And A Few More Christmas Cards

 I had so much fun making these one-of-a-kind cards.  I hope each special recipient will love them as much as I do!

Book Folding Continues...

 I decided to fold a few more books to give away as Christmas or January birthday gifts.  Part of the fun is finding a book with enough pages for your chosen design with the perfect title!

I chose "The Gift" and folded a heart into the pages for a grab bag gift:

How about "Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake" with a star design to honor a New Year's Day Birthday?

I folded "Dad" into the book entitled "Q" (his nickname):

And for a classmate who follows the teachings of the Dalai Lama, I folded "Peace" into the pages of his "The Art of Happiness" book:

My Latest Obsession: Book Folding

 

What started out as an idea for a grab bag gift with a "Spark Joy" theme became my latest obsession:  Book Folding!  How fun!

I found free patterns on-line and watched a few video tutorials in order to figure out how to read a pattern, how to choose a book, how to count folds, how many pages are needed for a particular design and where to start folding!

After some trial and error, I decided to make a few others to give away as gifts.  It's a bonus to be able to match the title of the book to the folded design.  Here, I folded a heart in a book entitled "The Art of Abundance."  I folded a star in "Come Let Us Adore Him."  And for a special friend who treasures "A Walk Along the Beach" with her furry friend, a paw print.

Wish

The road to these December "Wish" Artfirmation cards was unexpected.  I had picked up this cute little gift book from my favorite thrift store called "This Little Piggy Went to Prada."  The pages have a nice weight and feel.  The book rewrites nursery rhymes with a fashionista twist.  The illustrations are drop-dead gorgeous. I just had to find a creative way to use them!

With the holidays now upon us, I pulled out my Christmas-themed dies and started making die cuts.  I had these luscious metallic tri-fold cards that were perfect.  I made lots and lots of different Christmas trees, reindeer, snowflakes and holiday words.  Before I knew it, I started to remove pages from the book and began to reimagine the illustrations in a winter/holiday setting.  I made several more cards by embellishing the pretty pages with die cuts and swarovski crystals.  I think they make festive Christmas cards!