Inside of the card:
Well, hello fellow crafty friends. With everyone, everywhere, dealing with the Pandemic crisis, when has there been a better time to knuckle down into the craft room! Plus, this week’s challenge is for such a good cause. Because April is Autism Awareness Month, the challenge is to use the Autism Logo as your inspiration. Read the challenge and see the logo here: Crazy4Challenges
I decided to use the challenge literally and make a card for someone with Autism. My youngest daughter has a friend who has a family member with Autism.
The Steps:
Step 1: This is the painful step! Using the four colors in the Logo, I cut strips that measure 1/2″ x 11″ from each color twice. Then cut the strips in half. Note: Precision cutting is important. If you look at the front of my card, you’ll see what I couldn’t see, because it is so minimal. The white showing through the red and blue stripes under the “you are strong” tag.
Step 2: Cut a rectangle from white cardstock that measures 5.5″ x 6″. Cut a piece of Clear Double Sided Adhesive the same size. Lay the white cardstock rectangle over the adhesive by removing the protective layer and matching up corners. You can also glue the strips in place. In hind site, I think glue would have been easier. But in either case, this is where you pain painstakingly lay the strips in place as seen above.
Step 3: I created the 3 sentiments on my computer. I printed them on white cardstock and cut them with a fishtail banner set from Gina Marie Designs:
Step 4: Adhere the 3 fishtail sentiments as shown.
Step 5: Create a base card by creating the sentiment inside on your computer and printing out onto white cardstock. Then scoring the printed piece of cardstock at 5.5″ and fold over. Trim to 5.5″ 6.5″. Cut a rectangle from Black cardstock that measures 5.5′ x 6.5″. Adhere to the base card.
Step 6: Adhere the finished step 2 centered onto the black rectangle and then adhere this sandwhich onto the base care.
That’s It!
Thanks so much for taking a look!
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