Writer's Group Notecard

      I'm finally returning!  It's been more than a year since I've posted here on my blog.   I really didn't intend to be away so long but life got in the way and things like blogging quickly get forgotten by me.  But I hope to remedy this neglect and just jump in with some posts of my past paper crafts.  Part of my problem is getting very detailed with the items I use to create my projects and the tedious job of adding the labels.  Every time I think about having to do that part, well, I just keep putting it off.

      I will do my best with remembering what I used but I won't go into specific names or take the time to keep going into my craft room to look them up.  If you have any questions, just ask and then I can give specifics at that point.   So here we go........................

     I designed this card last year (2012) as a seasonal note card for my mom, who wanted them to send to her fellow writer's in the group that meets twice monthly at her local library.    I made 8 of them exactly alike and they were a big hit.  This year she is requesting another batch of about 10 cards, so I must get my creative thinking cap on again very soon to design another writing-related card.

    The book design is a stamp from Heartfelt Creations.  I used a couple different ones, hand cutting and layering, curling edges, using glue dots, etc to get the look I wanted.  A thin, brown satin ribbon is used as the bookmark.  I forget which stamp I used to get the 'writing' for the book.  The fountain pen stamp used is a retired Stampin Up one, that I can't recall at the moment, but can check on later.  I stamped, gold embossed, and then cut out the pen which was then adhered with  pop dots.

    The poinsettia is a spellbinder die that I also sprayed with gold glimmer mist.  The leaf flourish is from Cheery Lynn, I believe.  The evergreen is a Martha Stewart punch. A mini gold brad was used to hold the poinsettia layers together.  I don't recall the patterned paper but it was distressed with one of the Tim Holtz ink pads to make it look more on the vintage side.  I believe the corner punch was from Fiskars.  I chose it because the point reminded me of the tip of a fountain pen.  :-)

    I wish the picture could be better, but at this point, I'm just glad I remembered to take one!    I will try to post some more projects today.  Then hopefully MUCH more often going forward rather than an entire year between posts.

    Thanks for looking.
      ~~~ Kathi