Fall Birthday Card

 

This morning I found I had some spare time so decided to spend a while making a card. I went to one of my favorite challenges, the Atlantic Heart Sketch Challenge, a weekly challenge that begins on Monday mornings and ends on Sunday evenings. This is Challenge #548, which is scheduled to close on Sunday, October 29, 2023. Below is the sketch:

Several weeks ago, I cut some patterned paper into strips with a plan to create a card but changed my mind and used a different technique. This morning, I took those strips out of the scrap heap and created my challenge card. I aligned each strip so the patterns were obvious and adhered them to cardstock. I added copper-toned foil strips in between the spaces of the strips. I recently saw someone use these foil strips but found the recommended source to be a bit pricey. I found less expensive ones at Amazon but experienced "Caveat Emptor". The metallic strips didn't adhere as well as I had hoped. All I can say is perhaps I should have paid the greater price!

The sentiment was stamped and added with foam tape. I die-cut two bows, backing the dark one with the white so it would stand out on the page. Foam tape provided additional dimension. Three hexagon-shaped dots were also added. The inside of the card was decorated with a few leftover diagonal strips.

Be sure to visit the AHSC 548 Blog and play along with this challenge.

I appreciate your comments...

Melanie

Materials

Stamp: Gina K "Natural Silhouettes" (sentiment)

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Cardstock: Stampin' Up! Basic White, Scrapbook.com Harvest Collection (rust color)

Patterned Paper: Scrapbook.com Harvest Collection

Dies: Unbranded Bow Collection

Misc.: SU! hexagon dots & CTMH thin foam tape

Size: A2 (5.5" x 4.25")