Hello Bloggers
From one of our new members comes this Christmas book/card - welcome to the DT Marg
'My name is Margaret Mifsud and I am super
excited to be here today to present my very first Meg’s Garden Design Team
Project.
For this project I have made a Christmas
card with a difference. I’ve made a card
which has a few photo mats and pockets on the inside so that you could take a
few photos of the celebrations on Christmas day and keep them in the actual
card itself. Using one of these types
of card each year, you can keep a record of Christmases over the years all in
their own tiny little album. You only
need to take a few photos each time and the card wouldn’t take up anywhere near
as much room as a Mini Album.
I’ve used the Musical Christmas Collection
paper pack for this card. The papers are
absolutely gorgeous and the paper pack is the perfect size for card making.
On the front I’ve created a Christmas Tree
from some of the DP mixed with some red, white and green cardstock. The idea for this tree actually came from one
of my favourite card makers, Dorota. She
makes the most gorgeous cards.
The tree is made using a triangle of paste
board as a base and then just layering different foliage die cuts until the
base is filled. I’ve also inserted a bit
of gauze here and there. It was then
lightly brushed with gold acrylic paint and I also glued on some gold crystals
to serve as the lights. The star on the
tree is from a sheet of stickers that have been in my stash for ages as are the
stars around the edge of the tree.
The ‘Noel’ is part of the design on the
paper. I’ve simply cut out the letters
from another sheet, glued them onto some paste board and edged them with some
gold acrylic paints.
There’s not a lot of embellishment in this
card simply because it would then become too bulky and besides, these papers are pretty enough to stand on their
own. I’ve just used some of Meg’s
gorgeous lace ribbon on two of the pages and also placed a few of the gold
stickers here and there. Inside the main pockets I’ve just placed a couple of
plain photo mats which can be used for journaling as well.
On the inside cover is a tag
which was stamped with a sentiment and then gold
embossed. Another gold sticker from my
stash has been placed on the edge of the tag.
Two of the pages have pockets made with
some clear acrylic which came from
some packaging I had in my stash. Cut out the heart shapes and placed a
sticker on each of them and then glued them into the corner of the page. They can be used to hold journaling cards or
just as a decoration on the edge of a photo.
Here is a close-up of one of these pockets …
…and here is a better view of the different
layers on the front of the card.
I had such a wonderful time creating with
Meg’s gorgeous products and I am so thrilled to be a part of this amazing
Design Team.
Meg’s Garden products used:
1.6cm White Lace
What a start to the DT - love it!! - well done Marg. What a fabulous idea for a gift, for your self. Using different papers, you could make this for any occasion. Just beautiful.
Bye for now
Meg
www.megsgarden.com
