"Eye" Love You

I got this CUTE card idea from the January issue of PaperCrafts Magazine. Here is a picture of the card I scraplifted:



I made two cards, because this is the card I will give my boyfriend, and I always like to have one of my own to look back on. I ended up making the same card two different ways, so now I'll have to decide if I want to give up my favorite or the two or hoard it =).

Here is style 1, an easel card:



This is what the card looks like closed:



The heart ribbon is from American Crafts.

Here is style two (my favorite!):



And the inside:



When you look at the closed card, you'll see the I cut the front. The ""eye" love you" is actually on the inside, so the two sides of the paper are cut unevenly. Does that make sense? lol. Well, this uneveness means this card wont sit up properly, so I decided to make its own stand on the back.

Here is a picture of the card on the stand:



I'm sure this has been done before, but I've never seen it. I think it's just so cool! Here are a few close ups of it:



And here is how the card looks when the stand is laying flat (for storage/mailing purposes):



What I did was I took a 6.00 x 2.5 inch piece of scrap paper and folded it into thirds. I took one of the thirds (it has to be an end) and then folded the end again at .25 inches. SO, you have 3 folds on this piece of paper. You are going to put adhesive on the one third that you also creased at .25 inches. DO NOT put adhesive on the .25 inches crease. Stick down the piece of paper, so the second line is right on the edge of the back of the card.

Now, put adhesive on the .25 inches crease. If you are using permanent adhesive, press your fingers to it a couple of times, so it loses the permanent part but not the stickiness. Lastly, take the other edge, and line it up right on the .25 inches crease. TADA! It should stand up on its own!

Okay, that was confusing even for me. I don't think a lot of people read this, but if someone requests, I will be more than happy to make a video explaining this.

Information on both cards:

The Monster is from Mini Monsters. I wanted a monster with one eye, but I couldn't find any cute ones, so I used the hide contour lines feature of my gypsy and made my own!

"love you" is from Nate's ABC's. I LOVE the font on this cartridge, because this is the font we had to use in college. It is modeled after the Century Gothic font, or so I like to believe.

I used Diamond Glaze and glued Martha Stewart clear micro beads to the monster's belly to give it some dimension. I also glittered the tail and ears using Martha Stewarts new glitter glue line in Tourmaline.

I am more than happy to share my Gypsy file with you! Please, PLEASE let me know if you have questions!

Thank You and Happy New Year Card

I decided to go the extra mile and also make my own thank you cards. I decided to make it a New Year's theme to kill two birds with one stone. When I think of New Years, I think of fireworks and champagne. I decided to draw upon the color and glitteriness of fireworks for my card.

This card is VERY simple and VERY versatile. I got this idea from the Halloween issue of PaperCrafts Magazine:



I used a 1.5 inch circle punch and punched out glitter paper I bought at Hobby Lobby. Every once in awhile, HL puts the specialty paper and glitter paper on sale. Wait til then, because otherwise, It's $1.99/sheet!

Here is the inside:



"Thank You" is from
"&" is from Don Juan.
"Happy New Year" is from Wild Card.

Christmas 2010 Cards

As I've stated before, I've been so unmotivated to make cards for the past month, but my mojo is starting to come back now. YAY!

I am posting the Christmas card I made this year. I decided I wanted to do a book theme this year. I knew EXACTLY which book I was going to design my card after. I was read this book for the first time in first grade. It still captures my heart every year. I share my love of this book with my mom, who gives me a silver bell every year. You figure out the book yet? It's the Polar Express!



Here is my take on it!:


The card size is: 5.75 x 3.5 inches when the card is closed.
"Believe" is from Songbird with a shadow, each letter is .96 inches high and are welded together.
The loop-de-loop is from Martha Stewart, the bells I got at Michaels, and the twine I got from Papertrey Ink.

And the inside:


The quote is from the last page of the book. I used DJ Inkers font (www.djinkers.com) and printed out the quotes on postage labels.