We always decorate a bare cross with flowers making something ugly into something beautiful. After the service, we take it outside to the lawn where all passing by can see its beauty. It was a very moving day for us!
Today I want to share two "men's" cards with you. The first uses the herringbone technique (which I've shown you before). I used the Well Worn designer paper for this one. My previous herringbone had a flower on it, but since this one was for a man, I decided to use the leaves from the Gently Falling set. And it was a "thank you" card, so I used the sentiment from Day of Gratitude. The strips for the herringbone are cut 3/8" wide. Believe me, this is a fun technique to make and you can use ANY colors for your card!
I had a lot of strips of designer paper left over, so I made this small card for another male friend to whom I wanted to send get well wishes. The card itself is made from Not Quite Navy (like the one above), with the front layered onto Cajun Craze. I cut the card 5.5" x 6" and folded it to 5.5" x 3". This is a great size and still fits into our #2 envelopes. Rather than using a herringbone layout, I just layered strips of designer paper across the card, diagonally, alternating the four patterns. I left the bottom the plain Soft Suede. I stamped the sentiment from Sincere Salutations onto vanilla cardstock cut with the Wide Oval Punch. I backed that with Cajun cut with the Decorative Label Punch and put Not Quite Navy punched with the Curvy Label punch behind that. This is a quick card to make and yet it will please the man who receives it.Thanks for stopping by my blog today. Have a wonderful week and come back soon. Smiles, Laura
Love your cards. Also love the tradition of "flowering the cross". My daughter's church when she lived in FLA and VA did this. I have not seen it done much up here in the MA area. Glad you had a Blessed Easter. Don't know anything about URL etc. so publishing this as anon.
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