I must say this was a very special Christmas for us. Our youngest daughter, Kaitlyn, was proposed to on Christmas morning by her boyfriend, Robert. I am happy to say she accepted his proposal. She has already started the wedding planning. While no date is set yet, she is working to ensure the details will be exactly what she wants. I could not be more happy for her. Robert is a wonderful young man and we are looking forward to having him as a son-in-law.
Our oldest daughter, Heather, also had wonderful news to share with us. She has gone back to school and made a 4.0 gpa for this past semester! She received a formal letter of congratulations from the school. We are so proud of her achievement!!
As promised, I am going to share with you a birthday card I made for Robert's birthday. I took lots of photos of this card and am going to share it with you for a few days in order to break down the components. Now as I am typing this for you, I am also preparing to begin keeping my nephew once again as his mommy goes back to teaching. I am going to try to get 2 to 3 blogs in per week so it may take a week or so to show you all the components of this card. Let's begin, shall we.
I think last year was my year for tri-fold cards. I made quite a few of them for my relatives. This one has to be one of my favorites. I love the Minions and since Robert is a fan of the Avengers, I chose to pair them together in this awesome card. The color scheme I went with is Real Red, Night of Navy and Whisper White. To start this card, you will need a 5 1/2" x 12" piece of red card stock.
You will need to score it from top to bottom at 2", 4", 8" and 10".
Then you will turn it lengthwise. You will measure 1 1/2" from each
side and mark it on the 2" score line and the 10" score line. Using a
ruler to help you, take your craft knife an cut from the 2" to the 10"
line. This is what creates the panels for you to fold. The panels were made using the navy and white card stock. I measure the panels one
by one and then cut my card stock. The panels were run through my big shot using the honeycomb textured impression folder. Panels are attached with runner
adhesive.
Here's a top view of the card. I love how this one looks when it is open. Whoever came up with this nifty fold is a genius!!
Here is a flat view of the card. I forgot to take a photo of it folded up but I think that's okay. I know I took folded ones of some of the other tri-fold cards.
In my next blog, I will share the words on the cards and one of the Minion characters with you. I hope you will return to see them. Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you will continue to visit with me throughout this year. See you next time!!!!