I stated with a template available as a download and customized the Designer Series paper and embellishment.
After printing the card front on my home printer, I mounted it on a Soft Suede background. It was a quick, fun card, but it seemed flat and commercial rather than handmade and personal. So I added extra pages to my project, copied the card elements to a separate page, and printed the card elements individually
Then I hand cut the elements while I was watching TV and popped up the elements on dimensional to make this card. I sponged the edges with Soft Suede and added buttons and twine.
While I was printing my card elements, I also up-sized the digital top note element to make a text block for the inside of my card. I rarely add elements to the inside of my cards; but with My Digital studio, it is so easy -- why not?
I also personalized one of the card front images for my brother's birthday.