One of our son in laws has a birthday coming up - same as my Mom's!! I started with a large beige envelope and I created a sandy card to fit inside. While in the drawer for cardstock I found the packaging for a neutral cardstock pack and I thought that maybe I could emboss it and sand it like white core cardstock. It worked very well. I trimmed the other edge and taped it to the other edge which added a strip of beige and brown. I trimmed it to fit on my card front. I added a small piece of decorative paper (gift wrap) with a driving theme just gluing it over the background. I found the watch and scarf image (
Beccy's Place) in my stash and the greeting as well. I watercoloured the image to coordinate with the paper and distressed its edges when it was dry. I also distressed the edges of the trimmed greeting. I mounted them to a coordinating rectangle of brown cardstock and added a leather looking fiber in between. I tied a shorter piece to the front to simulate a bow!! I mounted this large element to the front of my card using 3D foam tape. Really like how this one turned out and it was fun to use free supplies!! Therese
