I approach this post in some what of a daze, mainly a lack of sleep daze! One of the few downsides of being a community care worker who works in the evenings is lack of sleep! (another one being my hands...no close up photos of these aged beasts! I have the hands of an 80 year old!)
Inspiration likes to come accompanied with lots of rest, and sometimes chocolate. Okay maybe nearly always chocolate!
I'll be honest though, it's with a little bit of nerves that I share with you my first ever card I made myself post! I've made a fair few cards, gosh I can remember some of the early ones, they were... special.... Poor husband has had to endure a lot of "Look what I made" pounces as he either walks through the door or sits entertaining our five year old while I craft. Some of those I've put up on some crafting websites, such as Trimcraft and Docrafts. Yet none to my blog...mainly due to lack of time, sorry!
Anyway, I've gone on too much... Here is the card I made last week, originally intended as a follow up to my last blog as I wanted a card to put on...
This was a quick and easy card to make. I used three different, complementing papers from the Sheena by Sheena Douglass A Little Bit Oriental 160gsm paper pack, and the background paper I used was from a paper pack I bought in The Works, designed to let you see paper threads in the paper itself, which I felt brought a nice element to it instead of a plain white card background.
This is an easy one that anyone can make! Here's how...
1) Cut a strip of paper from three different pieces of paperstock - you may need an extra strip of each depending on how large the card base is - my card base is 7.5 cm x 20.3 cm (or just under 3" by 8", if you prefer). My paper strips are 2.5cm thick - I experimented with the paper strips at 3 cm and found I preferred them to be a bit thinner
2) Trim background paper to make it slightly smaller than the card base.
3) Attach double sided sticky tape to your paper strips, and attach to the front of the background paper at an angle - you may wish to use something behind the background paper to help you judge the angle of the paper. Attach the first three strips in one corner, leaving a small gap between each.
4) Turn the background paper over. Using good quality, thin scissors, trim next to the edge of the paperstock to remove excess card. Turn back over, the paper strips should nicely line up with the edge of the card.
5) Repeat with the opposite corner of the card.
6) Stamp sentiment - my sentiment was made up using Dovecrafts Alphabet stamps, brilliant if you want to do a nice sentiment and you can stamp whatever you want to say!
7) Attach embellishments. Here I added some wooden embellishments, and used some pink gem stones to create a the impression of the butterflies flowing in a particular direction.
8) Once you are happy, attach your whole piece onto your main card base, and hey presto, quick and easy card to make!!
I had a lot of fun making this card!! Now..it's getting late and I have a five year old to help put to sleep with the power of "Mummy Hair"....
Happy Crafting!!
Sara x
The Heavy Handed Crafter
Lovely card, the wooden embellishments add lots of extra interest and texture to your design, i do like cards that are tactile :)
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