Retirement Fly Past
This week’s card is another commission I received from a friend for a retirement card. The intended recipient had been involved in organising air shows but also loves gardening, so that was my brief. To begin, I started with the air show element. The background was made by blending some Distress Oxide Salty Ocean over my cloud stencils to create the sky. The fly past, made with red jets to represent the Red Arrows display team, smoke trails and sentiment were cut from vinyl using my Cricut Maker. Now for the gardening element. I cut a cardboard stencil using the Lawn Fawn Grassy Border die and blended some green ink over in layers to create the ground. Next, I die cut a fence using the WPlus9 Fence Border dies, running the parts through a wood grain embossing folder for some added texture. I left the gate section unstuck so it looked like the gate was ajar. The plants and tools were die cut using the MFT Spring Garden set....