My goal when I started this card was to create a card that had a classic tattoo design as its focal point and could be given to a man or a woman. I wanted the card to be clean and simple, yet visually striking.
CARD (5.5" tall x 4.25" wide)
I created the base card from white cardstock and scored it at the top so that my tattoo art I love you card opens from the bottom. I layered the top panel with red cardstock and my image panel.
For the image panel I die cut a shaped panel from white cardstock, embossed the edges, blended the edges with distress ink, and attached it to the card base. I placed the tattoo art on a round of white cardstock and colored it with gamsol and colored pencils. I blended the edges with distress ink and matted the completed image on blue cardstock. To complete the image panel I popped the matted image slightly off the surface of the shaped background.
For the inside card panel I made another shaped panel from white cardstock identical to the one on the front of the card and matted it on red cardstock. I left the panel blank.
I also handmade a white envelope from heavy cover stock.