We had two kids birthdays this month and to start off my goal of sending/giving 30 handmade card this year, I decided to put the cards together myself. I went ahead and made 2 cards at the same time, one for each birtday. It is a super simple top-folding card design that would be super easy to replicate and make multiples of. First I made the cardbase by trimming a piece of 8.5" x 11" cardstock into two 4.25" x 11" pieces which I then scored at 5.5 on my scoring board. I then applied a piece of washi tape along each edge vertically. I stamped the Elephants and used my waterbrush and some distress ink to color them in. Once dry I fussy-cut them both. I die cut the ballon die from some green cardstock I had on hand, and used both the 2 and 3 ( I only show the 2 because the card design is exactly the same). I then glued some bakers twine to the back of the balloon, and tied a bow which I then glued on the front. Once dry I attached the elephant and placed the twine so it looks like he's holding the balloon. I cut down my card front to 3.25" x 5.5" and placed it on a same-sized piece of craft foam to give the card a bit of dimension, and then glued that onto the card base. Like I said, super simple, and I definitely plan to make a bunch of similar cards for upcoming birthdays as well.
I've included links to the supplies I used below, where I can. None of these are affiliate links, though I hope that one day in the future thats something I can begin to explore.
Elephant Stamp: Lawn Fawn Love You Tons
Washi Tape: Daiso
Green Cardstock: unknown - from my stash
White Cardstock/Card Base: Neenah Solar White Cardstock 80lb
Bakers Twine: Target Dollar Spot
Balloon Die: Avery Elle Numbered Balloon Die
Dimention Layer: Craft Foam
Black ink: Ranger Black Soot Archival Ink Mini Cube (included in the distress crayon kit)
"Watercolor": Pumice Stone Distress Ink Mini Cube
Scoring Board: Martha Stewart Crafts Scoring Board
Waterbrush: Tim Holtz Detailer Waterbrush
Adhesives: Scotch Scrapbookers Glue, Tombow Mono Dots Adhesive.
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