Hello everyone :) I am so happy to "see" you here.
I made an apron card quite a while back and I thought it might be fun to revisit it. Serving as a card and gift card holder, this little apron would be fun for just about anyone to receive
Supplies:
Basic Grey 12"x12" Collection Pack, Nook and Pantry
Adirondack Dye Ink Pad, Espresso
COPIC Sketch Marker RV11, Pink
start by creating a stencil. Of course the greatest perk to designing your own shaped card is being able to use it over and over again. When you design a card with scrap paper, it's alright to sketch and make mistakes...get all the fine tuning done before committing to your patterned paper (you may only have one sheet, like I did)
I started with a standard 4 1/4 x 5 1/2" card base (that folds at the top and not the side). I also made a pocket. It's alright to fold it because it's your scrap "play" paper
when my patterns have a straight edge, I like to line up one or two of the edges on my paper so that I only need to cut the other two...this helps to keep the lines straight. You will achieve much better results this was as opposed to tracing your pattern in the center of the paper
Trace the pattern onto the back side of your paper
erase the lines and you are left with a perfect card base with pocket.
I cut a thin strip of the paper for the strap, machine sewed around the edge and pulled out some fun felt flower buttons to add to the card. I felt that the yellow was too bright, so I needed to dull the color down.
I chose a pink Copic marker since the paper color was a peach tone...pink and yellow make peach...perfect!
After the ink set in, I decided that I preferred the backside where the ink seeped through and showed off the faux stitches...I liked this look better.
Finish off this card with a gift card for Starbucks. Who is also in the moos for some coffee, right now?
Thanks for stopping by, you always make my week brighter
