cut out letters

card no 4

to Maria

reason thanks for sending the photos I asked for for my album

materials
card double sided patterned paper from Crate Paper + a photo of Maria & Andreas from their wedding
envelope from a roll of wrapping paper

Summer work, hiking and then first week of the new semester kept me from crafty projects, but now I decided to jump back in.

This was my first attempt in a long while to cut out letters with my knife. It turned out to be a lot easier than I expected/ remembered! Something I'll be sure to return to. I accidentally cut the letter A while the card was folded, so I had an A shape in the back of the card too. That gave me the idea to glue a photo to the backside of the card, to fill the hole. And I like how it looks. I love mistakes that make the finished result better than it would have if I hadn't made the mistake!

More info on the 40 cards project here.

wedding squares

card no 2

to Anton & Linnea

reason They're getting married

materials
card Elle Erre 260g/m2 paper in a cream color, photos, scraps
envelope Made from a plastic pocket and decorated with some rub-ons

For Anton and Linneas wedding I came up with the idea of squares and from there it wasn't difficult to fill the squares. I printed some photos of them, of the lindy hop dance floor (which is where they met) and of the woods in Dalsland (where Anton is from) and punched some other squares from scraps in pretty colors. The one with the "married" text is from an old English - Swedish dictionary I found. And then I wrote "grattis" on the last square and called it done.

More info on the 40 cards project here.

bunting flags birthday card

card no 1

to Johanna

reason It's her birthday

materials
card My usual matte photo paper, ink
envelope Folded from a roll of wrapping paper that I bought years ago, don't remember where now

I found this great tutorial at Pugly Pixel on how to make bunting flags in Photoshop and had to try it. It quickly turned addicting, it's so easy and pretty! These are actually the first color combinations I tried and I'm really happy with the card. ("Grattis" means "congratulations" which is what we Swedes use for "happy birthday" as well as other congratulations.) I originally intended to use an address label for the envelope, but when I had glued it together I saw that there was a perfect space left for the address on the front. Awesome when that happens.

More info on the 40 cards project here.