The Reveal
Did you enjoy your Christmas holiday? I certainly hope you enjoyed some drama free time with your friends and family.
Besides Christmas cards, I think birthday cards are ones I utilize the most. I'm always happy to have one on hand. That's why I chose the sentiment from this month's Soda-lighted stamp set, but you could replace the sentiment and make a card like this for any occasion.
I created a pocket by only adhering glue on three sides of the blue cardstock (bottom half of the card). That way I could add some tags and a gift card to the front of the card. I created a tag by using the postcard die cut and stapling on the banner strip from the kit. I covered up the staple by adhering on some punched circles.
The Inspiration
The top edge of the Soho Garden paper pad is printed with a strip of a coordinating pattern. It makes a really cool border and I wanted to find a way to use this strip in my design.
The Process
I ended up taking a 1" circle punch and punching circles along the top of my scraps from this month. So I can tell you that no whole pieces of patterned papers were sacrificed in the making of today's card.
I lined up the bi-colored circles on my cardstock, added partial circles along the edges and trimmed them down to size. This was a lot easier than gluing patterned strips onto cardstock, then punching through double layers of paper to achieve this two toned look. Waste not, want not.
I finished by stamping my sentiment directly onto the twill ribbon with Staz-on ink.
The Kit
All the components of the card are created from this month's Fresh Baked Kit, Sodas in Soho. Just open a pack and add water, I mean, ink.
That's my last project for December. I'll be seeing you all again real soon in January.
Thanks so much for stoppin' by,
Michelle
Loveeeeeeee this Michelle! LOVING all the circles!!!!
ReplyDeleteLove what you've done...awesome use of that border packaging!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the tutorial and I bookmarked this! Gonna try this some times!
ReplyDeleteThis is such a fun card! I love it!
ReplyDeleteVery, very cute!
ReplyDeleteI love the tags, circles and pocket :)
Great card...so cute!
ReplyDeletegreat card! tfs!
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