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Saturday, October 22, 2011

En Afrique - a collage card (Kaarten met collage)

Hi everyone and happy weekend to you.  I am getting over a cold and feeling better today.

I've had this picture for a while on my work table and finally made a card with it.  I hope you like it.

When I use pictures of people I always wonder who they were and what they were thinking when the picture was made. What was their life like?  I try my best to be respectful when adding their images to my cards.

I love maps!  And 7 Gypsies has just come out with a wonderful set of papers that are nothing but maps! Yippee! So, of course I had to use one here!



It took me a while to decide how I wanted to lay out my card. When I added the blue ribbon, it was pretty bright. So, I added Tim's film strip ribbon over top of it which worked nicely with the theme of travel too.



Close Up!

While this gilded decoration's original orientation was vertical, I used it horizontally to point the way to the map.

I used a strip from a 7 Gypsies ATC overlay on the bottom of my picture and added beige pearls.

I added one frame of Tim Holtz' film strip to accent the word Africa on the map.

I hope you liked today's card. Come back again for more ideas and inspiration!

Lis

3 comments:

Kathy Berger said...

Love the card, Lis!

Anne Harada said...

Beutifully done Lis! Love the bright pop of blue with the vintage layout!

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