"I don't have the pictures back yet from the photographer (when I do I'll send a group shot) but I wanted you to see how perfect your material was for my wedding. The shot enclosed is of my brother walking me down the aisle in a shirt my mother made using the fabric you sent. The wedding was held at The Polynesian Resort at Walt Disney World, FL. Your service was wonderful, the wedding was a dream. Thank you!"
-- Mrs. TeAntae Hostetter

Monthly Project for July, 2006

Materials Needed:

• Black Card Stock
• Cream Card Stock
• Piece of Brocade Fabric
• Glue

Optional:

• Rubber Stamps
• Metal Eyelets
• Ribbon
• Embellishments such as metal swirls, coins, etc.

Construction
1. Cut your black card stock (this will be your card) 8 1/2" x 5 3/8". Fold in half and put on the side.

2. Cut 4" x 5 1/8" card stock. Color doesn’t matter as you will be covering this with fabric.

3. Cut fabric 4 1/4" x 5 3/8". Cover the 4" x 5 1/8" piece of card. Fold down corners neatly, glue and trim as necessary.

4. Cut another piece of black card stock 1 7/8" x 4 1/2". Cut cream card stock 1 5/8" x 4 1/4". Glue cream card to black 1 7/8" x 4 1/2" card.

5. Now here is the fun part. Decorate your cream card. Stamp, draw, or write a special message for your design. For this project we choose to stamp some Asian love and harmony characters on the front with black ink.

6. Embellish your design piece and glue to your fabric piece. We used two metal eyelets, strung satin ribbon through and stuck a swirly metal piece in the back.

7. Glue fabric card to your main card. Presto! Your card is complete. Totally original and unique. Send a card with a personal note to let someone know you are thinking about them.

 

**Note**
You can use any type of fabric. We choose to use dragon brocade fabric for an exotic Asian flair. You can use any color combination, we gave instructions to make the card we have pictured. Let your imagination run wild. You can create all sorts of cards with different themes.