Be Happy!

I had to make a card for our young male apprentice at work who was leaving us. Never an easy task! This is what I came up with.

The Tim Holtz dragonfly stamp is so useful for male cards I feel because of the added lines like an architects drawing it seems less girly somehow! I coloured the image with my Peerless watercolour paints. I still can't get over their usefulness - all that colour in such a compact form. I splatted on some watered down Vintage Photo DI ink and then shaded the edges with Stormy Sky DI.

I die cut some dictionary paper with my new Stampin' Up Banner dies (I know these are going to get many outings). I actually chose the page that said journey on it. I overlaid that with some vellum so I could stamp the sentiment which comes from the same Woodware stamp I used on my little girl card a couple of posts ago. I finished off with two wooden scrabble tiles and a die cut "Happy" using an Avery Elle die. Looking at it now, maybe I should have straightened up the "h" in happy a bit more, but never mind!

I am looking forward to an unstructured bank holiday weekend with no real commitments, which feels like bliss! Have a fun one yourselves!

Elaine x