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Live in the Moment

One of my sweet crafty friends, Monica Taylor of taylormadecards4u, is celebrating a monumental mark on her YouTube channel. She has reached over 7,000 subscribers! Wowza! I can only imagine her excitement. To celebrate a few of her crafty friends are having a Celebration hop. This is my submission in the hop.

Click this link to visit Monica’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/MonicaTaylormadecards4u

Supplies needed:

Kraft cardstock for an A2 top folding card base

Mrs. Darcy – Digital Kit from taylormadecards4u.com

Tim Holtz Vintage Photo Distress Oxide Ink

Ranger – Tim Holtz – Blending Tool

Ranger – Tim Holtz Mini Ink Blending Foam

Scotch Double Sided Foam Mounting Tape

Art Glitter Glue

Ideology – Tim Holtz Word Bands

Ideology – Tim Holtz Mini Gears

Tim Holtz Craft Pick

Cutter Bee Scissors

Cutting Guide:

Card Base – Kraft Cardstock – 4 ¼” x 11” – score along the 11”  side at 5 ½”

Background piece from the Mrs. Darcy digital Kit

Various other ephemera from the Mrs. Darcy Digital Kit

  1. Trim background piece to 4” x 5 ¼” and ink the edges with Vintage Photo distress oxide ink.

2. Feed the ribbon through the Tim Holtz Word Band and adhere to the bottom portion of the background trimmed above.

3. Using Scotch Double Sided Foam Mounting Tape, adhere the background piece to the A2 card base.

4. Adhere the other various ephemera from the digital kit to the front of the card after inking the edges with Vintage Photo distress oxide ink.

5. Adhere the metal gears in a triangle on the card front.

6. Choose a small image to fussy cut and ink the edges. Adhere this to the bottom corner of the inside of the card.

7. Now, the most important step…sign this card and send it off to one of your best gal pals to celebrate her!