3 Dimensional Christening Card

Kyler's Christening deserved an extra special card. 

 So I created this one especially for him. 

The first element I created was the Bible, for that I used the Spellbinders Nestabilities Labels #7 die. I cut a larger one out of brown shimmer card stock .  From the die that was one size smaller than the cover of the bible I cut four sheets of cream color shimmer card stock.  I inked, stamped and distressed the bible to give it an aged look.  I rolled the edges of the pages and added some foam tape in between the pages to add dimension.  The bookmark is made from a piece of leather and a little metal cross.  This fall I will be catching up on all my video tuts and this book is already on my list to do a tutorial on.  So look for it soon. 

The next element that I worked on was the banner across the front of the card.  I wanted to bring in elements from the decorations from the party so they would have memories from the celebration built in to the card.  The banner is similar to the one that I created for the party decor.  The birds and little flowers are like the ones that were on his cake and centerpiece (those will be future posts).  These little birds are from Jolee and the banner is from My Minds Eye.

For the inside of the card I made a simple sentiment using my Word processing in my computer and cut it to fit the space.  I matted it with the same brown shimmer card stock as the bible and used a banner tag from My Minds Eye to bring in a hint of the light blue from the banner. 

Since this card was going to be hand delivered I didn't worry about the bulk that the dimensional bible gave to the card.  If it was going to be mailed I probably wouldn't have made it with so many pages.  But it REALLY turned out phenomenal with all that dimension and texture!

Something to treasure forever.

Fabulous Folds

 These cards are ones that I made in the Fabulous Folds class that I took at the Scrapbook Expo.  The class featured products by Rubber Cafe.  We were lucky enough to get the stamp set free for signing up for the class.  So cute with the cute fruit.  After playing with the Scrap Happy Sheer Glue I had to go down to the showroom and get some for myself.  I just love it! It's not like ordinary glue, this dries tacky so you can then add your glitter or flock on top of your dried glue and since it has a fine point applicator it's perfect for writing.   We used it in class to add fine glitter to the centers of the fruits. It doesn't show as well in the photos but is stunning in person. 

Halloween Batch of OWH Cards

 I am shipping off another big box of 192 Operation Write Home cards to our fine Soldiers!  I wanted to share them with you before I got them mailed off.  Most of the cards are Halloween but I also made some for Everyday, I love you, Missing you and Thinking of you.  I worked on this project while I was in the car traveling to our camping trips this past summer.  I will have a future video showing just how I can scrap in the front seat of a car (no, we weren't traveling by moder home, LOL). All of the Halloween cards were made from one single paper stack.  I used the Ravenhead Manor paper stack by Recollections, I purchased it on clearance last year after Halloween. Since I was away from my studio and only had the supplies that I brought with me it challenged me to work with what I had.  I enjoy a challenge and challenge you to also do the same sometime.  It is rewarding to find out what you can come up with when you are not able to have all your resources available to you.  Once my brain started really cranking I started thinking of ideas for other things too.  I had to write them down so I wouldn't forget them by the time we got home. 

All packed up and ready to go!

Here's a peek at what's inside, this is just SOME of the cards...

Some of the die cuts words were made at home using the Cricut Martha Stewart Seasonal Cake cartridge.  There are some great seasonal words on there...Boo, Trick or treat, Happy haunting, etc.

As you can see with the cards below the same paper I used it in both landscape and portrait format.  When I cut all my mats I was not sure what my plan was going to be for them at that time so I gave myself some options.

 I also created some everyday, I love you, and I miss you cards to send.  They always need those!

 For these butterflies below I used a layering punch from EK Success.  It has all 3 layered punches in the one single punch. Ingenious!