I had been asked by some work colleagues to make a cards for one of the guys who is turning 40 and it need to be a West Bromwich Albion theme if possible.There will be about 40 people signing it so I needed to make it quite large, the finished size is just under A4.
I have a template for a smaller square card so I resized it. It took a couplr of attepts to get it right as I tried to hinge it at the top and it wouldn't stand up so in the end I did a concertina fold on the left hand side at the bottom.
The base card was white so I layered strips of navy pearlised paper for the stripes using photo references from the internet for placement. The club badge and advertising are printed off onto photo paper and mounted on 3D foam. The ball is a Sizzix die cut and the 40 was written by hand.
The back of the card was embellished with a number panel I printed and the lettering is chipboard from a QVC TSV.
I didn't have any A4
envelopes and wanted to make it a bit posher anyway so I decided to have a go at making a gussetted bag/envelope for it. I used 2 sheets of 12 x 12" DCWV textured card, laid some more stripes on the top and a WBA badge that I had previously printed to do a different style of card.
I am really pleased with how this came out and Paul just said WOW! Can't get better than that.
2 comments:
Hi there Mandy, well what can i say...this card is absolutely fabulous.Men are so difficult to make cards for but you have done brilliantly with this and such a fantastic idea too.I've been looking through your blog and your work is fabby,i will be visiting again regular.Thansk for the kind comments on my blog,the heart card is much much easier than the bookatrix and fan cards,give one a try darl. :-)
Sue
xx
I agree with Paul ---- WOW it looks brilliant
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