{"id":288,"date":"2012-01-04T23:30:56","date_gmt":"2012-01-05T07:30:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stellarchoice.com\/blog\/?p=288"},"modified":"2022-07-29T14:58:12","modified_gmt":"2022-07-29T21:58:12","slug":"cut-from-paper-cards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stellarchoice.com\/blog\/2012\/cut-from-paper-cards\/","title":{"rendered":"Layering Paper Cards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Construction paper, wrapping paper, scrapbook paper&#8230;whatever you have is ideal for making a card.&nbsp; Here are some examples when I cut shapes of different papers and layered them to create a design.<\/p>\n<p>On the occasion of a dear friend&#8217;s 99th birthday that falls on Halloween I handcrafted the following card.&nbsp; You&#8217;ll recognize some of the scrapbook papers used in other cards.&nbsp; The front of the card is a pumpkin.&nbsp; This shape lends itself to a cupcake, revealed when the card is opened.&nbsp; The candle is a piece of ribbon.&nbsp; The candle&#8217;s flame is a combination of shiny golden papers cut from old Christmas cards.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stellarchoice.com\/blog\/2012\/cut-from-paper-cards\/img_5410-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-293\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-293 alignleft\" title=\"IMG_5410\" src=\"http:\/\/www.stellarchoice.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/IMG_54101-400x359.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"359\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stellarchoice.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/IMG_54101-400x359.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.stellarchoice.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/IMG_54101-175x157.jpg 175w, https:\/\/www.stellarchoice.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/IMG_54101-1024x920.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>&nbsp; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stellarchoice.com\/blog\/2012\/cut-from-paper-cards\/img_5411\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-294\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-294\" title=\"IMG_5411\" src=\"http:\/\/www.stellarchoice.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/IMG_5411-300x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stellarchoice.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/IMG_5411-300x400.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.stellarchoice.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/IMG_5411-131x175.jpg 131w, https:\/\/www.stellarchoice.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/IMG_5411-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Inspiration for a card design can come from anywhere!&nbsp; I designed and installed a stone patio in our front yard.&nbsp; When we received a gift towards this project I made a thank you card in an abstract likeness of the patio.&nbsp; Here are a couple photos of the patio during installation:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stellarchoice.com\/blog\/2012\/cut-from-paper-cards\/front-no-plants\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-290\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" title=\"Front NO plants\" src=\"http:\/\/www.stellarchoice.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Front-NO-plants-400x162.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"490\" height=\"198\"><\/a>&nbsp; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stellarchoice.com\/blog\/2012\/cut-from-paper-cards\/img_4442-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-325\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"IMG_4442\" src=\"http:\/\/www.stellarchoice.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/IMG_44421-400x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"358\" height=\"276\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In the card I created below it clearly is not the stone patio.&nbsp; The image artistically represents it enough so that the recipient of the card knew exactly what the image was and our gratitude for her thoughtful and generous gift.&nbsp; For this card I used a layered combination of scrapbook papers.&nbsp; Miraculously I had this paper on hand!&nbsp; The central paper of pink circles on brown evokes the rose coloured patio stone.&nbsp; The green paper is like groundcover and the flowered paper represents the garden that will be installed.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stellarchoice.com\/blog\/2012\/cut-from-paper-cards\/img_4423-4\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-289\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"IMG_4423\" src=\"http:\/\/www.stellarchoice.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/IMG_4423-400x287.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"287\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Construction paper, wrapping paper, scrapbook paper&#8230;whatever you have is ideal for making a card.&nbsp; Here are some examples when I cut shapes of different papers and layered them to create a design. 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