Monday, February 23, 2009

Party Like A Rockstar!

Last night I checked one of my fave Cricut blogs, Capadia Designs, and came across the COOLEST card idea [<--link here]!! Thanks to all of Diane's pictures and super clear explanations, I was able to come up with my own version pretty easily! Here it is:
The first four-letter word that popped into my head was "rock," so my next thought was Rockstar Anya from The Greeting Farm, and she was a perfect fit!

When folded flat, the card is 4 1/2" x 6". I recently got a box of envelopes that were labeled invitation size, but are actually a little larger so that you can fit a 4x6 picture inside. I figured I might as well take advantage of that extra space!

I also used Diane's idea of cutting a separate front part to emboss, but I made it just a little smaller all around to give me a border. I also did a piece for the back and embossed both with the Cuttlebug Allegro embossing folder. Then I distressed both pieces and sewed them on with a zigzag stitch. I'll probably skip that step next time since it was really time consuming going around all those steps!

Here's another angle where you can see the ROCK a little better:


And here's how it looks folded flat for mailing:


The "party like a" was done with the Hello Kitty Font cartridge and the big star was done with the biggest of the star Nestabilities. I went over all the edges of the ROCK with a stardust glitter pen and I edged the star with silver glitter glue. The final touches were some Heidi Swapp ghost stars, a little silver edged organdy ribbon and silver cording. I just love how this came out and will definitely make more!

A huge thanks to Diane at Capadia Designs and to Lacy for suggesting the idea!!

5 comments:

  1. This is awesome!!! I just got the rockstar Anya in the mail today. You've totally inspired me to get her inked up right away! Your project is FANTASTIC!!!

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  2. Hi Maureen,

    Thanks so much for letting me know about your card - you did a great job with it - I love all of your details! I posted the basic file and knew that people could really go wild with all the possibilities. In case anyone wants to get the file or see my directions I will put my blog address here (maybe you could add a link to your post) capadiadesigns.blogspot.com

    Diane

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  3. Hi Maureen, oh my gosh your card is fantastic! I saw it over on papercraft planet and just had to come a take a look here, I love it, perfect colour for a rockstar! joey.xxx

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  4. Oh my!!! What a wonderful card!! I love it! You did a fantastic job! Love everything about it!!

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  5. Very pretty card! Love that stamped image.

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