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Thursday 10 January 2019

Dads Birthday


Good Morning everyone.

Today im sharing the 2 cards i made for my dads birthday last month.  The first one is another one of those triple panel cards ive been making and the second one isn't an normal male card but i was given a lovely stamp by stampendous and a Mo Manning lady cycling image and it just reminded me of fun postcards you can get in France which my dad has collected over the years of going to Brittany.  He loved both of them. 




So to make the card blank, take an A4 sheet of card, from the left score 3", 1", 2.5", 1" & 3", cut off the extra on the end.  And then cut as high as you like, i used a 6x6" paper so by the time i added my 2 layers for matting it took the card height to 7".  You can easily change all these figures, but its a starting point for those of you who asked how i made them. 

After picking the tree pattern paper i picked out olive green and Chocolate brown mirror card to mat and layer.  I die cut the MFT leaves from the olive green and chocolate mirror card and layered together.  I die cut an oval from the same cream card i used for the base card and layered up on larger ovals.  Computer printed sentiment die cut into a circle. Copper nail head gems to finish.


Just a close up.

Onto the 2nd card i made dad.


A5 white cardbase. I stamped the image & sentiment onto white hammered cardstock, doodled in some ground and a breton style hat, i then watercoloured with distress inks.  I stamped a second image and cut out and decoupaged onto the first one to add some dimension.  Mounted onto black card and then the cardbase.  All corners rounded. 


A close up.

Items Used:
MFT layered leaves die set
Spellbinders oval dies
Tree pattern paper
Penny Black slapstick Mo Manning 'Enjoy the ride' stamp
Justrite sentiment stamp
CraftUk ltd white card

Thank you for stopping by.  I hope you all have a good weekend.  Hugs Emma

15 comments:

As.I.Do.Rodos. said...

Brilliant card design on the 1st one gorgeous 2nd one as well Ginny
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meg said...

Two very different cards Emma, love the clean lines and layout of the first and the great image in the second.

gwen70 said...

Gorgeous cards Emma, love the image on the second one

Diane said...

What wonderful designs Emma.

Hugs Diane

Nataliascraft said...

Two brilliant cards for your Dad, fab designs and love the way you coloured the image x

StephW said...

Two wonderful cards for your Dad, love how you've personalised the lady with a great looking hat! Steph x

Pam said...

Two excellent cards for your Dad and I am not surprised he loved them both.
Pam x

Dawn Phillips said...

Both fabulous cards hun. I love what you did with Mo's image. Love Dawn x

Kate Jeffery said...

two fantastic cards Emma
Kate x

ALI said...

Two fabby cards Emma, love them x

sandy's crafty bits said...

Hi Emma … just loving your two "Dad" cards … wondering why he has two lol … maybe you couldn't decide which one to give him lol thank you for visiting my blog and leaving such lovely comments … happy crafting and love sandy xx

Kirsty said...

Two brilliant cards Emma, love the lady on the bike, beautifully coloured, glad Dad loved them and hope he had a great birthday. Big hugs. Kirsty. x

Alison59 said...

Hi Emma, Happy new year. Super cards :-)

pinkclover.cards said...

2 fabulous cards Emma - great colouring and doodling on the second one.
Fatima x

FridayFeeling said...

Two super cards, I love how you've doodled in the Breton hat - very clever!