Treasure

Hello! Usually, my Monday’s are hectic, but for some reason, I was more free than usual today. So, I decided to make a card using the latest My Favorite Things Sketch Challenge as my inspiration. This sketch is interesting because it uses a tag as the main feature of the card. I love making gift tags and bookmarks so I thought I would give this sketch a try.

I decided to use My Favorite Things Party Like a Pirate for this card. My son used to love pirates when he was young and still does! That is what drew me to this cute stamp set. The idea I had in my head was to try and create a treasure hunt map color as the background for the tag. I had some tan marbled color card stock that I thought would work well. To create the look of something old, I blended antique lines distress ink along the edges.

I colored all the images using Copic markers and cut them out with my Scan N Cut. Next, I stamped the sentiment out onto white cardstock with Versafine Black Onyx ink, covered it with clear embossing powder, and heat set it. Then, I attached everything onto the tag. To add some shimmer, I covered the coins with my Wink of Stella pen. I cut out a piece of blue string and tied it to the top of the tag. Next, I put some foam tape onto the back of the tag and centered it onto blue patterned cardstock cut with a stitched rectangle die. To finish the card, I attached the card panel to a top folding A2 size notecard.

I had fun making this card and was so happy I had some free time on what usually a very busy start to the week!

Thanks for stopping by! – Mona

Supplies used:

My Favorite Things Party Like a Pirate

Lawn Fawn Outside In Stitched rectangle stackables die

Neenah Classic Solar White card stock (80 lb and 110 lb)

Memento Tuxedo Black ink

Versafine Black Onyx ink

Copic Markers

Tim Holtz distress ink (antique linen)

Colored and Patterned card stock

Wink of Stella pen