Fun challenge! Use a bug or make a get well card or... I chose both! Actually I made this card a good while back and until now, totally forgot about it. I guess like DH always says when I ask if a show is a rerun, "if you haven't seen it, it's new to you".
The images are DRS Designs. I took a top folded 4.25 x 5.50 card, placed it in a large die w/ the top edge of the card just inside the cutting edge and die cut it to get this shape. I took smaller sizes of the same die and cut them to make the sentiment panels. Another die was used for the one under the jar. I kept the dies in place and sponged color on all of them. While I was engineering this card, I had it in my head that the bugs needed to be in a jar. So I drew a jar and stamped the bugs (dragonflies) inside. I made a jar lid out of some silver card stock and put it on top.
For the fold down sentiment, I cut the inside panel much like I did the card. I took a slightly longer c/s piece and folded it about an inch from the edge then made sure it was inside the cutting edge of the die. I cut two more (regular) panels of the same size. On the folded one, I stamped the inside greeting then glued the folded flap between the dragonfly panel and the outside greeting panel (like a c/s sandwich). I attached a little doodad (I know these have a name but it totally escapes me, lol) w/ a brad to hold it closed. A few punched dragonflies were added and I colored their wings w/ a clear glitter gel pen.
Thanks so much for looking! Closeups are Here. My blog:The Write Stuff. Sorry! I had to delete a bunch of really old posts from my blog & this is one of them. But you can still see this post on the DRS Blog linked above.
Date: Friday, March 30, 2012 GMT Views: 1788
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Stamps: DRS Designs -One Line Caught a Bug?, Caught a Bug Greeting, Flower/Dragonfly Postage Frame
Paper: white
Paper Size: A2
Ink: VersaFine onyx, Kaleidacolor Caribbean Sea
Accessories: Spellbinders labels 2 & 8 dies, Tombow markers, clear glitter gel pen, dragonfly punches, doodad whatchamacallit (wow, spell check did not light up at that word!) & tiny brad to hold the panel closed
Registered: March 9, 2005 Location: OH Posts: 28552
Fri, Mar 30, 2012 @ 10:34 AM
Julie, this is so stinkin' cute! Love the way the card opens up. Brilliant design.
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Registered: April 4, 2008 Location: Sahuarita, Arizona originally from New Brunswick, Canada Posts: 18436
Fri, Mar 30, 2012 @ 11:52 AM
wow, this is delightful... love the way you made the bottom part of the card so that it can open up and show a sentiment.... wonderful work... love it.....