I need cards for the special occasions in my family in the month of June and have decided to follow a sketch I found on Splitcoast Stampers for a front flap card. It has a tutorial but I am just working it out as I go along with what I have on hand.
For this card I chose a large envelope from my stash and cut a blue panel card to fit inside. I found a piece of blue foil decorative paper in my blue paper stash envelope that coordinated so I trimmed it to size and glued it on the front. Next, I found the lighthouse image in my stash of coloured images. It is a photo of a lighthouse I took when we visited in PEI a while back. I printed several sheets of images for a class and there are still a few around. I layered the light house with brown cardstock and then distressed its edges. I found a coordinating piece of blue cardstock in my stash to create my flap. I scored the top edge at a half inch and folded the flap to the back. I hooked the flap to the panel card and trimmed the bottom edge. I found a piece of decorative paper that coordinated, embossed it with a leafy embossing folder and then adhered it to my flap. I added two small pieces of double sided tape to my flap, added glue in between and adhered it to the back of my panel. I found the round greeting in my stash and gave it a very light blue colourwash and then used a brown colour pencil to colour in the knotted wreath before layering it onto a dark teal circle. I positioned my light house and greeting on my flap before adhering them in place. The greeting overlaps the flap by half and I positioned the light house just to the left. I double wrapped and tied a length of kraft brown fiber to the top portion of the flap which adds more texture and interest to this card. I cut a piece of white bond paper just smaller than my flap and adhered it to the panel card to provide a writing area for my message. It is a versatile sketch so I think I will make a few more while I am at it and get the cards I need ready to go!! Therese