Hello crafty friends. I hope you've had a fantastic weekend and even if you are not a royalist you enjoyed the Coronation bank holiday. I loved watching all the pomp and ceremony and the tradition was definitely a sight to see. I think for those watching from abroad it must have seemed magical. It was just a shame that the weather was so bad.
I'm sharing my first ever pinwheel card that I made for my son's 29th birthday. I originally bought a die to cut the card shape but it was too small for what I wanted so I just made my own. I think it worked out ok, even if I couldn't make an envelope big enough to fit it in lol (the size when laid flat was 12 1/2" x 7 1/2")! He has been a drummer for many years, and was even in a band at one point, so every year I try to incorporate drumming into his card.
This post is going to be photo heavy as it was really hard to photograph.
The main components are from MFT stamps, but the large sentiment is Lawn Fawn, the personalisation is Gina K Designs and the verse is Honey Bee Stamps. I tried to stick to a colour scheme of black, red, white and grey as I think these colours work really well together.
Here is my card
close up detail of the die cuts:
All the die cuts were stacked up at least 3 high for added stability. I am really happy with the finished result and thankfully my son loved it too and appreciated all the hard work I put into it. Fair play to him he is my biggest cheerleader and takes an interest in my cardmaking.
I am entering my card into the following challenges:
Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge - inspired by music
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge - no patterned paper
Mix it up challenge - ATG - option embossing
Craft Rocket challenge - for the boys
Incy Wincy Designs challenge - fun folds +/- summer fun
Crafty Calendar challenge - anything but square
Crafty Catz challenge - ATG - option make it masculine
Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful week.
Love and hugs,
Card ingredients:
MFT - keep on rockin stamp set
MFT - headphones die-namics
Lawn Fawn - giant happy birthday die
Lawn Fawn - Henry's ABC dies
Quickutz - Nesting stars dies
Gina K Designs - grand gentlemen stamp set
Honey Bee Stamps - Inside: birthday sentiments
Gina K Designs - soft stone ink pad & red velvet ink pad
Versafine - onyx ink pad
Hobbycraft UK - black cardstock
All other card from my scraps bin
Crafts Too - musical notes embossing folder
