SO....... I have mentioned this card a few times lately on my Social Media accounts (they're all linked on the right under my profile pic - if you're reading this through a reader you'll need to click into my actual blog to see the sidebar schtuff). Normally I don't go so "all out crazy" on a card and use sooooo many products and spend so much time and effort on it.
This was an exception though - when it comes to making cards/projects for loved ones, especially my children - well then that's a whole 'nother story now isn't it? *wink* Also especially when it's a special occasion - it's only once in a lifetime that you turn 10 - so I went all out on her birthday card:
Don't let the product list at the end scare you - I am sure there are a lot of ways to make something similar with a lot less products and effort LOL! I had so much fun with this though and I think I mention in the video that it took me 2 days to finish it. Normally it wouldn't take me anywhere near THAT long - but with 4 kids and a birthday party to prep for I just played around and worked on it when I had the time. I really was experimenting and trying things out and seeing where it all went - and then it turned into this monster of a project LOL! I should have taken a pic of my work space when I was done - it was a complete disaster.
I think I mention in the video (I always say I think b/c it's usually the middle of the night when I get the chance to edit and voiceover videos and then can't remember what I said in them - such is my life LOL!) that I love personalizing cards for my kids. I didn't give any of them crazy or strangely-spelled names - and yet we NEVER find items personalized for them (you know keychains and those sorts of things you run across all the time) - and we make a point to look b/c the girls would be shocked if we ever did! So I do it myself - which I enjoy doing anyway, and is the whole point of having all these alphabet dies in my stash.
I also did some experimenting with masking and sponging and watercoloring and splattering - oh and glazing. It was all just fun and fun and piling on more and more techniques - which usually ends up in one hot mess but thankfully other than a small issue with being impatient and not letting the Pico embellisher dry in separate areas on the balloons before covering them all the card turned out OK!
I finished off the inside with a bit more personalization, and of course left room to write something to J before I gave it to her. She keeps it displayed on her dresser (insert heart eyes emoticon here) which is another reason I enjoy going all-out on my kids cards. I'd do it anyway b/c they're mine and this is something I do, but knowing they keep them and display them is just a really special bonus for me.
FYI before I get to the video - it's REALLY long just so y'all are warned. I can't remember the last time I posted a nearly 20-minute long card making video before or if I ever have - it took nearly 10 hours to upload the thing after all the editing - hence why I'm getting this all done now well over a week later!
To watch directly on YouTube click HERE <-----click!
And now for the monster product list LOL:
