Hello
blogger friends
I found
out this afternoon that the lady who does my nails – Teresa –
became a nana for the 2nd time on Sunday
Her
daughter Fallon gave birth to a healthy little boy called Frankie.
Well it
just so happens I get my nails done tomorrow and being organised for
a change had already made the 2 cards I needed so went to put them in
my bag so I wouldn't forget in the morning only to find there was
only the one for the grandparents there.
So I
searched and search – but have absolutely no idea as to where it
might be – I know they were both put together – and I even have
the photos from the missing card on my pc
So rather
than keep on wasting time I just printed a sheet and sat cutting it
out across teatime
Its now
all put together so I thought I would make it my card for today as it
does look pretty!
The sheet
was by Janet Briggs and it came from crafts you print – I have it
save as New Baby Boy so don't know if that's the correct name for the
sheet – I may have changed it when I got it to make it easy to
search for – your guess is as good as mine on it!
So
materials for this card I used ….
Heat mat
to work on and protect your surface – I always use it...
8x8 pre
scored card blank
The
printed main sheet
A5 piece
of blue mirri card
3
different light blue papers
Oddments
of blue card stock
blue
gingham ribbon
card candy
Glossy
accents
Sticky
pads
Eazi Score
Board & tool
Tonic 8”
guillotine
Scissors
Tweezers
Shaping
tool from www.dimensionstamps.com
Foam
shaping mat – stamping mat or even a mouse mat
To
make the card …
I folded
the pre scored shaped 8x8 card then coloured the edges lightly with
an applicator tool and tumbled glass distress ink.
A piece of
dark aqua coloured card was used to mat a piece of blue swirly paper.
I stuck
that panel along the fold edge leaving a small border.
I used a
piece of text backing paper – just cut to a size that would fit in
the card and then matted it to a piece of lovely pale blue shimmer
paper – I'm sure there is a name for it but I don't know it!
This panel
was stuck over the 1st panel and over towards the opening
of the card
Double
sided tape was used for the matting and for securing the panels to
the card.
Finally I
cut the main image from the sheet and matted this onto some blue
mirri card and trimmed it to leave a small border.
This panel
was positioned across the two other panels but staying close to the
opening edge.
I came
across a narrow piece of blue gingham paper so trimmed it and stuck a
length of narrow dark blue gingham across it and secured to the spine
edge of the card using sticky pads this time.
Using the
same ribbon I tied a small ribbon bow but left the legs long – the
bow was attached to the top of the ribbon order with a small sticky
pad.
After all
the decoupage was added it was time to decorate the card – I havent
done much as yet because without really thinking I used baby blue
stickles glue to colour the spots on the blanket which means I cannot
do much else until that dries properly.
3 pale
blue with stars card candy was added along the top left corner and
bottom right corner to finish
I think
this took me about an hour to make up – once I saw the sheet I knew
it would be made up into a larger card and I really enjoyed making it
I'm so
pleased I have a huge amount of the matt photo paper I use for my
decoupage as well as a super printer that loves working hard for
me!!!
I hope you
like looking at this pretty card as I did making it!
Thanks for
dropping by
See you
again tomorrow friends!
x
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