Evening
friends
I have
enjoyed some time in my craft room today – I did a project I have
been longing to do but had so many other things that took priority
and I didn't want to try rushing so left it until I knew I could
devote some real craft time...its not quite finished so will hang on
with it for now.
Its our
youngest grandson's 3rd birthday on 10th
January so I decided I would make his card today – I began the
search through the 100's – well almost close to 1000 kits I think
in search of something nice and different.
My first
choice – and I did print it all out – was a fab blue elephant
fancy folded card but Pete said it was far too babyish...so have that
printed for another time.
In the end
I opted for a kit called AHOY SHELF CARD designed by Crafty Gals
Designs and bought from www.cardmakingdownloads.com
I am
sharing it but if anyone has done this kit or something like it and
can help me out I would be grateful...before I bin it!!!!!!!!!!!
So
materials for this card I used ….
Heat mat
to work on and protect your surface – I always use it...
The
printed sheets, 6 which includes 2 sheets for envelope
Baby blue
A4 card
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 roughly
cut out the main base sheet and the shelf sections then sprayed them
all with Crafters Companion Stick & Stay and pressed onto lovely
pale blue card stock.
These and
all the decoupage were then carefully cut out, and the dashed lines
all scored and creased sharply.
The
decoupage was easy to cut out and I built it up with small sticky
pads.
The main
base had the large centre panel cut away then scored on the folds to
create the basic tent/shelf card.
And then I
hit the blank wall!
How on
earth does this thing go together?
The
instructions with the kit are a waste of paper – and although there
are 2 colour sheets of the kit and finished card neither show just
how it went together
I have
tried several different ways but I am worried now that if I don't go
careful I will damage it and it will have to be binned.
I thought
it would have just folded flat to go in the envelope but it doesn't –
which leads me to think there should be another score line somewhere
that itsn't actually marked on....so if you can help please email,
reply on her or ring/text me
And then
we have the envelope – so far its just printed and scored then
folded but not stuck together – I wanted to point out how poor the
designer has been in checking this kit prior to putting out for sale
– one of the sides has a clear line down it and the pattern does
not line up in any way!!! And the other thing I am annoyed about is
the top and bottom sheets of the envelope are different shades of
blue – I have printed them both twice and its the same result both
times!!!
Right then
– I await all you crafty folk contacting me to help solve the shelf
card problem
In the
mean time I will spend a little more time on my other special project
and it may well be ready to share tomorrow
But first
I want to have a nosey at some new cds I had arrive today, watch this
space as you may well see something from them in the next few days or
so too!
Take care
Bye for
now
x
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