Engagement Card

My little brother just got engaged, so I made this card to celebrate the engagement. I am very happy for my brother - his fiance is very nice. Welcome to the family Erin!!

I saw a similar card made by Anna Griffin, I believe that it was meant as an invitation. She had an entire series of invitations that spelled out things like PARTY, DRINKS, HOHO, JINGLE. When I spotted her cards I thought I could come up with something similar. My card might not do her card justice!

I made my card to fit into a business envelope (4x9.5 inches). There are 2 pieces to this card the front (IDO!) and the back. The front and back are held together with an eyelet and the ribbon is threaded thru the eyelet. To view the sayings on the inside of the card you have to twist the top (hope that makes sense).

I thought I would also share the quote I put on the inside ... 'Love one another and you will be happy. It's as simple and as difficult as that!' - Michael Leunig

Merry Christmas

There is one of the four eyelet cards that I made as Christmas gifts. (see previous post to see all four cards). In the spirit of Christmas and giving -- I am giving away this cutfile! If you would like to download this SVG click here.

I hope that everyone has a wonderful and joyous Christmas!

Christmas Cards

I finished up my Christmas cards several weeks ago and they should in the hands of my freinds and family. I hope that they enjoy the cards, as I enjoyed making all 28 of them!

I made the front of my card plain black with a cream colored belly band. I kept the front very plain as the insides had a big sirprise -- a Christmas scene.

A2 Card Box

I have had a couple of request for the card boxes that I used in the previous post. So if you would like to have the cutfiles for these just click on the blue links.

A2 card box top

A2 card box bottom

I am sharing these files as .SCUT files rather than the usual .SVG files. I am sharing the .SCUT files so that the files are sizes correctly for standard A2 cards and envelopes.

You may notice on my files that I don't score the fold lines in Inkscape, personally don't like the little holes that it makes in the paper (I manually score the lines on my paper cutter with a score blade). On this particular file it should be very easy to tell where to score the lines from the notches on the tabs. To glue the tabs I used a Herma Dot runner but I am sure you could use anything from double sided tape, Glue Dots, to Zig pens.

In the previous post you will notice that the card boxes have clear tops, I just used clear overhead transparency film. You can find transparency film at any office supply store or copy center. By the way, I have found that the Glue Dots work really well on the transparency film in that they look invisible - but again almost any adhesive would work.




I have also had a couple of questions about my Cards in the previous post....

'Where did I get my cutfiles?' -- I designed them in Inkscape! I normally love Inkscape - but I have been very frustrated with it lately, I have a new Mac (love my Mac) but it is not very compatible with the latest version of Inkscape -- hopefully they will fix the bugs soon!

'Would I share the cutfiles?' -- I did share one of the cards in a previous post - so if you were one of the 300 people that downloaded the card. I may share other card files at a later date - so stay tuned Christmas is coming. My thoughts on sharing ... I like to share especially if it is a simple file that doesn't take much of my time, but some of the files have been time consuming to design.

'How did I get the colored paper to adhere to the white card?' -- First I cut a piece of colored cardstock to the standard A2 size (4 x 5.5 inches). To adhere this colored cardstock to the underside of the card front, I simply used my Herma Dot runner and put glue in a few places here and there and the along the top and sides. I also use a piece of scratch paper under the cards as I applied the glue, as the glue often got into the cut spaces. Honestly you could use any type of adhesive!

Hope all that made sense! If you have anymore questions, let me know.

christmas Gifts

Whew, I am finally done with all my christmas gifts!

I have made 11 boxes of 8 cards each - that makes 88 cards total! I made the finished gift boxes very simple with a clear top. I just tried with a ribbon and included a tag. I like the clear tops so that they can see into the box - I didn't see the need to wrap as the cards were pretty themselves.

And my sister wants to know what I have been doing and why I have not been posting anything. Right Lori - well now you know.



Here is a photo of the finished cards that are going into the gift boxes.

Glass Etching

Here is a glass christmas ornament that I etched, using the Silverbells stencil. Sorry about the photograph - I tried several times to get a good photo.
While I had the etching cream out, I put my name on a glass baking pan. I am thinking this is pan will be good for those potluck dinners - that way I can get my pan back!!

If you are thinking about etching you own baking pan, make sure that you etch the back side of the dish away from the food. Remember that you will also have to 'mirror image' the words if you put the words on the back of the glass baking pan. The baking pan will be dishwasher safe and food safe.

For both of these projects I used cheap contact paper to make my stencils. I also found out that dry wall mesh tape is a really good substitute for transfer tape.

silverbell - dry embossed

Here is a 'Dry Embossed' silver bells card - using the previous post's SVG. If you haven't noticed the last couple SVG that I have posted are stencils. I like stencils so that I can dry emboss. I also have a glass etching project done with with stencil - I will post later.

If you would like to try this dry embossing technique - you will need to cut out 2 designs in a heavy cardstock (I used heavy kraft paper) and glue them together. Once you glue them together you can dry emboss by hand --- or --- use a cuttlebug. I have a previous post showing how to do this with some angel wings.

Bells

This is a variation of the previous post image, I just used the holly and bells - no words. I am still playing around with some christmas cards. If you would like the SVG click here.