Wow! I have had this post queued up since the New Year. I can’t believe it has taken me this long to
get around to posting it. As we all know
life just sometimes gets in the way.
Luckily it was nothing overtly dramatic, just life itself. So I created this card for my Mother in law
for Christmas. Now if you dust the
cobwebs from my blog you will remember I did a similar felt flower pin in
November. I decided to dress it up a bit
and add some beads to it. There are
plenty of tutorials on how to make the pin on the internet. TBH it is very simple and I’m not going to
re-invent the wheel here. The big thing
I had to overcome is how to adhere it to my card so the recipient wouldn’t
destroy the card taking it off AND getting it into an envelope.
I was very lucky as my dear husband gave me a Grand Caliber
for Christmas (when I found an incredible end of stock deal) that he let me use
before Christmas. I’m sure it helped
that I explained my concept that I needed it for a card for his mother *wink,
wink* I used some of my hoarded lovingly
acquired stash of Christmas cardstock that will most likely last me through my
old age and then some. I liked the idea
of the repetition of flowers, even though they weren’t identical to the one I
made. I think it was more important to
have the continuity of idea and colors.
I cut one of the largest sizes for the front of the card and some
American Craft cardstock for the background.
I think off set the large die and cut it to fit on the front of my large
card. I used some Versamark and gold
embossing powder on the edges of the die cut to make it pop from the background
a bit more. I used a smaller die to make
a base for the flower pin. Stamped and
embossed the pin base and the card base.
My brain storm came when I used fun foam to create depth needed to put
the pin on the small base and not mark the larger die cut on the card. I used repositionable glue on the pin base so
that it could easily be removed from the card.
My next brainwave was how to package the card. Now it is at this point that I probably need
to point out that I was sending this as part of a larger package to my in-laws
with presents and other cards enclosed.
Space was a premium. I have to
admit I was rather impressed with myself for thinking about making a peek-a-boo
window in the envelope itself for the pin to pop through. My family said it was as if Rudolph got nosy!
Hopefully the pictures make it all pretty self explanatory. Let me know if you have any questions.
Ingredients
Card size - 8.5in x 5.5in
Cardstock – Neenah Classic Crest,
American Crafts
Stamps – Inkadinkado “Warm Holiday
Wishes”, Kitchen Sink Stamps “Whole Family”
Ink – Versamark
Accessories – Gold Embossing
Powder, Spellbinders Grand Dies, Fun Foam, Felt, pin back, Beads, wiring,
Technique – Stamping with heat embossing
