Tuesday, August 5, 2008

Created by Hand / Crazy Amigo

The Created by Hand challenge this week is to make a Quietfire Pin-back card. The Crazy Amigo has an open/free theme for a couple of weeks, so I am using this entry for both of the challenges. I will probably attach this 5x5 card to some card stock and send as a birthday card to someone.
I have used a bought scrapbook paper instead of doing a marbled paper card, brown card stock, and blue card stock. 

I found this somewhat difficult to make. Probably someone more precise than I would not have the trouble cutting with the Xacto knife that I had. Also, I started with a brown 5x5 card stock and cut a decorative paper slightly smaller. I first made a 2x2 hole in the center of the decorative paper and then made the X in the brown card stock to line up with the cut out square.

The brown flaps are folded back and secured with brads. The center blue is a small 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 inch square that I stamped and glued to the back of the card so that the message peeks out.

16 comments:

  1. great background, very stylish!

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  2. Beautiful "happy birthday" card.
    Love the color that you have used.

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  3. Beautiful card Faye! Great colours

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  4. Great job with this Faye! I love the bright colors!

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  5. Faye this is beautiful - the background and colours are so bright and sunny

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  6. love the colours in the background.. these are great cards but I am like you .. its too precise it makes it difficult to do ( I decided to give up after a couple of very squint attempts) lol so well done you for getting it right.. looks great

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  7. Gorgeous papers Faye. It was trickier than it looked, wasn't it? Especially if you forgot the instructions half way through (like me!). I did rather wing it, but only you know that!!! ;-]

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  8. Great card! What a good idea to turn it into a birthday card! Thanks for taking the challenge!

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  9. Stricking background, a very lovely card.

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  10. This is beautiful, Faye! I love the colors you've used and the papers you've chosen! Very lovely and handsome!!

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  11. Faye, I think your card is so pretty with such beautiful colors. I have been tied up with other things today so haven't been able to get one done. You're ahead of me!
    Fort Lee as in Virginia??? Please email me at the address on the side of my blog. I have some questions for you. I think we have an area of the country in common!

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  12. Wow wow wow this is really gorgeous.
    Amazing piece.

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  13. aaah you did a birthday card too :) It's wonderful!
    Thanks for your kind words on mine, just one? What does kpb stand for? i'm no good at these abbreviations (sp?)
    Cannot wait to see you starch papers :)

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  14. Ahh well Faye forget the kpb remark, my eye fell on the keys of my keyboard, the j happens to be next to the k and the p to the o, that solves it *lol*

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