Lone Wolf

I was commissioned by a woman at work to make a birthday card for her Dad. I don't know her Dad, but I do know her. So after thinking about it, I asked what were her Dad's favorite colors and how did she feel about wolves? With those two pieces of information, I came up with this...

This set, aptly called 'Wolves' from SU! was retired in 2004, but it's my main-stay for masculine cards. I used PTI Kraft card stock for the base of the card and Vintage Cream for the main image and sentiment to be imprinted on with SU! Chocolate Chip ink. The bordering card stock for the frames of both the main image and sentiment are SU! Bliss Blue and Chocolate Chip. Notice how I distressed the border of the wolf image and inked it up in SU! Chocolate Chip ink after the fact. Inking after distressing really gives a lot of dimension to the paper.

I adhered the wolf image to a double layer of SU! Bliss Blue and Chocolate Chip card stock with dimensionals to give it even more dimension. Using my Cricut, I cut out a frame, shadow and insert to house the PTI Out on a Limb sentiment and accented it with MM brads.

The inside is decorated also as you can see here...

And did you happen to see the wolves' eyes? I colored them in with an SU! Bliss Blue marker and dropped a tiny bit of SU! Crystal Effects on them - even more dimension!

I know she will love the card - I hope her Dad does too! Thanks for stopping by!