There are two hard things about this card (after figuring out the correct dimensions for 8.5 x 11 card stock because I wanted it to work for the regular size). The first hard thing is envisioning the card and knowing what colors to make the different card stock cuts. (You get better at this after you've made a few.) The second hard thing is finding things small enough to use on the Bench Card. That is usually possible it just takes time and a lot of fussy cutting.
I started out wanting to do a pet store, so I chose wall colors that I thought you might find in a pet store. It's bright. Lots of coloring and fussy cutting the animals, then finding the perfect placement to utilize the bench element of the card. The close up shows a pile of bones and a dish of bird seed on the bench besides the two puppies sitting on the front edge.
The sentiments from Ribbon of Courage set seemed to fit puppies and the love our pets give us.
The self-adhesive felt strips were leftovers from a Paper Pumpkin kit.
This will go to a friend who is fighting breast cancer. She needs a few hugs about now and she used to have a little black dog like the one sitting on the counter.
Modified dimensions for starting with 8 1/2 x 11 paper:
Card base: 4 1/4 x 11 (orange here)
Coordinating Color for Wainscoting: 2 x 7 1/4 (yellow here)
Counter Top: 3 1/4 x 3 7/8 (blue here)
Brace: 4 1/4 x 3/4 (doesn't show, but is mounted to the orange)
Finished and closed the card measures: 4 1/4 x 5 1/4 (so it's 1/4 inch shorter than a normal A2.)
Date: Tuesday, August 28, 2018 GMT Views: 1369
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Tue, Aug 28, 2018 @ 1:25 PM
You've made two special cards for your friends...I know they will appreciate not just the fun cards but the love and care that went into making them so personal and special. I remember making a pet-shop awning card, it was a great concept to use with this fold.
Thanks for giving the alternative measurements. I guess that as standard metric card is slightly different to the US, I'm used to winging most of my measurements anyway!