Iris Folding Purse Pattern

Here is the pattern I created myself for the purse on the bachelorette party card posted below. I think if I were to make this card again, I would cut the circle out of the entire front panel of my card (in the card shown, my background paper would have been 4 1/4 X 5 1/2 WxH ) instead of having a square around the purse. This way the purse would not be overshadowed by the square it sits in.

Good luck! I hope you try it! For instructions on Iris Folding, check out this website: http://www.irisfolding.circleofcrafters.com/

Bachelorette Party

I had a bachelorette party this evening and I had been agonizing over making a card for the Bride-to-be. I wanted it to be fun and I wanted to use the stamps I had. This is what I came up with. It's an Iris folding circle with a handle attached to make it look like a purse and some parts from a previous craft project for the "bag tag." A letter sticker for the monogram and a brad in the corner because I just love the big brads I found in the Dollar Spot at Target recently and that corner looked empty.

(I have the pattern for the circle and I'll post that later.)

The inside verse says, "Grab your purse and enjoy your night to remember before you begin your lifetime to love. Have a blast tonight!!!"

I also included two "custom" papers in the Iris folding. I used my stamp pads on white paper to creat the light pink on the bottom right of the bag and the pink/purple/turquiose on the top left of the purse.

Last Blog Candy before the Grand Opening!!

La La Land Crafts is having one last blog candy before the Grand opening of thier new company on August 12th! Go check out the candy and the Grand Opening information at http://lalalandcrafts.blogspot.com/


There is some great stuff included in this candy!

I told you I've been busy!

Here are some of the other cards I've made this week.

Baby Cards (blank inside)

Birthday Cards (middle photo is the inside verse on both cards)

A gift without a card?!?

Not here!

This is the card I made for Mom's birthday. It has hints of her gift in it, but mostly it's her favorite colors.

I'm very excited about the green bordered squares on the front of the card and the envelope. They are labels that I found on clearance yesterday at Michael's. The green and white polkadot paper is by the same company and was on clearance also. I love clearance finds!

Cards, cards and more cards!

I've been busy the past week or so making cards.

I had a great time working on a paper box and matching cards to give my Mother for her birthday. She's so hard to buy for, but who can't use cards. These are the cards and box (upper middle).

This is a close up of the the box

I've got to give credit where credit is due. I did not come up with this idea on my own. I got the directions for making the box here: valeriestangle.blogspot.com/2009/06/notecard-box-redux-and-explanation.html

These are close-ups of the individual cards and their envelopes. I try to make sure each envelope has a little something special that is a preview of what's inside. As for all the J's, if you haven't guessed, Mom's name starts with a J. These are monogrammed cards.