Photography elements such as camera and film strip are popular images used by almost all manufacturers. I guess because scrapbooking usually tell the stories behind photos so naturally, camera images seem apt. It's also very apt for this card for a guy who loves photography. Oh, and also coffee.
On the cover, I used several cut out images such as the camera and two cups of coffee, I presume, and behind them, I slotted in a tag chipboard with a quote. I didn't want the whole of the quote to show up so I had it embellished with a sticker and a heart chipboard with a cute red button in the middle. For the background, I added layers with red and purple cardstock because these are his favourite colours.
Since this card is for a guy, I stay away from loud flowers and instead, at one corner of the card, I had actually fussy cut a flower bouquet in earth tone colour so it doesn't look so overwhelming.
Normally I don't paste another layer of patterned paper over the panels on the inside because I think it's too much time having to cut out individual pieces. Even with my other double fold cards, I like to simply paste the whole patterned paper on the card itself rather than matting it first with a coloured cardstock and then paste it over it. Why? It makes the card looks rigid and it's quite a waste actually. Again, it's one of the things I nitpick over, lol. But yah, I'm open to using this matting technique but not all the time.
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