Another MAN-day Monday to share with you today, and this time its a good luck card. One of the guys at work is going back to work in Latvia. He’s been in the Centre for years so when I heard that he was going back I simply had to make him a little card. For this one I even sketched it out first as I was feeling particularly inspired one day.
My original thought was to use a stamp for the plane, but the only stamp i had was teeny tiny, but i found an old 6×6 paper stack which had this aeroplane on one page. The tones were perfect for a more subdued, masculine feel so all the patterned paper i used was from this stack. I even did my research and found that the Latvian flag looks like this….
…so i incorporated this into the design. easy peasy.
The good luck bit i just drew. Sometimes you just can’t get a stamp that is just quite right, and well, when the laptop is all the way in another room a pen just seems easier (at least for lazy old me).
All the best Emil. If you are ever back, come and visit us!
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Hey guys! WelCOmE to AnoTHeR MANdaY MonDaY!! whoop whoop!
Todays card was one i made for my brother Russell. I chose to use some stamps to create a graphic style card, and i LOVE it!
I mixed some newer products such as the washi tape and bakers twine with some older pieces in the stash such as the gaffer tape and the chipboard hand. I find this is a great way to inspire you to use up all those unloved older supplies that have been gathering dust for way too long now.
See that metal disc? Its a big flat brad from Trimcraft from waaaay back- i just punched a hole with my trusty crop-a-dile. Awesomeness! I love the way that metal embellishment give a more masculine feel to a card.
It’s taken a while for me to post this but lets give Russell a belated birthday shout out anyways : Happy Birthday Bro!!
x
See you again soon.
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No matter if I’m deep in concentration peering at my pc, or if we are on a conference call, or making tea in the kitchens, every so often Lisa will say “Lesley! I have a baby in my belly!!!”. To which of course i smile, give a mini squeal and say ” i Know, how awesome is THAT!?”.
Even though I went through this transformation only recently, it still blows me away.
So as the weeks passed by and L&N started making more public announcements about the growing bump, I wanted to make a congrats card for them, and OH BOY was i determined to have the words ‘baby in your belly’ on there.
It was a little, teeny, weeny bit of a mission, but I’m so chuffed it worked. I hunted through my stash and found some stamps to use. The word ‘baby’ was easy, ‘belly’ is mixture between BabY and hELLo. But it was all worth it.
This was my first real play with the spring distress inks, did i tell you how much i love that yellow! yummmmmm. its the perfect colour of happiness. I can’t wait to play some more with these ink pads. x
Congratulations L&N. love you and can’t wait to meet my new little ‘niece/ nephew’. xx
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