This card is for a
young man, so I needed something not too 'frilly' ... I think this suits
perfectly!
I cut an 8 1/2 x 11
sheet of paper in half, to create a folded 4 1/4 x 5 1/2" card. Using my 1
3/8" square whale of a punch, I took a 'bite' out of the bottom, right hand
corner.
On the right hand,
inside of the card, I covered the bottom third with a coordinating,
patterned paper, ensuring that it was high enough to cover the square
'bite' so there wouldn't be a visible space from the front. The top
portion was a white piece, so I could write my greeting.
From the front,
eye-ball the placement of the 'grad' metal plaque and centre it through the
space, adhering it to the inside of the card.
Using the QK mini
Metro font, I diecut the letters and numbers to spell 'Grad 2008' and adhered
them to the front.
I threaded the metal
ribbon slider with 3/4" sheer sparkly white ribbon. Once desired placement
of the slider had been achieved, I glued it down to the front of the card and
then pulled both ends of the ribbon around to the inside and adhered them to the
inside cover, overlapping and neatly trimming the ends.
Tip: When I
mail cards that have embellishments on the front such as this, or rhinestones, I
take the other half of the 8 1/2 x 11 piece of paper, fold it and slip the card
in between. This gives added protection when the envelope goes through the
auto stamper/sorter at the post office. Alternatively, you may request
that it be 'hand canceled' which would also save wear and tear on your
card.
Cheers!
Kerry
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