60th Birthday Tiger Moth Double Z Fold card

For this special birthday card for a very special friend - I broke one of my own rules and used some retired products.  The reason?  Well - this particular friend is quite passionate about aircraft and still enjoys the memory of his experience in a yellow tiger moth.  

The best stamp set I know for creating a yellow tiger moth aircraft would have to be the retired (but still wonderful) set called Sky Is The Limit.  

I also wanted to place his age on the "sun" but have it hidden until the card is opened.  Sadly, the current set of dies - Large Numbers - is too big to accomplish that, so I resorted to using a retired set of dies - the Little Numbers Thinlits .... which I really miss because they're a very useful size!

The landscape is courtesy of one of my all time favourite stamps from "Lovely As A Tree"

I stippled the greens into the trees using the little leaf stamp from the Totally Trees stamp set from the new Holiday Catalogue.

The sky is sponged

This fun fold is soooo easy but gives nice depth and "pop" to a card.

The greeting is from "Rose Wonder"

I used a wonderful tutorial by Dawn Griffith to create the Double Z Fold card - I simply moved the 1" strip to the top of the card to carry my aircraft.

Thanks for visiting!
'Til next time
Stephanie


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