I saw a cute card in Crafts 'n Things/Apr '08 and decided to make my own version. I started with white cardstock and cut a window in the front.
Since the word "relax" is 5 letters I needed 6 papers of different colors to make the pockets for the tags.
I cut the papers 3 inches tall and wide enough to fit behind the cutout.
Next I scored each paper down the center and folded in half.
Each of the papers when attached behind the cutout form a shallow pocket. I made sure the folded edge faced up and the raw edges were in the back. I taped all the edges on the back so the pockets would form.
As you can see from the finished card, the letters for "relax" are placed in the pockets and are glued in each pocket. For the letters I punched out tag shapes and printed each tag with a different letter.
After arranging the letters to my satisfaction I shortened the tags to fit the pockets.
I used a stamp from Whipper Snapper Designs called "Poolside Chicken" that epitomized "relax". After coloring it I trimmed it out and then realized it was kind of floppy so I attached it to a stiff piece of clear plastic and then attached it to the card with foam dots.
Looks like I'm on a chicken kick, lol! Today's card started with a printed version of the harlequin. I didn't color or stamp it because I decided it looked something like chicken wire and that gave me the idea for today.
I don't remember where I ran across these cute ballerinas but I thought they were so cute. I used yellow colored pencil to make hay around the edges, added the sentiment and voila'!
I did something a little different today. I took the base card and embossed the front with Cuttlebug's "Tiny Mosaic" embossing folder. Then I stamped the harlequin in brown on top of the embossing.
I used stamps from Whipper Snapper Designs to make the hen and her chickies with "nesting hen" and "hen and chicks". I used a marker to make extra grass for the hen. The sentiment is done with Microsoft Word.
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