I just returned from the Close to My Heart
Convention in Disneyland and I had a blast.
This was my first convention so everything was new and exciting. I do have to say though one of the most
exciting things I did while I was there was to participate in a card swap with
other Close to My Heart Consultants. My word,
are there some really talented ladies out there. However, there was one card that really hit
my fancy and I came home and just had to figure out how to make it. I want to be sure though to give full credit
to the designer of this beautiful card, Veta Evans.
Here is my take on the card (I made a few small
changes but nothing to big because it was already beautiful:
Ok so how is it made, well start with a 4 ¼ x 5 ½” colonial
white card base.
Then I began to
assemble my pinwheels (I found that if I cut and mounted the pattered paper
onto the colonial white card stock before gluing the pinwheels they had more stability
and were easier to assemble). So I cut
three each colonial white card stock to 1 ½ x 1 ½” square and did the same with
three each of the patterned papers, I used balloon ride from Close to My Heart
here (I do like that the CTMH papers are two sided and coordinating which makes
them perfect for a project like this one and any of the papers would look great as a pinwheel).
I cut the patterned piece as shown below (cut diagonally from the
corners without cutting through).
I then put a dot of liquid glass (the most amazing
adhesive I have ever used) in the center and brought each of the corners to the
center as shown to create the pinwheel and topped each with a little
bling. These pinwheel squares were then
mounted onto a double mat (I used the same paper I used on the pinwheels and
just alternated the sides showing) they were cut to 2 x 5 ¼” and 1 7/8” x 5 1/8”. I then cut off about ½” of the bottom front
of the card and placed a strip of coordinating paper that was ¾ x 5 ½” on the
inside of the card as an accent. Finally
I stamped the card with sentiment from the Joyful Birthday stamp set (B1419)
using the new Glacier ink being debuted on August 1st as part of the
new Close to My Hearts Annual Inspirations Idea Book (contact me to see how you
can earn a free copy of this $6 – 193 page, 8 ½ x 11” inspiration and idea
book).
For supplies for this project and more visit my
website at www.craftwithronnie.ctmh.com
or click on the shopping cart at the beginning of this blog. Happy Crafting!!