The new year has started. The new calendar marked with birthdays and anniversaries for the year. The grandkids birthdays have their age next to their names. I also mark the kids anniversaries with the year.
For this years birthday and anniversary cards I’m using a paper (all from my paper stash) “Windmill quilt square. A 4 1/2 ” back round square, a 4 1/4″ layer square, then 2 2″ squares of back round and 2 2″ squares of contrast color.
Glue the 4 1/4″ to the 4 1/2″ square. Cut the 2″ squares in half corner to corner so that you have 2 triangles.Glue on top of the base to form dark/light/dark/light Windmill vanes. I then cut 1/4″ strips from the layer color to cover the “seams”. I then add a small medallion “picture” to the center. Something theme oriented or seasonal. Glue the completed unit to another piece of card stock slightly wider and longer. I fold back the top of the card stock enough to hold a hanging cord. I then glue a pre-printed greeting to the bottom front.
The grandkids Valentine’s cards (regular folded cards) started with a computer generated back ground. I then fancy edge cut and glued to card stock. Then I cut dolls from magazines and glued one to the front of each card. I also used a computer program to print out 3 different sized hearts on pink paper. Each doll is holding 1 or 2 hearts.
Inside the card I printed Happy Valentine”s Day on decorative back ground paper. I cut a fancy edged heart from pink paper and then a slightly smaller heart shape with the greeting on it. Glued smaller onto the larger then that into the inside of the card. (Tip: use old magazines/junk mail as surface for gluing). We save the card envelopes that we get from junk mail to send out our homemade cards.
