My first post for today is a gatefold card. Over at There's Magic In The Air they decided to give away a freebie digital stamp called "Beached Boat" and then asked you to incorporate the image into a gatefold card.
Firstly I made the gatefold card from a piece of hessian coloured card and then using some slightly different coloured card put two panels on each of the "gates". I then used a stamp called "bullrushes" from Barbara at Clarity Stamp to add some interest to the bottom of the card and a "flock of birds" also from Barbara at Clarity to give a bit of definition at the top of the card and used a Happy Birthday sentiment, yes another one of Barbara's for the top left. I used two Crab charms as closers for the card. On the inside I used a slightly coloured paper as an insert and used a fish stamp on the back of the image and also at the bottom of the insert. And yes, you guessed it folks - it's one of Barbara's stamps!
I am quite pleased with the finished card as I don't make many gatefold cards and have only recently found Digital Stamps.
Hope you like it and comments, as always are greatly appreciated.
Dawn xx
what a nice masculine birthday card! the extra stamps add a lot of interest to the gate fold panels and love the flock of birds, looks like one flew right in the image pic! :O) and the crab charms are super cute. lovely card. Thanks for playing along with the challenge as well over at TMITA. Hope you come back and play some more!
ReplyDeleteAll the additional stamping sure added to this image! Great job on your card, and thanks for playing with us this week! Best, Curt
ReplyDeleteReally great. i lov ethe way you have built up the card. The crab charms are lovely, and the little fish is really cute.
ReplyDeleteAli x
Beautiful card, you made it perfect with all the details! Thanks for participating this week at TMITA! Hugs Nilla
ReplyDeleteI love this card - its simplicity makes it so restful you could almost imagine being there beside the boat. Keep on carding Dawn
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