Flying by........

Hi all!  I'm just flying by to drop off a couple of birthday cards that I made for my nephews.  December is full of birthdays for me and the week before Christmas is no exception.   For these two young men I wanted to use my new For The Guys stamp set from Unity Stamps.  I was so excited to get this set mainly because of the airplane image.  My husband is a pilot and I'm always on the lookout for images that even closely resemble his Cessna.   There are not a lot of airplane stamps on the market so I grab what I can get and this one is a beauty!

For this first card I tried to create a scene above the trees when coming in for a landing.  Usually during landing my eyes are closed so.....  I had to wing it.....bahahaha!  Ok, I've had my pun for the day, back to the card. 

First I stamped some tree tops and black birds onto the bottom of the card using Penny Black's Woodland Beauty stamp set.  I am in love with that little tree!  I filled in the trees a little by blending some distress inks over them.  Moving up I did some more ink blending with some cloud stencils.   To keep things light and airy I chose this thin lined sentiment from the Birthday Wishes & Balloons stamp set by My Favorite Things.

I had this card all centered nicely with a white framed edge but it just wasn't working for me so I tilted the front panel a little and trimmed off the top and the side.  Then pulling from the orange color of the plane I added an orange striped border using my favorite YAY Stripes! border stamp set by Catherine Pooler Designs.

For this card I used the following supplies:

Stamps: For The Guys (Unity Stamps), Woodland Beauty (Penny Black), Birthday Wishes & Balloons (My Favorite Things), YAY Stripes! (Catherine Pooler Designs).

Inks: orange twist (Catherine Pooler Designs), tumbled glass, old paper, peeled paint (Ranger Distress), forever green (Hero Arts), onyx black (Versafine),  Clean Color Real Brush Watercolor markers (ZIG).

Paper:  premium white 100 lb cardstock (Catherine Pooler Designs).

Accessories: Blueprints #15 dies (My Favorite Things), dimensional tape (3M).

Adding the plane onto the card with dimensional tape adds to the illusion of it flying.  Having the tail hang off of the edge of the panel adds movement and the illusion that it is flying into the scene.

For my second card I went a little cleaner by containing the sky scene inside this Instant Camera die by Lil' Inker Designs.  I added dimensional tape to the Instant Camera die as well as the airplane and once again the plane is flying into the scene.

For this card I used the following supplies:

Stamps: For The Guys (Unity Stamps), YAY Stripes! (Catherine Pooler Designs).

Ink: orange twist (Catherine Pooler Designs), tumbled glass (Ranger Distress), onyx black (Versafine), clear emboss (Versamark), Clean Color Real Brush watercolor markers (ZIG).

Paper: black (Simon Says Stamp), premium white 100 lb cardstock (Catherine Pooler Designs).

Accessories: Instant Camera die (Lil' Inker Designs), white embossing powder (WOW!), dimensional tape (3M).

Thank you so much for stopping by.  I'll be back tomorrow with another fun project I've been working on for CAS-ual Fridays The Challenge.  Until then......

Happy Stamping!!