Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Graduation Journal

I am working on some Graduation Gifts. There are personalized journals, that they can right down their dreams, goals for their future & also what God does in their lives' along the way. This is the 2nd one I made & I love how it turned out.






I bought $3 journals from Big Lots. This is what I started with.










I pried open the binding with my hands & took the covers off.









This is what my finished covers looked like. I painted the spine part of the cover where the holes are.  I sanded it some first so the paint would stick better. Then I cut the cover card stock about 1" larger than the cover on 3 sides. Then I notched out the corners by cutting up to the corner from each edge. Then I cut little slivers off those cuts. That helps it fold & lay nicely. I used a foam brush & put Mod Podge on the cover then placed my card stock on it. Then I turned the cover over & put Mod Podge where the cover would fold over to the inside & pressed it all down smooth. Then I cut the inside piece about 1/8" short on 3 sides & put Mod Podge on the cover & then adhered the inside piece down. After that I cut out & adhered the bird, name, and believe. I also stickled the word believe so it would stand out better. Make sure it is completely dry before brushing Mod Podge smoothly over all the cover. It dries clear but you will still see any brush strokes so I try to brush it all in the same direction & make it look nice. Repeat all the steps for the back cover but don't embellish. On this journal I ran out of paper, so the inside of the back cover was too small so I made a folder out of another scrap piece I had. Another mess up I fixed was where the flower is on the inside of the back cover. Some of the paper riped when I was applying Mod Podge so I cut out the flower from the patterned paper & covered it with it. So make your mistakes into works of art.




After all of it dries put the covers back in the binding & gently pinch the binding back together.



Here is the graduation card I designed to go along with the journal.

Sunday, June 13, 2010

Wedding Money Holder & Card


This is a Money Holder & Wedding Card from Wild Card Cartridge.

Money Holder (pg.46-shift)  6"
Bride & Groom (pg.63) 7" cut it twice,
in 2 different colors, then cut the bride & groom apart on one of them & layer.
Car (pg.63) 8"
For the Happy Couple (pg.63) 11.5"

Cake Card & Flowers (pg.63) 5"

Here is what the Cake Card & money look like inside the Money Holder.
The goal was to have a money holder but also include a card so there is a
place to write a note For the Happy Couple.

Saturday, June 12, 2010

Father's Day Fish Card

Father's Day Fish Card

Wild Card Cricut Cartridge
Everything was cut at 4.5"
I found some great coordinating cardstock
I used some scrap cording (I probably got off a pair of new shoes)
I've started saving packaging and stuff I think I might be able to use in projects.
I also raised up the frame with foam dots to give it some dimension.
I distressed it by sanding the edges & inking the edges with the
Color Box Fluid Chalk Inkpad-Chestnut Roan Cats Eye

Journals

I am working on some Graduation Gifts. There are personalized journals, that they can right down their dreams, goals for their future & also what God does in their lives' along the way.

I bought $3 journals from Big Lots. This is what I started with.


I pried open the binding with my hands & took the covers off.


This is what my finished covers looked like. I painted the spine part of the cover where the holes are. I had to paint a couple coats because the surface was so smooth. I should have sanded it some first so the paint would stick better. Then I cut the cover card stock about 1" larger than the cover on 3 sides. Then I notched out the corners by cutting up to the corner from each edge. Then I cut little slivers off those cuts. That helps it fold & lay nicely. I used a foam brush & put Mod Podge on the cover then placed my card stock on it. Then I turned the cover over & put Mod Podge where the cover would fold over to the inside & pressed it all down smooth. Then I cut the blue cardstock about 1/8" short on 3 sides & put Mod Podge on the cover & then adhered the blue cardstock down. After that I cut out & adhered the white tag, dream, and name on the cover. Then I brushed Mod Podge smoothly over all the cover. It dries clear but you will still see any brush strokes so I try to brush it all in the same direction & make it look nice. Repeat all the steps for the back cover but don't embelish.


After all of it dries put the covers back in the binding & gently pinch the binding back together.
So here is what I started with & the finished project. This one was oviously for a boy but you can make it with any colors & cardstock you choose. I plan to make some more & I will use some of the already designed words like: Believe, Hope, & Faith. I know Home Decor Cartridge has several scripty words that will work great for it.






Thursday, June 10, 2010

Working On...

I am working on making LOTS of Cards that I will be selling at a local Relay For Life. Some of the proceeds will be given to the American Cancer Society. Our young adult group has a team that will be walking at the event. We are hoping for a great night!

Also, working on Graduation gifts. I have so many graduation parties to go to. So I am making personalized journals. I found some journals at Big Lots & I am taking the covers out of the binding. Then Painting where all the holes are & covering the covers with paper & Mod Podge. Super Cute!