Last night I made a card for my father-in-laws 79th birthday. My father-in-law was an avid historian of Lewis and Clark, and collected many books on the topic until he moved to a retirement home and donated his collection to a university. I am entering this card in the Stamping 411 Saturday Sketch Challenge,http://stamping411.blogspot.com. The original card had the design down lower but the second card come out a little better. Tonight we are have a dinner with the whole family to celebrate his birthday.
The Open Sea
I made the card with The Open Sea globe stamp, and Nautical Expedition DSP. As you can tell I burned the edges of the paper to give the card a weathered and aged look. First I used the spiral border punch (must be retired) and then I burned the edges of the DSP. My family did wonder last night why it smelled like something was burning if I was making cards. However, I put a wet paper towel on the counter to avoid any disasters. I cut the globe circle using the Coluzzle. I cut out just the image of the globe and put it over on top so that I could just sponge the edge of the globe. I sponged Old Olive Ink on the land and Marina Mist on the water of the globe. I also cut out the image of the land and placed it on top when I was sponging Marina Mist on the water. The sentiment is from the stamp set Word Play “Image the Possibilities”. Since it is a birthday I stamped Big Wish inside the card. I popped the images up with dimensions and used Early Espresso, Marina Mist, and Very Vanilla cardstock. The card is finished with linen thread, which I am lucky I still have since my kids thought it made great string for their homemade bows and arrows.
Thanks for letting me share.
