Please welcome Design Team Expert Linda Auclair to the blog today. She uses the darling gear elements in the "All About a Boy" collection to create this charming birthday card.
I love having a stash of “all occasion” cards on hand for a birthday that snuck up on me, a thank you or for sending a quick note to a friend to say hi. I keep a drawer of paper scraps under my scrapbooking table; and when I have stickers and embellishments out from making a layout, I’ll often put together a quick card or two before I put away my collection. That way I always have cards on hand when I need them. This quick card is perfect for a masculine birthday or note card using the "All About a Boy" patterned papers and the coordinating Element Sticker sheet. It is easily assembled using scraps and you can dress the stickers up with brads if you wish and make it a one of a kind creation.
Materials Needed:
All About a Boy “Scrabble” patterned paper (denim B side)
All About a Boy “Games” patterned paper
All About a Boy “Adventure” patterned paper (orange houndstooth B side)
All About a Boy Element Stickers
For the Record 2 Documented Brads
Foam Fape
Sewing Machine
Instructions:
1. Cut a 5 x 7 rectangle from the “Scrabble” patterned paper (if attaching to a pre-made card, otherwise cut 10x7 and fold in half). Machine stitch around the edges of the cardstock approximately ½" from the edge.
2. Cut a large spinner shape from the “Games” paper, a 2.25" diameter circle from the orange houndstooth B side of the “Adventure” paper, and a 1.75" diameter circle and a 1" diameter circle from the yellow reverse of the “Games” paper. Center the blue gear sticker on the orange houndstooth print, the blue gameboard on the yellow print and the small orange gear sticker on the 1 inch circle.
3. Mount the small dial sticker and the sentiment sticker with foam tape. Accent the centers of the gear stickers and the large spinner circle with brads.
4. Following the example shown, layer paper cut outs, and sticker shapes from the Element Stickers sheet to create a cluster in the center of the card. Accent with the stickers backed with foam tape, and additional brads as desired.
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