Captain Tom Moore

Hey everyone! I'm back today with one of my favorite cards I've made in a while. This card has been sent off to a very special man who has been in the news a lot these last couple of weeks. For those who haven't heard of Captain Tom Moore he is a war veteran who is turning 100 at the end of April. He has raised over £20 million to date for the NHS by walking 100 lengths of his garden. A great help to our over stretched NHS at these worrying times. So I decided to join the many others by sending him a handmade card for his very special birthday.

For this card I wanted to try something a bit different so decided on a twisted easel card. I've never made one before but once I knew what to do it was pretty straight forward. I decided to go on YouTube and find a tutorial. I found this one simple and easy to follow-   https://www.youtube.com/. I just changed the measurements as I wanted my card bigger. For the base of my twisted easel I made mine from navy card and measured it at 29cms long by 14.5cms wide. The square front of my twisted easel again was made from navy card and it measured at 19.5cms squared. 

So I started with the square front of my card. I used my guillotine to cut out red matting measuring at 19cms squared. I used double sided tape to secure it to my navy square. The next decision was to choose a backing paper and I decided on this lovely Union Jack one. I measured it 18.5cms squared and cut it out with my guillotine. Again I used my trusty doubled sided tape to stick my backing paper on to my red matting. I wanted to make this card personal so I found two photos of Tom Moore - one when he was in the army and a recently taken one.

I also found photos of his two regiment cap badges and a photo of a World War 2 medal. I sized them all on a word document and also typed out a big '100' and 'We Salute You'. I printed them all off and cut them all out using my scissors. I matted my wording and images with red and navy card.  I put all of my elements on to my square base and moved them around until I was happy with there placement. I used glue dots to stick them all on to my square. That's the square front done. 

The next part was my base. I measured out a 14cms squared piece of red card and a 13.5cms squared piece of Union Jack Backing Paper. I used double sided tape to stick both pieces to my navy card base. I glued my triangle part of my base to the back of my square front. To finish my card off I printed and cut out ' Happy 100th Birthday Captain Tom Moore'. I then matted it in navy and red card. Lastly I used foam pads to secure my sentiment on to the base of my card. That's it! I hope you enjoyed it. Thanks for looking!

I am entering this card in to the following challenges -

Jan's Digi Stamp Challenge - https://jansdigistampschallenges.blogspot.com/
Arty Divas Challenge - https://artydivaschallenge.blogspot.com/
Polka Doodles Challenge - https://polkadoodle.blogspot.com/
Gem Of A Challenge - https://pinkgemchallengeblog.blogspot.com/
Through The Craft Room Door - http://ttcrd.blogspot.com/
Crafting Happiness Challenge - https://craftinghappinesschallenges.blogspot.com/
All Fun Challenge - https://allfunchallenges.blogspot.com/
Crafters Castle - http://crafterscastle.blogspot.com/
Pammies Inky Pinkies Challenge - http://pammiesinkypinkieschallenges.blogspot.com/