Near the end of April, my kids and I were watching crafting videos during lunch (as usual). We came across a video from Jennifer McGuire (one of our favorites), in which she created rainbow backgrounds for cards using colored cardstock scraps. My daughter (age 5.5 years) was intrigued, to say the least, and honestly, so was I! She suggested that we make those cards, too–which is a frequent refrain, though not always possible. But today, it was completely possible!
I sliced up some cardstock scraps into strips of varying widths and presented V with a bundle of them, along with two halves of an 8.5″x11″ sheet of paper, pre-coated with adhesive.
During her quiet time, she worked away at adding strips of cardstock to the under-layer of paper, and at the end, she had enough striped backgrounds to make four cards!
She used two of the backgrounds to make cards for her Bible study teachers. She wanted to mimic some of Jennifer’s designs, and so I cut out some butterfly designs that she chose, using my Silhouette SD– the base layer is vellum, and the detail is plain white cardstock. She decided on the arrangement and wrote her notes inside.
We have lots of paper strips left, and I am looking forward to making more– with V, and also making some myself!
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