Papertrey Ink masculine celebrate or congratulations card

Hello everyone,

Thank you for your good wishes on my HLS Design Team news! Today is Papertrey Ink blog hop time

and this time Nichole  gave us the sweetest photograph for inspiration

Aren't they gorgeous? Even though the shoes are beautifully feminine, I thought the colours would be fabulous for a masculine card, so I took inspiration from the grey, white and orange colours and came up with this:-

I used the beautiful star vellum and cut it with the Tipped Top die before cutting a strip from it to accommodate my sentiment, which I embossed in white.I stuck the vellum onto some Hero Arts light grey card and added the die cut Celebrate which I stacked to make it pop. I wanted the stars to shine and sparkle but I didn't have any orange glitter card, so I took a small piece of this sparkly acetate sheet from my stash

and applied it to some orange zest scraps and then die cut the stars which I placed around the card to give a splash of colour.

I think the film is a little bit expensive for just one sheet but it can go a long way if you use it sparingly. It is great to be able to get glittery card in any shade that you want, and as a bonus, the glitter is not going to come off. To finish off the card, I matted the panel onto some white card and added it to a smokey shadow card base with some foam tape. I'm pleased to have this card in my stash because I can adapt it to so many occasions (new job, exam success, driving test etc) by what I put inside the card at the time I need it.

I hope you enjoy the hop and I can't wait to see what everyone came up with.

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs
Carol x

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