: Freshly Made Sketches, Addicted to CAS, and Seize the Birthday.
Here’s the sketch:
The challenge at Addicted to CAS is:
And finally, the Seize the Birthday topping word this time around is: WATER.
Here’s my card which is also for an upcoming 60th birthday of our friend who races sailboats.
I’m really happy with how this turned out. I found the three sailboats from Papertrey’s “Tiny Treats: Valentines” in my “extras” box and immediately knew just what I wanted to do. The patterned paper is from Authentique’s “Seaside” pack which came in the July 2015 Simon Says card kit. The tiny anchors and navy blue were just perfect. I white embossed the sentiment from Papertrey’s “Inside and Out: Birthday” on a stitched square die from Simon Says, and added the star from a Bella Blvd sticker sheet that I colored with a red Copic marker.
The inside sentiment repeats the outside one, but I couldn’t help myself. The W+9 set, “Dockside” was just too perfect.
The next card is for The Color Throwdown Challenge. I recently acquired a gorgeous new die by Pinkfresh Studio called “Botanical Branch” and thought it would be perfect for a simple sympathy card using this gorgeous color combination of black, copper, and white:
I die cut the Botanical Branch from copper cardstock from Paper Source. It’s metallic, but with a subtle sheen rather than a bright reflective surface. It was adhered to a white textured card with spray adhesive. Getting this delicate die cut on the card was the only challenge in making the card.
The image, stamped in black, is from Papertrey Ink’s “Botanical Silhouettes.” CAS is definitely my preferred style, and I’m especially careful to be sure sympathy cards follow that design. Fortunately, I have no need for a sympathy card at the moment, but I never seem to have one in my stash and now I have two since I made a second one while I was at it.
Thanks for checking in today. I’ll be back tomorrow to join Mary-Lou’s “Me on Monday” meme, and have a couple more cards to share this week as well.
Your sailing card is perfect for your friend. This is certainly one of the joys of making your own cards, you can put today something meaningful for the intended person.
Very tasteful sympathy cards, simple but a statement. Sad that we need to have those.
They are both wonderful cards. You are so talented. I like the writing on the second one
What a great set of cards! I love the nautical theme to your masculine card! The sailboats are coloured so nicely! Love the inside as well! Thanks for joining us this week at Freshly Made Sketches!
Great job turning the INSPIRATION into wonderful cards as always!
Beautiful cards! I love the sweet sailboats and how the sentiment on the inside of the card works perfectly with the nautical theme. Thanks for joining us at Freshly Made Sketches this week!
Amazing set of cards! Love your masculine card with the naval theme – just perfect! Thank you so much for sharing it with us at Seize the Birthday challenge!
Only just seen this post. More perfect cards. It’s very interesting to hear what goes into conceiving an idea and bringing all the elements together.
Those wonderful little boats made a great masculine card, Karen. Thanks for sharing it with us at Addicted to CAS.
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