Card: Warden Hall's Farewell

 Manly cards are a wonderful challenge for me. In my experience, all farewell cards are not the same. For this one I knew the warden loves golfing and is retiring to be closer to his family after 20+ years in service.

Once I found the image of an old fashioned golfer, the look of the card materialized. I had some weathered wood paper that I wanted to make the background. Even though I was unable to graphically show his love for Texas, I believe I achieved the rustic look I envisioned.

The envelope is from SEI's Savory Collection. I loved the almost barn color I see everywhere here in Central Texas. I want a step further by lining the inside of the envelope with the green plaid paper I used on the card.

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Scrapbook: Blossoming Beauty

I used so many different techniques on this page. The actual idea for the layout came from the PageMaps website, even though I tweaked it a little. Instead of using paper I used some tape and Tim Holtz tea dye distress ink (with distressing tool) to add a new color/texture to the paper. You may recognize the stamp I used from the She's All That SU set, along with Tim Holtz Grungeboard "B" and American Crafts foam thickers. On my last trip to Scrapbook Central I found these cool looking puff stickers by SEI (I think they're called Dill Blossom). If you haven't guessed it already I am a HUGE rubon freak, and I love Hambly's white rubons which i embellished with a doodlebug jewel. Now I'm off to get some rest....I'm exhausted.