Inspired

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 1^st 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!!