Stuart is a big Dora fan, and I had bought him some Dora jigsaws, then got the wrapping paper to match and began thinking "how can I do a card to match?" I do like to try and match the card to the wrapping or gift, and when I had another look at the paper I realised I should be able to pull this off! I used the EK 1 1/2" circle Whale of a Punch and Carl CP1 star on the card base, the wooden letters are ones I picked up from a cheapie shop some time ago and had never used, and I painted them with some Folk Art paint that I had on hand. I made the white layer for the letters by laying them upside down on the back of the white card and tracing around them with a pencil (letting the pencil's width to create the margin). Now that it is all together I am thinking the circles should have something on them as they look a little bare, but I can't think what I could do to them that wouldn't detract from the name. I also contemplated putting "the birthday boy" on in the same way the Dora logo has "the explorer", but couldn't think of a reasonably simple and quick method. Anyway, no chance to do anything now, it goes postal tomorrow morning.
Tuesday, February 06, 2007
Wrapping Paper CASE
It is my nephew's birthday on Thursday, and I only got around to making his card today (I will be posting it, so it's not like I could do it on the day and it still be on time!). I've had this basic plan in mind for quite some time, but there was a lot of nutting out to do when it came to construction time.
Stuart is a big Dora fan, and I had bought him some Dora jigsaws, then got the wrapping paper to match and began thinking "how can I do a card to match?" I do like to try and match the card to the wrapping or gift, and when I had another look at the paper I realised I should be able to pull this off! I used the EK 1 1/2" circle Whale of a Punch and Carl CP1 star on the card base, the wooden letters are ones I picked up from a cheapie shop some time ago and had never used, and I painted them with some Folk Art paint that I had on hand. I made the white layer for the letters by laying them upside down on the back of the white card and tracing around them with a pencil (letting the pencil's width to create the margin). Now that it is all together I am thinking the circles should have something on them as they look a little bare, but I can't think what I could do to them that wouldn't detract from the name. I also contemplated putting "the birthday boy" on in the same way the Dora logo has "the explorer", but couldn't think of a reasonably simple and quick method. Anyway, no chance to do anything now, it goes postal tomorrow morning.
Stuart is a big Dora fan, and I had bought him some Dora jigsaws, then got the wrapping paper to match and began thinking "how can I do a card to match?" I do like to try and match the card to the wrapping or gift, and when I had another look at the paper I realised I should be able to pull this off! I used the EK 1 1/2" circle Whale of a Punch and Carl CP1 star on the card base, the wooden letters are ones I picked up from a cheapie shop some time ago and had never used, and I painted them with some Folk Art paint that I had on hand. I made the white layer for the letters by laying them upside down on the back of the white card and tracing around them with a pencil (letting the pencil's width to create the margin). Now that it is all together I am thinking the circles should have something on them as they look a little bare, but I can't think what I could do to them that wouldn't detract from the name. I also contemplated putting "the birthday boy" on in the same way the Dora logo has "the explorer", but couldn't think of a reasonably simple and quick method. Anyway, no chance to do anything now, it goes postal tomorrow morning.
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What an awesome, awesome idea!
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