Pat is our hostess for the teapotters this week and she chose the challenge of tags. I have 3 on this. We are sending cards to Neil who is Lisa's (shoegirl) uncle who needs some cheer. I did not have any baseball, bison, fireman, circus stamps which were the suggestions for Neil. Came across this sparkly striped paper and started working with that to get this card made. Tag is popped up on 3 - 1/4" wide long strips.
Date: Tuesday, October 13, 2020 GMT Views: 889
Favorited:5
Paper: Recollections Coffee&Cream 110lb. base, SU Seaside Spray, Poppy Parade, Navy Blue corrugated by Fancy Pants, Best Creation Ocean Breeze Nautical Stripe
Paper Size: A2
Ink: Not Quite Navy, Memento Summer Sky, DOX faded jeans
Accessories: Gina Marie stitched rect., Ornate Tag & Jewellery tag punches, Vintage Trinkets, Designer Elements, SU blue ribbon, Lawn Fawn twine
Registered: March 30, 2008 Location: Somewhere between the Shire & Mordor! Posts: 4642
Thu, Oct 15, 2020 @ 6:11 PM
This is SO PRETTY, Shirl! I LOVE the tags & the corrugated paper for texture, & your PRETTY brads! I recognized that itty bitty tag RIGHT AWAY! I LOVE that thing & have it myself! LOL A SUPER JOB & I am SURE it will be SO APPRECIATED!!! AND BIG INKY HUGS for your SWEET VISIT & COMMENT!!! ;)<3
Registered: November 2, 2015 Location: Murrells Inlet, SC Posts: 5813
Sun, Oct 18, 2020 @ 9:46 PM
Shirl, love the red white and blue, with the buttons, love all the glitz on the bg paper, I'm glad you added 3 tags...LOL one for me, I did not add a tag. forgot...Awesome
Registered: December 4, 2010 Location: Minnesota Posts: 16610
Mon, Oct 19, 2020 @ 2:20 PM
This is just wonderful Shirl! I love, love the color scheme, the wonderful striped paper, the corrugated tag and the 3 tags. This is a wonderful masculine card and will truly be appreciated too! ~Karen.
Registered: March 20, 2008 Location: Hamilton, Ontario Canada Posts: 615
Sun, Mar 14, 2021 @ 9:13 AM
WOW!!! Favorited, I struggle with masculine cards and I have a much-loved nephew who is 18 and it's very important to me to make him cards he will think are cool and fun, the last I made for him were his 18th birthday and HS grad cards I gave to him on the same day, no grad because of COVID... We had been looking forward to it for many years but so were families all over the world and it's nothing compared to so many losses...
I was so drawn to this card!!! First, the striped paper pulled me in before I even saw the sparkle on it which I love. I didn't even notice the red stitched frame around the outside of that layer until I came in for a closer look, how I love using stitched details like this, especially on masculine cards, and I love that you used a little sparkle, as I think that most males can handle it, I used pretty sparkly silver for my nephew's Happy Birthday and the 18th too, I may have pushed it but to me it's a big celebration deal and I wanted his card to say it. Your sparkle is more subdued and more in taste for this WONDERFUL card's recipient... Then the navy corrugated paper is FANTASTIC, I will need to find some for sure!!! Those two add such great texture, then the tag greeting with the bit of string. Just PERFECT, I am loving this, it could be my favorite of all of your cards I've seen yet, and boy, that's really saying something!!!