The Heart2Heart blog challenge this week was to create a card that is "out of shape" (not rectangular or square) - what fun!! Real women have lots of curves right?... and so aparently does my latest creation! Here is the curvy Christmas card I made this evening using one of my favorite new little nifty stamp sets - "A Timber" (it's an A-size stamp set, sells for just $7.95). I also used our Mistletoe papers X7130B and Mistletoe assortment of embellishments Z1330 with Cocoa sponging and Cocoa ribbon (adhered in place to make it look like a Christmas gift/present).
In case you're wondering how I came up with this curvy shape for my card, the answer is simple. I used one of the pages from our My Creations All-Sorts Mini Albums Z1224 as a guide to trace the pattern and form the front of my card (card front measures 6.25" tall by 5" wide at the mid-point).
Here is a view of the back-side of my card (below) so you can see that I adhered my card front to a 3x6" cardstock base (a 6x6" square of cardstock before it was folded in half). This was just my way of trying to keep the cutting for the card base as simple as possible. It's also a good reminder that you can't always judge a book by it's cover, lol.
Finally, if you've never seen the All-Sorts Mini Album Z1224, here's another view of this album with one of the white chipboard pages covered and decorated up a bit (although, it is still in need of some photos and journaling, so this little album isn't quite complete yet). The papers I used to cover this page are from the Twitterpated X7118B paper pack (which is still currently available to order, but it is on the retired list making it still available, but only while supplies last).
In case you're wondering how I came up with this curvy shape for my card, the answer is simple. I used one of the pages from our My Creations All-Sorts Mini Albums Z1224 as a guide to trace the pattern and form the front of my card (card front measures 6.25" tall by 5" wide at the mid-point).
Here is a view of the back-side of my card (below) so you can see that I adhered my card front to a 3x6" cardstock base (a 6x6" square of cardstock before it was folded in half). This was just my way of trying to keep the cutting for the card base as simple as possible. It's also a good reminder that you can't always judge a book by it's cover, lol.
Finally, if you've never seen the All-Sorts Mini Album Z1224, here's another view of this album with one of the white chipboard pages covered and decorated up a bit (although, it is still in need of some photos and journaling, so this little album isn't quite complete yet). The papers I used to cover this page are from the Twitterpated X7118B paper pack (which is still currently available to order, but it is on the retired list making it still available, but only while supplies last).
6 comments:
Great card! Thanks for showing now only how you got the cool front, but also that it's only a front. That is really clever.
This is a great shaped card Jen. I love your stamping with the A-Timber set as well. Thanks so much for joining us at H2H this week!
Oh Yes, VERY clever! Beautiful card; Thank you for sharing a fabulous idea! :)
Very resourceful! Wonderful design and super cute Christmas card! Thanks for playing along with us at Heart 2 Heart challenges!
Great shape, love how you came up with the idea, it displays the image very nicely. Thanks for playing along with H2H.
This is very cute. Love how you used the mini album as a guide.
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