Hello, Crafty Makers!
I am sticking to my guns and not making craft purchases this year. I was successful last year and I hope to be equally committed to saving money in 2020. Since I am doing more planning this year, I did subscribe to a monthly box program for my planner. I will, however, continue to use stash items for most of my projects.
Today's card to be included in a boxed set of all occasion greeting cards that I am designing. I plan to use a lot of critters and a lot of flowers. Most of the cards will be one or two layers because I don't want to make cards that create extra mailing expenses for my clients. All the fancy designs will be reserved for "one of a kind" special occasion cards!
I wasn't quite sure where I was going with this project. All I knew was that I wanted a Tri-fold card with critters so my project birth certificate looked like this: (I know that the word client is misspelled. I hate to waste paper so I decided to use the two or three I printed before I caught the error.) There is a page 2 on the back of the birth certificate where I list the step by step but the one for this project was far too messy to photograph.
SUPPLIES AND TOOLS I USED ARE LISTED AT THE END OF THE POST.
To do the masking, I stamped another set of images onto "full adhesive Post-It Note sheets (I find these to be more economical for masking small images.) With all the images colored and masked, I blended my background.
Real Party Animals!
If the flap is properly cut, the card will stand on its own.
I blended the flap to match the panel and stenciled in some clocks.
The construction of a Tri-fold card is very simple since it is really just two 4.5"x5.5" note cards joined together after removing about 1/16" from the backside of one of the note cards.
When the card is closed, I wanted the gift box to protrude so I die cut two layers of craft foam and attached them to the back of the colored image.
Challenges Entered:
Papercraft Business Challenge - ATG
A Bit More Time To Craft- ATG
Gem of A Challenge -- ATG
A Perfect Time To Craft - ATG
A Bit More Time To Craft- ATG
Gem of A Challenge -- ATG
A Perfect Time To Craft - ATG
Materials and Supplies Used: