Welcome to another edition of Make a Card Monday! (If you haven't been here before you can click here to see all of the cards I've done so far. Cards.)
This week I needed to do a card for a very special friend of mine from college. It was her birthday.
I wanted to make a card that would fit her. I've found that if I just go through a person's pinterest page I can get awesome ideas for either making them something or buying them something. Their pinterest page is a reflection of what they like and who they are. It tells a story just like reading a book.
In this case I happened to see that she had a lot of chevron/diagonal patterns in her "my style" page and she had a beautiful picture of a flower (somewhat similar to the one in this card). I took that and ran with it and this is what I came up with.
Here's a quick tutorial on how I made this card. Please note that I try to link my products as best I can so that in case you like them you can find them easily. I'm not being paid by anyone to do this. I just like to give you options.
Also, I don't always use current products because I like to use up my stash instead of just buying new stuff all the time. So I don't always have a link to buy something because it might be discontinued now.
Don't lose heart though. The beauty of most of these cards is you can substitute patterns or colors with your own stash of products.
Okay, enough yapping, here we go!
The products:
- White Card - I'm using a 5 x 6.5" card but you could certainly use a smaller one.
- 4" White Doilies - I just buy these from Michael's. They are cheap and easy to use.
- Pink Chevron Patterned paper - I'm using some American Crafts paper but you could use any pattern or color that you want.
- Pink gems - from Martha Stewart. You could also use stickers, buttons, etc. Any type of embellishment would work.
- White and Gray Pearls - Doodlebug - you could also use gems if you like.
- Staz-on Jet Black Ink - used for Happy Birthday Stamp
- Happy Birthday Stamp - I can't find the packaging for this so I'm not sure which brand/manufacturer. Sorry about that. You could use your own handwriting, a sticker, another stamp that you like. This is completely open.
- Adhesive of your choice. I used Scotch glue for the doilies. It's a clear-drying glue and has two different sized applicators for big or small application.
- A favorite picture. I used a flower but you could really use anything. I found one that has
1. Find and print out a favorite flower picture. (Really you could use any picture you like.)
Specifically I found one that had some space that I could put the title without taking away from the picture.
On the left-hand side I specifically blurred the background when I took the picture because it puts more emphasis on the flower on the right. This turned out to be the perfect picture for this card project.
When I printed it I gave it a white border because it really made the picture pop off the page more.
2. Cut your piece of patterned paper 2.5 x 6.5 inches. Glue down onto the landscape .
3. Grab two paper doilies and figure out where you'd like to put them. Then lay down your picture and move around as necessary.
I liked having them in opposite corners. It seemed to give the card a little something extra.
Once glued down cut off the excess doily.
Note: I glue directly in the middle of the doily and usually in the little circles on the edges but that's it. That should be enough glue to keep them down.
4. Next step is to add some embellishments at the corners with the doilies. I chose gems and pearls because they fit nicely with the flower and the doilies. I wanted something sparkly yet elegant and those items fit the bill.
If you were doing a boys card you could make it much more masculine with stars or metal instead of pink and gray.
I like how the embellishments frame the picture as the doilies also do. There's just more texture and interest.
5. Next add your happy birthday sentiment. There are several options you could do. Pick whichever option you'd like. Honestly for me it depends on the time I have. If I have more time I'll maybe do a cut-out or find a type I like on the picture.
- a stamp
- your handwriting
- a sticker
- letter stickers
- type on the picture before you print it
- a die cut
- a silhouette cut out
I used a stamp because I liked how it fit in that section. Note: I use staz-on because it dries quickly and has a nice dark black color.
Walahh you are done. That's all folks. Easy peezy. You've got yourself an elegant birthday card.
The beauty of this card is that you could really use this design to make several different cards. It could be a fun young boy card, a thinking of you card, a just a note card. The possibilities are endless.
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I know it. I thought I'd try something else for a change. I thought it turned out nice.
Posted by: Jen | July 17, 2015 at 12:54 PM
This is more girly than you usually do.
Posted by: Michelle | July 14, 2015 at 09:41 AM