It's been a rough couple of weeks for me with hurting my neck and back. Don't ask. I have no idea what I did. I just woke up with a kink in my neck and it escalated from there. In the meantime, I have been stuck on the couch with an ice pack. I've been going a little stir crazy, but was able enough to put this Floral Birthday Card together for my girlfriend's 40th birthday. I really like the way it turned out, and since I couldn't shop for scrapbooking supplies, I had to settle for what I had on hand (eek, scary for me;) Check it out:
This is the paper I had on hand...hahaha, I did make some mistakes and had to scrounge around for more. It happens. Especially when you have an idea but can't quite make the pieces connect;) But then inspiration took over...
I started folding squares into fours, and then into a triangle...
Then I drew the shape I wanted to cut the flower edges into....
I cut out my shape...
...and OOPS! There goes that flower! Note to self, pay attention to the center of the paper when folding so I know where to cut...
That's better:) I only ended up needing 6 flower shapes.
I next glue-gunned some buttons for "stamens"...
Then I free-handed a "vase" (while staring at my collection of vases)...
OH! and then I realized I would have to "scrapbook" the inside of my card BEFORE I could put together the front of it. I didn't want to smash any of my pretty flowers;)
THERE! The front of my girlfriend's card:) I did attach some pink ribbon to the "dear friend" tag, and located some artificial leaves to mix up the look. It's very 3-D. I love it:)
It sure felt nice to be able to craft again!
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