Today I have a cute project that I gave my husband for Father's Day this past Sunday. I saw the idea on the Paper Issues blog, so I scrap-lifted the idea and made my own. Luckily, I have access to Photoshop and InDesign, so I was able to create my own files, sized the way I wanted with the colors I wanted. It's a book made out of a deck of cards called "52 Reasons Why I Love You." I thought that it was also a perfect excuse to use my I Love Love set. Click on the pictures for a larger view.
I stamped some images from I Love Love onto the card and the label in brown ink after I distressed each card (front and back). Then I smeared the stamped image with my fingers to give it more of a distressed look. I punched the cards using my Crop-A-Dile II.
I also added some random embellishments and some small pictures to specific pages. I left a few pages blank so my son could write in a few things and my daughter could scribble (she's not quite 2 years old). My husband absolutely adored this - he said it was the best gift I've ever given him. Yes, it took me FOREVER to ink and distress each card, but it was worth it!!!
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Paper: Kraft Cardstock
Ribbon: American Crafts
Ink: VersaMark, VersaMagic
Embellishments: K&Company
Tools: Crop-A-Dile II, ATG, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign
Other: Deck of playing cards
your project is great!!!
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Patty
wow...i love this so much! such an inspiration.
ReplyDeleteOMG Chrissie....LOVE this project so much, and yours turned so great. TFS.
ReplyDeleteChrissie, this is such a cute idea!
ReplyDeleteWOW WOW WOW i love this idea and i might try this out myself !!
ReplyDeleteWOW!!! Chrissie, I just love it!! I have a deck of cards, actually 2 that I bought many moons ago with the idea to do something creative with them... I feel inspired to look again, and make a book of some kind! Thanks for the inspiration!
ReplyDeleteWhoa Chrissie! Very impressive. I love it.
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