Happy Friday,
It is time for another Playing in Paradise challenge and I am hostess this
week. I chose Travel as the theme this
week.
I made this
card way more complicated than it needed to be. I wanted to 'dirty' up the DP I
used for my background. I pulled out my craft sheet and used a tea bag
to add some 'vintage' colouring. I crumpled up the paper and then added some
Distress ink to the wrinkles. This is where
is gets interesting,
I tried to us
my ribbon straighter to iron out the paper a little and it ripped.. yup. So
instead of starting over I just inking the torn edges and glued it back together.
Despite my mishaps It actually turned out great.
I heat
embossed the sentiment and car, then added some twine and the center panel.
I used foam tape to pop up the car and added a mini paper clip to the sentiment.
I had intended
to add Happy Birthday as a sentiment on the inside but my husband snagged the
card as a Retirement card for a co-worker.
Stop by the Playing in Paradise blog to see what the challenge team has created and we hope you play along.
Supplies: Natural White and navy card stock, Designer Paper-Bo Bunny, Inkadinkado-Journey,The Old Island Stamp company-1929 MG Midget, twine, mini paperclip.
Cheers,
Nina
Nina, thank you for this sample. /the slightly grungy texture gives it such character. I love that your husband pays enough attention to what you do to grab your cards. Keep smiling and creating
ReplyDeleteWonderful masculine card, Nina. The 'dirty' DP looks great.
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Me too I love that your husband actually looks at your cards! Mine, not so much, lol :)
ReplyDeleteWhat on earth is a ribbon straightener? I'm intrigued! And it may have been more involved than it had to be, but the final project is awesome. Love it!
wow Nina what an awesome card ...love the paper you used. Smart man there ...he knows a good card when he sees one. Thank you for sharing.
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I love this card!! Smart husband... it's wonderful for a retirement card!!
ReplyDeleteNina you are so good at male cards! Wish I got the same inspiration. This is great. Hugs Polly x
ReplyDeleteThis card looks fabulous Nina! Absolutely fabulous!!
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