Saturday 8 September 2012

Birthday Scrabble card.




Hello fellow bloggers,

A very quick post today, but this card has to be one of my favourites for ages. It is so simple, yet so effective.

I'm afraid I can't take the credit for this concept, I saw a similar card on Barbar Grays classroom last week. It was an example for the stamp set for the next class. I don't have the stamp set, which is letters and blocks. So I improvised.






I used Craft Artistist for the tiles. First I had to map out what letters I needed, then  I found a very plain frame with a black outline, added plain, block type letters, as in the scrabble game,  and added a beige background. The worst bit was cutting them all out. 

The background paper is the same one I used for the tiles, I just made it more transparent so it was paler. I distressed around the card with Tim Holtz antique linen, added some card candy and a nice insert, and it was done.

Happy to say that my son-in-law loved it.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:-

Papertake Weekly Challenge - Anything goes.
Inky impressions - Anything goes.
Creative Craft Challenges - All about the boys.
A Gem of a Challenge - A boy  thing.
ABC Challenge - W for wishes.
Heck of a Challenge - Anything goes.


Thank you for taking the trouble to pop by, do come again.

Jools.  xxx

11 comments:

  1. Amazing card Jools. Love the tiles you have created. Simple design but very effective.

    Sarah x

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  2. Unusual but very effective , Thanks for joining us at Heck of a challenge , good luck , hope to see you for the next challenge ...Hugs Sue DT xx

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  3. Great idea, Thanks for joining us at ABC Challenges!

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  4. Such a creative idea :-) Thanks for joining us at Inky Impressions challenge and I'd love to see you again :-)

    Dilyana

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  5. I'm a gamer and this card struck my fancy. I just love the scrabble pieces designed to convey the birthday message! Very creative and original and perfect for a masculine flair! :)

    Thank you so much for joining our challenge and sharing your wonderful talent and creativity with us at Heck of a challenge.
    Lisa xx

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  6. Beautiful card. Thanks for joining us at Inky Impressions.
    Kerry

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  7. A beautiful card :)Thanks for playing along with us at Papertake Weekly and good luck - Jane x

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  8. This is a creative idea for a man! Thank you for joining us this week at Creative Craft Challenge. NancyD

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  9. What a great card, love your layout and the papers, thanks for joining our challenge at My mum's craft shop, Gaynor x

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  10. Great Card Hunny!! Thank you for joining in with Creative Craft Challenges2 "All about the boys" Good Luck Annette dt ccc xxx

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  11. Great inspiration thanks for sharing with us at AGOAC this time.

    smiles Christine x

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