I wanted to make them both a thank you card (from my son) and so this is what I came up with. Although my cards are similar, they are a little bit different. My layout and sentiments are different, as well as the color of ribbon I used and the sneakers.
I used the little boy image from SU's Kids At Play stamp set (I thought it resembled my son). I first stamped the image and then I colored it using my SU markers. The jean shorts I made using a technique called paper piecing.
To make them look like real jeans I used my SU background stamp called Just Jeans. I inked up my background stamp using brocade blue ink and then I stamped it onto a scrap piece of card stock. Then I inked my boy stamp using black stazon ink and I stamped that over my 'jeans' image. Next, I needed to do was cut out the shorts part of the image and then place that over top of my original (already colored in) image.
For the shirt I colored it using my real red marker and then I added a few white lines using my white gel pen. My son really does have a shirt that looks like this!
The upper half of my background was embossed using my Cuttlebug and Swiss Dots embossing folder and since my cards will be from my son I decided not to add any sort of fancy ribbon treatment or bow. I decided to go with a more simple ribbon knot tied onto a spiral clip.
Stamps: Kids At Play, Warmest Regards, Just Jeans
Card Stock: White, Real Red, SU DP
Ink: Black Stazon, Brocade Blue
Supplies: Ribbon, Spiral Clip, Stamp-a-ma-jig, Cuttlebug, Swiss Dots Embossing Folder, SU Markers, White Gel Pen, Scissors, Dimensionals
Technique: Dry Embossing, Paper Piecing
Card Stock: White, Real Red, SU DP
Ink: Black Stazon, Brocade Blue
Supplies: Ribbon, Spiral Clip, Stamp-a-ma-jig, Cuttlebug, Swiss Dots Embossing Folder, SU Markers, White Gel Pen, Scissors, Dimensionals
Technique: Dry Embossing, Paper Piecing
If you would like some more information about the paper piecing technique I used on both of my cards you will find a great tutorial here.
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4 comments:
Aren't these darling. I know they are pretty much identical but the top one really catches your eye with the stripes at the side.
What a cute cute card! I love the image and your layout is perfect! Darling!
So cute! Like both of them.
Lynn
Oh how cute is this!I think that little guy is so adorable.
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