I love old historical sailing ships and made this card using a digital design from a Dover royalty-free design book.
CARD (5.5” tall x 4.25” wide)
Front Image: Sailing Ship
Front Sentiment: “You give my life direction”
Inside Sentiment: none
I created the base card from periwinkle cardstock and layered it with a nautical themed paper matted with gray cardstock. I printed the sentiment “You give my life direction” on a punched oval of gray cardstock and sponged the edges with purple. To add interest I incorporated twine under the popped sentiment.
For the focal point of the card I used a digital ship stamp that I colored and cut out. I popped the ship from the surface of the card for more dimension.
I elected to leave the inside blank, however, I did decorate the white cardstock with a strip of the printed paper and matted it on gray cardstock.
I created a coordinating envelope from heavy white cover stock and printed a sailing ship in the lower left corner. I colored the ship to complete it.