Farewell Card by Tracey Cooley

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As you can guess it is my turn on the blog today and I had recently been asked to make some cards for a couple of the Male Teachers at my daughters school as they are moving onto different things next year. I don't know about you guys but with having two gorgeous daughters I struggle with Male orientated cards. So I thought my best chance of making something that is passable would be to head to the Couture Creations Wild and Free range. I think male cards should have texture and Wild and Free has that and more.

I started this card with the leopard print from the Couture Creations Wild and Free Collection kit.

I cut it slightly smaller than the card base I created and then I distressed and inked the edges.

Then I chose a matching Ultimate Crafts Cardsock and stamped it with a versamark ink with the Ultimate Crafts Background Textures Stamp Checkers and chicken. While the ink was still wet I added some Couture Creations Clear Embossing Powder and heated with the ever awesome Couture Creations heat tool.

After the embossing process I then distressed and inked the edges using a Couture Creations Dauber.

Before adhering the above cardstock I cut a Couture Creations Wild and Free Akua Doily set from black cardstock. I then placed the large doily under the stamped piece. I added some gauze to add an earthy element to the card. I placed the smaller doily on the top in the bottom corner.

Once I had let everything dry a bit I then embossed some Brown cardstock with the Couture Creations Wild and Free Tribal Diamonds Embossing folder.

I then added some hinges to give it a heritage look and some string and beads.

I then cut a Wild and Free Ekene Tree from metallic silver cardstock

After cutting I played with some alcohol inks over the silver cardstock, Play until you are happy with the effect. Then I gave it a hand to dry using my heat tool and using Couture Creations Foam dots added it to the front of my card