For me it is therapeutic to make cards. I just love gathering all the pieces and materials for making them. Beautiful and intricate, or elegant and simple; making cards is a form of expression so personal and endearing to the recipient that the maker derives a gratifying satisfaction from the knowledge the his/her creation will be loved and well received. Here is my very own latest creation:
The design is simple and easy enough and I used some paper scraps I had on hand to come up with the concept. The first thing I did was raid my little box of keepsakes from pen pals to find the flower I was going to make.
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| Box where I keep little trinkets sent to me by my wonderful pen pals... |
Once I'd found it I traced it onto an index card to make a template and not ruin my little bit of paper joy...
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| Original and template from index card... |
I used the template to make my large orange flower and also to trace flower "silhouettes" onto my linen card for added effect. The silver "ribbon" is a paper band that came from some stationery I'd exhausted; just measured it, cut it to length and pasted it right onto the card. The center of the flower was made from some scraps of scrap-booking paper I had and I just dotted it with various colors to give it that effect.
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| Template and scraps of paper used... |
Pens, markers and some creativity aided in the end result...
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| Ready to be sent out... |
I wrote the message by hand and drew the smaller flowers by making series of dots...
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| The little details make all the difference... |
Isn't it darling? I need to make some more fun ones! Enjoy!
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| Focus is on the flower... |
