I posted my leadership make-n-takes last week (click here to see the post), but I have a couple of things to add as well as directions for one of the cards. First is my scrapbook page. I thought it looked a little bare without a photo on it and the star just floating on the page. Here it is again with a photo.
That looks much better! I also mentioned that it was glued onto chipboard. What I didn't realize at the time is that it's our new On Board Book Basics chipboard. Let me tell you...this stuff is THICK (almost an 1/8" thick) and sturdy!! I will definitely be ordering some of this on my next order.
Here's the card that needs directions.
The base of this card is made from a piece of our new East Coast Prep Designer Series Paper. Take a piece of the 12" x 12" Wild Wasabi polka dot DSP and cut off a 1" strip. Cut the strip down to 1" x 10" and set it aside (this is the belly band for the card). Next you need this piece from our On Board Ginormous Pieces.
Punch out the largest circle from the chipboard and use that to trace a circle on your DSP. Then cut out the circle.
Edited to Add: For those of you who don't have this chipboard, the circle is 8 1/2" across.
I'm using some yellow paper for this tutorial...just pretend like it's the gorgeous DSP from Stampin' Up!
Next you need to score your circle at 3 1/2". To do this, I took a pencil and marked a heavy line along my 3 1/2" mark on the grid paper from the bottom of the paper to the top. That way I could see the heavy line at the top after I placed my circle on the grid paper. Lay your circle on your grid paper making sure to line up the left and bottom sides of the circle with the edges of the grid paper.
Lay your ruler down and line it up with your penciled line on the 3 1/2" mark and score it with your bone folder. Fold your paper along the score line and rotate it like this...
lining up the folded edge with the bottom of your grid paper. Now you need to score two more lines just like you did before. One at 2 1/8" and another at 6 3/8". Fold it on the new score lines.
Now cut out the two smaller pieces of the circle following the score lines. When you're done it will look like this.
Fold the bottom flap in first and then the two side flaps. That's it for the card base. You don't need any adhesive to hold it together--that's what the belly band is for.
Grab your 1" x 10" strip that you previously cut. Score it at 1 3/4" and 6". Fold on the score lines and adhere the ends together making sure the longer side is on top. Slide the belly band onto your DSP.
The card insert is a 4 1/8" x 4 1/4" piece of More Mustard cardstock. Punch a hole in the top with your crop-a-dial and set a large eyelet in the hole. Tie a ribbon through it and that piece is done.
We decorated the belly band with some rub-ons and the Sweet Celebrations stamp set. Here's a picture of all three pieces of the card together.
This was my favorite card that we made at leadership. Have fun making one!
