First thing was creating the card insert, then cutting on kraft cardstock. You can see one here laying on my Martha Stewart Scoring Board (more on that later...I realized today how much I adore that thing!)
Next, I wanted to define the ship's wheel. I masked the back of the card with a scrap of paper tucked through the wheel and inked with Tea Dye Distress Ink from Ranger.
You can see now how it really lets the wheel "pop" from the background. I used my Sakura Gelly Roll gold pen to make little faux brass rings on the wheel.
Now on to the magic! Once the insert is folded and creased, I added a separate cut out skull in white cardstock over top of the kraft. You can see here a side view showing some of the depth. Now I just need to figure out how to do the outside of the card, print the details for the party, and get them into the mail!
That is SO cleaver, Jen! What a neat way of making the wheel pop! Your creativity is just awesome!
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Wow! Those will be a big hit, even more than a pirate ship, I think. Great job!
ReplyDeleteI use Word for text stuff on cards, often putting it in a text box to make it easier to get the size and scoot it around to get the placement right.
That is the coolest card. My boy would love that.
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