Project 365/Day 14 - A Birthday Card for a Friend

Time was running out and I needed to dig into my scraps pile to create this project before day’s end. It is a birthday card I made for a friend of ours who is losing her battle with cancer. I delivered it with a little gift on Sunday to let her know that we were thinking of her. The speckled element is a coffee filter that was spritzed with Walnut ink, cut and folded. I kept all neutrals as part of the main design with one tiny accent of color...a small butterfly diecut and embossed from a beautiful paper stock from Karen Foster Designs. I stamped the make a wish verse to complete the card design. Challenge yourself to create a project using neutral colors with just a hint of color.

Beachy Grad Wishes

I know this post comes a bit late, but with my schedule lately, I haven't had much time to take photos of all my projects, format and upload. I am working on catching you up on some of my recent creations! Just wanted to share this graduation card/giftcard idea that I made for a friend who graduated recently. The concept can be used for any card & gift giving occasion.

outside view

full inside view (with gift card holder on left)

close up of gift card holder- showing gift card inside

You can size the gift card wrapper to whatever size you want to accommodate the store’s holder or you can take the gift card off the original holder and use temporary adhesive to attach it. Design note: I used up some left over scraps of patterned paper with some of my circle punches. The shells are from a retired SU set, which it still is one of my favorites. Today's challenge: Try making a card or scrapbook page using up a bunch of your old scraps!