Yes, Ma'am!

One of the blogs I check-out is Flying Unicorn.  The other night they had a tutorial on how to make 2 cards in one hour.  They were really cute, vintage Christmas cards that inspired me to give it a go.  First thing I did was grab my iPad for viewing the tutorial as I went along, and to listen to Spotify for background music.   My kitten Rainy Day followed and assumed her spot in a corner of my worktable (upper left).  Here is Alda's blog post if you want to follow along.   http://flyingunicornllc.blogspot.com/2012/11/double-cards-tutorial.html

Whew, once I got the work table mess cleared up, I selected some papers from Graphic 45 and began to cut out the panels and center focal point image.  The instructions were very explicit to cut a round or oval shape for the center image...to not leave it square so as to provide contrast to the rest of the layers.  And I totally agree...but I couldn't bear to cut away parts of these G45 Steampunk Debutante divas. 

The tutorial was well done, even a bit bossy! which made me chuckle.  I did make 2 cards, and much of it was complete in one hour, but I took a break before adding the final embellishments.  You just can't go wrong with G45 papers.