My son's girlfriend and my son-in-law have birthdays just before Thanksgiving. I already knew what I wanted to do for my son-in-law, but the girlfriend wasn't even on the radar until my son called last week and said - "oh by the way Mom, in case you were thinking about making a card, she likes green and purple and tigers - and just nature in general". hmmmmm - ok. The green and the purple were easy. Now how to incorporate a tiger into all that??? Winnie the Pooh to the rescue! I started with a 4 x 6 card base and then made another layer out of lime green cardstock for on top at 3.5 x 5.5 I cut an oval into the center. I cut a second piece of the same size from pattern paper and snipped off the top half and added to the green piece. I zig zag stitched the seams. I printed the sentiment on my Explore and embossed a couple of butterflies. I lifted this layer from the purple (embossed) layer with foam squares. Then I cut Tigger at 4" and lifted him above the top layer with foam dots. They'll be here for Thanksgiving this year, so I really hope she likes it!
My son-in-law likes trains, so his card was a no-brainer. After an unsuccessful search through the cricut carts for a suitable train, I turned to google and found this wonderful blog with digi stamps.
Vintage Digi Stamps. I think this vintage train is just awesome. I did apply some filters in Photoshop before printing. The card came together really quickly. It is also a 6 x 4 base with a navy blue and coordinating pattern paper mat. He really liked it.
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Great cards! I know they were appreciated!
ReplyDeletethanks Carolyn!
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