Card Making 3/3

Hello, everyone! For the final post in the card making series I want to share some pictures of a few random cards that I made. I hope that they inspire you to make your own handmade cards. :-)

The first two are made basically the same way as the wrapping paper cards from Part 1:

 Calligraphy is fairly simple, and very pretty:

 These are hand drawn with Sharpie and highlighters:

 This one is Calligraphy and stamping:

Thanks for reading! I hope you have been inspired to make something today. 

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Bible Verse: 

Psalm 139:14 "I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well."

Have a blessed week!

Sarah

Homeade Cards 2/3

Today I have a tutorial for you about how to make cards with pressed flowers. These cards are so easy to make, and they look super cute!

Now before you actually start constructing your cards you are going to need pre-cut cards and some pressed flowers. Here is a video on pressing flowers: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmOoELQLMmo

1. Choose your flowers, leaves, grass, etc., and lay them out on your card in the position you want them.

2. Dab some glue on the back of the flowers and press onto the card.

Here's what we have after step 2 is finished.

3. Paint a thin layer of glue over the entire design.

You'll have something like this now. Don't worry; it will dry clear.

5. (This step is not really needed, but I think it helps the card to dry straight.) While still wet, place a piece of wax paper over the card and press inside a book.

As soon as the card is dry you can go ahead and use it! 

Thanks for stopping by! Have a wonderful week, and enjoy the cooler weather!

Bible Verse: And I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from God's love. Neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither our fears for today nor our worries about tomorrow--not even the powers of hell can separate us from God's love. Romans 8:38 (NLT)
 

Blessings,

Sarah

Homeade Cards: 1/3

 Email is nice, but there's just something about getting a hand written note in the mail. Something solid, something you can hold in your hand. The big filing cabinet in my closet is filled with Christmas cards, letters from friends, birthday cards, and many other little memories. And the unique things about each letter reminds me of my dear friends who sent them. I remember the one time a friend sent me a card that had been hand made in the country from which her family was adopting two little boys. And my pen-pal whose envelopes always come covered in stickers and funny doodles. So these next three posts I dedicate to those friends who send me little envelopes full of sunshine, and make my life a little sweeter. :-)


On my last birthday my grandma and grandpa sent me a little box filled with treasures and wrapped up in the cutest wrapping paper I had ever seen. Being the silly girl that I am I carefully unwrapped my gifts and saved the wrapping paper until I could find something to use it for. Finally (months later), I had an inspiration. I cut out the adorable little woodland creatures and made cards! And so with no further ado, I give you:

Card making: Using wrapping paper.

The next couple pics are of a few different styles that I did.

I call this one the "Cut and Paste." Simply cut out the paper around the image and paste to the card. I also drew a border on mine.

This is the "Window." There's a tutorial on this one below.

This one is basically the same as the "Cut and Paste." The only difference is that I cut a square of a contrasting color wrapping paper and pasted that below the design.

Tutorial for Window Cards:

Step 1: Cut out your designs from the wrapping paper.

Step 2: Cut out card stock slightly less than twice the width of your choice envelope and slightly less than twice the length. Step 3: Fold card in 1/2.

Step 4: Cut out a rectangle/square of a contrasting color of construction paper. Make sure that this rectangle is bigger than your design. 

Step 5: (No pic). Mark a rectangle slightly SMALLER than your design on your construction paper.

Step 6: Cut out the inner rectangle. (Note: You could skip this step and paste the design on top of the rectangle, I just like to do stuff the hard way ;-)).

Step 7: Paste down design.

Step 8: Paste down your window.

And voila! You have a cute personal card to send to a friend!

And because I just happened to have a picture I give you. . . Messy desk. :-)

Thank you all so much for reading this blog post. Have a wonderful Labor day!

Bible Verse: 
Galatians 3:8
"There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus."

Blessings,
Sarah