My pal, Beth, had some vintage photos of guys for me to send to Guncle Randy. I needed to make a card for his birthday, so I appropriated one for myself to repurpose.
It started like this, I used green marker on his suit, then metallic pen for polka dots on it and on his tie. The boots became elfin shaped by going over them with a black, sparkly marker and extending the toes into a curled point.
His party hat is vintage paper, decorated, and the buttons are small rhinestones. I then cut him out, inked the edges with brown, and glued him to a woodland scene of old wallpaper that I'd added to the photo folder that he'd come in.
There was a stone wall in the picture of the woods, which was perfect to seat him on! But the piece of paper wasn't quite big enough, so I added a strip of vintage paper below that, and decorated it with a butterfly stamp.
The rest of the inside of the folder is covered in nature inspired, vintage wallpaper, and the edges are rubbed with copper ink. I made a "happy birthday" message to glue to the bottom segment.
The folder can become a stand, too.
As a last touch, I glued brown, velvet ribbon over the seam, and some metal fairy and dragonfly charms to fly around him.
Happy Birthday, Guncle Randy!
Always wonderful.
A great little collage ….love it ! – Sue
I love this card and how creative you are!