Friday, October 12, 2012

Pretty patchwork envelope

I'm in love with this birthday card that I made for my niece. First off, it uses products from some of my favourite companies (Basic Grey for papers, Pollycraft for the digi, Spellbinders for the dies) but it also gave me a chance to try a new technique!

The image is an old one from Tales from Pollycraft (the store is closed down but you can still get her images from Little Miss Muffet Stamps) and it is perfect for my niece - swear it even looks like her! I coloured the image using Copic markers. All of the papers used on the card are from Basic Grey. The digi is framed using a Spellbinders die cut and the sentiment is a rub-on over another Spellbinders die cut.

I wanted to make a long card but didn't have an envelope that would fit - instead of making an envelope, I used one of those reply envelopes that you get inside bills and altered it according to an article I recently read (which magazine? hmmm). It was such fun digging out scraps of paper and gluing them to the envelope. I finished off by running a brayer over top so everything was really adhered. And "voila" a custom envelope that also used up a bunch of paper scraps from my ever-expanding bucket oh scraps!

That's it for now although I'll be posting soon with another birthday card for another niece ... reminder to self: finish that card ASAP before I miss her birthday! LOL.

Challenges:
Card Mania - happy birthday
Craft Us Crazy - children
Crafts and Me - anything goes
Divas by Design - anything goes
Simon Says Stamp - dies/punches

And these challenges for the envelope only:
Craft Room Challenge - alter it
Party time Tuesdays - anything but a card
Penny's Paper-Crafty - anything but a card
Unstampabelles - recycle/repurpose

18 comments:

  1. Lovely envelope - a great way to use up scraps - will definitely put this idea on the 'to try' list. Thanks for joining in our Recycling challenge at UnstampaBelles.

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  2. What a super idea. Must try that as my ever expending collection is about to take over the house! Thanks for joining in the fun at Unstampabelles and hope to see you again!

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  3. Lovely card, your niece will be soo happy!
    thanks for join us at Craft us crazy challenge

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  4. What a terrific way to use up all those scraps. Thanks for joining in our recycling challenge at Unstampabelles. I will be trying this out very soon.

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  5. Great idea and super project! Thank you for sharing with us at the Craft Room this fortnight. x

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  6. The card is beautiful and very colorful! Thanks for joining us at Card Mania Challenges! Good luck and hope you'll join us again.

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  7. The card is beautiful. This idea is super.Thanks for joining us at Card Mania Challenges!

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  8. BEAUTIFUL card wondfurl bright and colourful perfect for birthdays ..Thank you for playing along at Card Mania Challenges!

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  9. What a darling school girl! She reminds me of way-back-when when I had to wear black eye-glasses to school. My mother had chosen them LOL thanks for sharing a great card shape, too

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  10. Beautiful card and such a great idea for the envelope. I use Feline Playful all the time- the blog is a brilliant idea and thanks so much for all the hard work you and the team put in. There are times when I lose my mojo and Having Feline Playul to help me choose some challenges gets me back in the zone. Huge thanks again.

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  11. Beautiful card and such a great idea for the envelope. I use Feline Playful all the time- the blog is a brilliant idea and thanks so much for all the hard work you and the team put in. There are times when I lose my mojo and Having Feline Playul to help me choose some challenges gets me back in the zone. Huge thanks again.

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  12. A brilliant idea, this looks fabulous! I love the colourful papers. Thanks for joining in with our Alter It theme over at the Craft-Room Challenge.

    Maria xxxxx

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  13. This is such fun! I love all the patterns! Thanks for joining us at Penny's papercrafty this week.
    tammy DT

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  14. Fab idea and a super cute project. Thanks for sharing it with us as Craft Room Challenge and good luck. Julia xxxx

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  15. Very nice! bravo! thanks for playing with PPC.

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  16. Fantastic card. Thanks for joining us this time at Diva's
    Hugs
    Jayne

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  17. Great bookmark! Thanks for playing along with the Dies and/or Punches challenge over at the Simon Says Stamp Challenge Blog!

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  18. So cute, and what a creative way to reuse a reply envelope! Great job and thanks for playing along at the Unstampabelles Challenge!

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