Artsy Ideas No.2

Artsy Ideas No.2

Yay guys! Today I'm gonna showcase a card that I made! And it's honestly been so long since I designed a new card and I was really happy when this idea came over me. And even happier when I get my hands on doing the card!

ISNT IT CUTE

So here are some of the materials needed to make this card:
Black Paper (or whatever colour you want as the base of the card)
Glue
Scissors/Penknife
White Paper (or whatever colour you want as the complementary)
Cardboard (the thin one like those behind the foolscap paper)
Pencil, Eraser
Ruler
Black Marker
Paint, Water, Brush
Colour Pencils, Sharpener

First start with your black paper.

Black Paper!!!

Fold the black paper into half and put it aside.

 Half Black Paper!!!

Draw up the letters that make up your sentiments on a piece of cardboard. In my case, it's HAPPY BIRTHDAY. The cardboard should be thin, like those cardboard attached behind your foolscap paper. Each letter should take up 3cm (length) by 2cm (width).

Letters for sentiments

Here's a guide (in 2 pics) on the length and measurements of the different letters.

H, A, P, Y

B, I, R, T, D

Next cut out your block letters.

Block letters plain

Paint them with acrylic paint (or actually whatever paint you wish to use is fine). Choose the colours wisely. The paint you use should be a complementary colour of the colour of your base card. You can also be more creative by adding patterns to the various letters (dots, stripes, etc). In my case, I chose bright pink. Put them aside.

Block letters painted

Draw whatever you want as the subject of the card! In my case, I drew Flower from Bambi.

Flower uncoloured with border

So he looks a bit weird here but he will look better in colour, for now, he just looks like a thirsty squirrel. Now, what you would want to do is to draw a border around your drawing so that there will be an outline when you paste it on your card. Next what I did was to arrange the drawing as well as the letters on the card to see that they can all fit in nicely.

Arrangement in progress

After making sure, you can go ahead and colour your drawing. And cut it out along the borders that you have drawn earlier.

Flower cut out

So actually what happened was that I fold my white paper into quarters before drawing Flower in one quarter. And now when I cut Flower out with his border, I only cut the first two layers out. But this kind only works if you have some part of the drawing that somehow allows the paper to be cut out attached. Like in my case, there's the bottom part where it's exactly one straight line, where I use the foldings of the paper as my base. (Sorry I know I might be a little unclear here). But anyway, I guess it will be okay if it's only one layer. So now what I did was to trace Flower's silhouette onto my card. Right on the spot where it is going to be placed. 

Placing Flower on the spot

Flower silhouette traced + Arrangement of letters again

I arranged the letters once more to be really sure that everything can fit in properly. So after I'm really sure, I cut that tracing out of the black paper, so now there's a hole in the card in the shape of the silhouette of Flower.

Hole in the shape of the silhouette of Flower

Next what I did was to paste the letters onto the card. But I wanted to arrange the letters to see which arrangement has a better effect or looks nicer.

Arrangement (1)-Letters all closely placed together

Arrangement (2)-Letters stand alone

So I glue the letters on in arrangement (2). And I just stick my squirrel onto the other two quarters of white paper so that it has that rectangular backing. I guess it will be okay if you just stick it onto another sheet of white paper. (Note. Remember to cut it out such that the drawing will now have a rectangular backing. Next, you will have to paste the paper on the inside of the card such that the drawing can be seen. Stick it on the other side of the cover of the card so that the inside of your card can be used for well wishes.

Now take your piece of white paper (or your complementary coloured paper).

Whole White Paper

Now fold it into half and draw a rectangle on one side of the paper. Draw it such that it is not too close to the edges and the corners are curved instead of straight.

Halved white paper

Now cut out this rectangle. You should get two identical rectangles.

Twinnie Rectangles

Paste these two rectangles on the inside of the card so that you can write your well wishes on them.

Ta da hope you have enjoyed reading my blog post and have an amazing day! Thank You!

Flower <3