Last weekend my son's baseball season finished up. He has had a wonderful experience, thanks in large part to his coach. He was so patient with Max and took the time to teach him the fundamentals of the game and we saw a huge improvment in Max's play over the course of the season. To express our appreciation I made special card for Max to give along with a Tim Horton's gift card because that's what we Canadians love most! ;)
Of course, I left making this until the morning of his big finals day, so I had to design quickly. I knew I wanted to use a baseball on it somehow, so I pulled out my
Circle Card Thinlits die. I used
Basic Gray card stock with the die to create the card base. Then I pulled out some
Tangelo Twist and
Basic Black card stock (Max's team is the Orioles). I embossed the
Tangelo Twist with the
Lucky Stars TIEF and the
Basic Black with the
Stylish Stripes TIEF.
To create the baseball, I simply punched a
2-1/2" circle from
Whisper White card stock and then used the negative from the punch to trace my stitching lines on the ball using a
Real Red Stampin' Write marker. I added the little "v" stitches and sponged the edges in
Smoky Slate ink...quick and easy baseball. The sentiment is stamped using the
Alphabet Rotary stamp (so love that thing for creating personalized greetings!) in
Basic Black ink. Now, everybody likes some sparkle, so I added some
silver glimmer stars, punched with the
Confetti Stars punch and the
Itty Bitty Accents Pack, by way of embellishment.
On the back of the baseball, I added a little banner created using the
Banner Banter stamp set and coordinating
Banner punch. The little
You're The Best greeting was perfect for this project. I left space on the back of the card for Max to write a message of thanks to his coach.
Have a fantastic weekend! I am gearing up to spend the day with 24 fellow demonstrators at my Christmas in July event tomorrow. Lots of stamping and fun will be had! I'll share photos next week. Till then, happy stamping!
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