Welcome.
I was recently asked to make a thank you card, and it was requested that I use red, black and white in it, with a style/image appropriate to the (male) recipient's culture.
I chose this fern style of leaf and gold embossed it on black.
The thanks I stamped and embossed in red on a snippet of white.
When making the card up, I layered two sides over gold paper, and embossed a fine line of gold on the other edges, which can be seen in the photo above. I also added dots of gold ink at the base of the leaves to 'ground' them
On the inside I stamped the image again using two tones of green ink, stamping off first so the image was quite faint so it could be written over.
I then stamped the fern image on the envelope, this time spritzing the stamp with water and stamping off the corner.
My customer was very happy with the finished card.
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Very classy Maxine
ReplyDeleteA beautiful CAS card, Maxine. xx
ReplyDeleteThat fern is so beautiful in gold! A great card for a man! Hugs, Gerrina
ReplyDeleteI like simple Maxine and this hits the spot. You didn't say what the person's culture was. I'm sure they liked it. CarolG
ReplyDeleteHow very elegant Maxine, beautifully done.
ReplyDeleteB x
Beautiful card with great embossing!
ReplyDeleteA real beauty, Maxine. Love the embossing!
ReplyDeleteI like the choice of the fern stamp/s for a guy! Nice!
ReplyDeleteThe red and black is such a beautiful color combination. Love this sweet card, Maxine.
ReplyDeleteThe fern works for so many occasions, and is beautiful here. Thanks for joining us at Color Hues!
ReplyDeleteThis is beautiful Maxine, love the Clean design and the elegance of gold embossing. Perfect masculine card ❤
ReplyDeletevery elegant looking Maxine. A great card.
ReplyDeleteMaxine, I love the fern image on this beautiful card. The gold adds so much to the design, too!
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely leaf stamp. That was an exacting challenge and you fulfilled it brilliantly. A very stylish card. Kate x
ReplyDeleteSo beautiful.
ReplyDeleteA perfect masculine card and so classy. I like how you did the inside and the envelope too Maxine x.
ReplyDeleteSo elegant Maxine! LOVE the gold embossing and the beautiful stamping on the inside too. Fabulous creation hun. Thanks for your sweet words on my blog. Moving house is so stressful, but it has to be done, so we're just cracking on with it. Could do without the muggy hot days, hard to feel energised to do much! But we're pushing through. Big hugs, Wends xoxo
ReplyDeleteThis is classically elegant and so pretty! I love the gold image and embossed textures. So glad you played along with us at Color Hues!
ReplyDeleteLove the choice of fern leaves for this card. The design and colors are perfect. The inside is well thought out.
ReplyDeleteHugs and blessings,
Jim
Beautiful card, those colours together are so pretty....great combo.xx
ReplyDeleteI can see why your customer was happy with this card, it is a beautiful card Maxine! I'm really loving that fern image, so pretty in the gold, but I also love it in the two tone greens. The touches of gold adds elegance to the card as well. Hugs, Brenda
ReplyDeleteSuch a sophisticated design, perfect for male or female. Thanks for sharing with us at Polkadoodles.
ReplyDeleteMaxine I love the way your used our challenge colors on this beautiful card!
ReplyDeleteThanks for playing at Color Hues!
Such a lovely card and all matching the requirements. I love how you always have some little hidden thing - it makes your cards so special. In this case the lovelyn fern on the inside.
ReplyDeleteBlessings, neet xx
Lovely CAS masculine card. I liked how you continued the fern stamping inside and on your your envelope. Thankyou for joining us this month at Bizzy Becs for our Anything Goes Challenge.
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