It was a kick

It was a busy weekend for card-making. The weather here is stinking hot so I couldn't spend as much time outside as I wanted. Instead I finished up several cards that have been sitting on my workspace. Here is a card that I made for a new friend that I mentioned in an earlier blog posting. Kathy has an engraving business and is just expanding into paper-crafting items (chipboard embellishments mainly). I made this card using one of her die-cut shapes.

I coloured the boot using a couple of different shades of grey and then laced some ribbon through. I had a terrible time coming up with the design for the card as I loved the boot but didn't want the card to end up too masculine in tone (after all, this is for a femal). I ended up using a sketch from Midnight Madness when I realized that the boot was actually a triangle shape. I just love using sketches because this card came together quickly once I had the right sketch in front of me.

The back triangle is a floral paper matted on kraft cardstock. I embossed the red paper strip using one of the new Tim Holtz embossing folders (this one is wood grain) and then added a red flower that I created from some foil and a felt flower. The flower looks kind of crappy in the picture but it actually works well on the "real" card.