My friend Malin and I made a card together for Jennie on her birthday. Malin made the base of the card and I decorated it. It wasn’t very easy but it ended up quite ok and Jennie was very happy. She also got the crafting journal from dylusions.
scrapbooking
Birthday card for a competition
So my oldest brother just turned 25 and I had to make him a card, of course! I also took the opportunity to enter a challenge at Svensk scrapbooking. I didn’t win but I was happy anyway! I got to use my stash and my new paper pad! Aand my Washi tape, yay!
The long lived item from my stash, can’t even remember when I bought it
Wedding card
One of my old friends from high school got married a few weeks ago and I made them a card to congratulate.
I actually made a real full Windsor knot with the ribbon (which color matches the groom’s real tie)
I used my pearl glimmer mist spray (which I use too rarely, it’s gorgeous)
Quite satisfied with the result after a few other ideas and experiments. Thanks Google for the inspiration!
A handmade book
Last Friday I started a new project, a present for my cousin who is moving to her first own apartment next week. She wished for a bucket with cleaning stuff. I wasn’t sure about how much she knew about cleaning or about using soft soap and since I was in the mood for crafting I decided to make her a small cleaning guide. Printed plain papers are no fun to look at or learn from, although the stain removal guide was so long and useful I just printed it out so she can tape it on the inside of the cleaning closet door. I was pondering about whether to make cards with tips and instructions and or collect them in an album or book. I had a few ring albums lying around but none seemed to fit for this purpose, so I got the idea of binding a book myself!
Not completely clueless I googled guides for binding books, I honestly had no idea there are so many different methods and ways to bind a book. On pinterest I found a guide I liked so I just started cutting the pages and bound them together two and two.
I found an old box and cut out the covers, used a piece of paper from the lovely black currant collection, glued it on the cover pieces and started working on filling the pages with instructions and tips for how to clean and use soap. I also added a few tips for washing clothes. To spice it up a bit I added some decorations and stamped figures which I also colored.
All dried up I bound everything together and looked at it , ridiculously happy with the result, mostly the cover. It just looks fab!
Best of all is that I only used stuff in ny stash! I even got to use stuff I’ve had in my stash for quite some time now, such as the beige paper used for the pages, all the pretty washi tape I love to collect (I’d collect anything to be honest) and a few of the mini brads I bought in the early days. Hurray!
Here are the pages in the book:
Leon’s third birthday card
My cousin Leon turned three a few days ago and he wanted a white dress for a princess costume. He was very certain with the looks of the dress, no puffy cupcake-styled dress! It was supposed to be simple with some pearls and a necklace. So I made him a card, found a dress (wish I’ve had time to sew one for him instead) and pimped it a bit. I think he liked the dress but he did look somewhat disappointed when he opened the present. We asked him to put it on with the tiara and all and he did, he’s such a sweet boy! Now I have the perfect picture for his graduation day, he he. Just another 15 years to go!
Here’s the card and the dress:
I decided to make an easel card for the Alota Rubber Stamps’ challenge #81 and since the card is for a young boy I decided to enter Going Buggy’s April challenge which was to make a card for a child, any age, too!
The card was easy to start with, I had to have Lightning McQueen on it since it’s his favorite from Cars! The letters are just a lot with all the colors but it turned out OK and I got an opportunity to use them!
A card for a friend’s nephew
A friend from work has a nephew who turned two a week ago or so and I promised to make him a card to give away with the gift. I decided to enter the Mojo Monday challenge # 238 which was to make a card using this sketch on the right side. I love sketch challenges since my main issue is to figure out the layout for my cards.
Anyway, here is my card for Elmer:
