06.23.09

Handmade Cards - June

Posted in Cleo, Photos, crafty at 5:06 pm by delipics

I made two cards for the month of June - one for my sister’s birthday and one for Father’s Day.

This is my sister’s birthday card.  This was geometrically fun to make - let’s see if I can describe the process.  It was easy to measure and place the two L’s that went on the border of the card.  Each successive L shape in the centers seemed to magically fall into place.  I didn’t have to spend time measuring the paper to make the shapes fit.  Looking at it now, it makes sense that the shapes were easy to fit together - repeating L shapes and all are one-inch in width - simple, right?  I keep thinking there must be a mathematical equation that explains how this works or maybe a geometrical theorem.  Hey sis, if you’re reading this, you know why all the L’s!

This is my dad’s Father’s Day Card.  First I started with an idea of horizontal strips of varying widths.  It felt masculine to me.  I placed the strips on the outside edges, but as I came to the center of the card I realized I wanted to break up the middle.  I thought changing the center would break up the evenness.

And one more photo just because I love my cat and she looks good in blue.

Still life of Cleo in Blue.

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