A card made for a little princess in your life. This card was made using a glittered pineapple 4x6 card stock paper as the primary background. The crown was made using a golden snowflake punch-out cut in half. We settled on a foam-green colored textured circle to center the fuchsia glittered paper heart. We added… Continue reading A Heart and Crown Birthday Card
Category: Cards For Her
The “Be Brave” Princess Card
"Creativity takes courage." - Henri Matisse. Be brave! This "Be Brave"" princess card is a dainty gift we mailed to one of our nieces. This niece of ours loves painting, drawing and other forms of mixed media art. We thought it was fitting that we honor that spirit. We also duplicated the working parts of… Continue reading The “Be Brave” Princess Card
A Tale of Two Bridal Shower Cards: Part 1 (The Origami Dress)
"Learn to bend and not break" is advice from Married for Life: Inspirations from those married for 50 years or more published by Hallmark. Liz picked up the book from a local CVS store more than 5 years ago. And this past weekend, we put the book to good use when we made this this… Continue reading A Tale of Two Bridal Shower Cards: Part 1 (The Origami Dress)
Homemade Cards Fit for a Queen
"You can't wear a crown with your head down" - Beyoncé, from the trailer to her visual album Black is King. Sometimes, it's the spoken and written words that inspire our card designs. For one, Angie mentioned this quote that week. Liz received an email that wives are to be "cherished and treated like a… Continue reading Homemade Cards Fit for a Queen
How to Make Paper Roses For a Homemade Card
This rose card can be sent to your mom, a loved one, or anyone who enjoys flowers. Once you know how to make roses, you can go forth and design roses to place on top of any blank or upcycled card. Embellish with any pearl or gem stickers. The muse for behind this card was… Continue reading How to Make Paper Roses For a Homemade Card
Origami Cupcake Birthday Card
I love discovering origami designs that can be placed on a homemade card. This origami cupcake fold is an interesting add-on to birthday cards. You can find so many tutorials online for this origami cupcake so we aren't including it here for now. We used double sided cardstock paper for this cupcake. We glued the… Continue reading Origami Cupcake Birthday Card