This is a card that I made a while ago, but was the perfect birthday card for my son's birthday today. He is the most practical of my three boys and also a big softy who is very kind and generous (although he won't like me saying it publicly).

I
decided to use an heavy duty ivory card, both to create the stepper
base and for all the stamping and die cutting. I also used ProMarkers
for all the colouring. The stepper base was created from one sheet of
A4; scored in half. I used a template that I found on the Whiff of Joy
blog (thanks for sharing) which was perfect for what I wanted. As I
wanted a masculine card and had decided on a DIY theme the main colours
were to be shades of brown, with an occasional splash of colour. I made
the fortuitous choice (as you will see later) to use the A4 Design
Grids folder by Teresa Collins and Craftwell to emboss the brown
core'dinations card for the background.
Once I had sanded the card, I cut a piece 14.3cm x 20.5cm and cut a 5cm strip (x14.3cm) from each edge. I then cut a 2cm strip from the bottom of the remaining piece and glued them onto the outside front of the stepper so that the three pieces look as if they are one continuous 'u' shape. I then trimmed the remaining piece to fit the two central panels, leaving a narrow border around the edge.

The
fun part was creating the topper elements. I stamped the Messy Rabbit,
paint pot and brush from the DIY Rabbit set by Joanna Sheen onto ivory
card using Rich Cocoa Memento ink and die cut the Mr Fix It set (plaque,
hammer, screwdriver and spanner) by Spellbinders as well as all the
elements of the Garden Step ladder die by Poppystamps and the small
Happy Birthday die from Crafter's Companion from the same card. I
wasn't initially going to include
the tools as it was only the Mr Fix It plaque that I had planned on
using; but at the end I had a gap on the back centre panel to fill; the
embossing reminded me of a tool storage board hanging in the garage and
the tools finished the card off perfectly! The stamped images were
coloured using ProMarkers and fussy cut out; the Mr Fix It plaque was
coloured with Ground Espresso distress ink, using the die as a stencil
and the elements of the step ladder were also coloured using ProMarkers
before being glued together. All that remained was to add the elements
to the base card using a mix of foam pads and glue, with a large brad to
attach the Mr Fix It plaque. Happy Birthday son!

Once I had sanded the card, I cut a piece 14.3cm x 20.5cm and cut a 5cm strip (x14.3cm) from each edge. I then cut a 2cm strip from the bottom of the remaining piece and glued them onto the outside front of the stepper so that the three pieces look as if they are one continuous 'u' shape. I then trimmed the remaining piece to fit the two central panels, leaving a narrow border around the edge.
Those tools really finish things off! |
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