For my dad’s birthday I wanted to make him a western themed card, and what is more western than cowboys! I had some pictures of the desert that I had taken so I started there.
I printed the picture on velum and gave it a grainy quality to keep it in the background. I also added some green handmade paper that had leaves pressed into it which added a nice hint of texture. Then I thought that a silhouette cowboy would be great and after looking up a bunch of pictures on the internet, I remembered that I had some stickers of cowboys.
The stickers were also on velum and there was one with a fence which was perfect!
I wanted to add some sort of tag or plate to the card and thought it would be fun to use my Foil Quill tool to spell something out. I picked “Cowboy,” just in case it wasn’t obvious.
The eyelets I used to attach the label got a little squished (they don’t make ’em like the used to) but the card was rustic enough that I think it was ok.
For the inside of the card I used a couple of stamps, my typewriter font Happy Birthday and my saguaro stamp.
The final card!
This was a nice little card that I feel has a lot of character!
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