I tried out a new style card for Mother's Day for my sister. I got the pattern from Penny and you can get it here.
I printed out different plaid sheets, tiles and a pyramid sheet that are all from Penny. I took the tile and repeated it 12 times on a sheet in Microsoft Word and printed it out on glossy banner paper. The rest of the sheets were also printed on the same type of paper.
I covered all the surfaces of the front of the card with the various pieces of the plaid sheets. Then I attached the pyramid pieces and the teabag medallion. Next the sentiments were added and lastly I applied "gems" to the medallion and the four inner corners.
Here is a side view that shows a close up of the back section.
This view is from the other side showing the pyramid head on.
This is what the front looks like when folded. It fits in a business envelope.
The teabag medallion is a pinwheel pattern shown on page 13 in Tea-Bag Folding by Suzanne McNeil.
I can't believe Mother's Day is here again. It seems like just yesterday when I made my sister this card!
I got the idea from Kaboose and made my own version. My sister likes red so I changed the color palette. I punched flowers out of various patterned red and white paper (two punches for each flower). I had some red wire and cut a piece for each flower. Then I glued the wire to the wrong side of one punched flower and the matching flower piece on top of that. I cut a piece of styrofoam and glued inside the window box. I added glue to the wire tips and poked them into the styrofoam.
I punched a border design ("Diamond" by Fiskars) to add to the front of the window box. I also added patterned paper to the inside so it would show through the window. The sentiment was done with Microsoft Word. The window valence is real lace!
Here is a closeup of the window box. Since the card was so dimensional I had to send it in a box! LOL
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