EASEL Card: Anniversary WISH

Assalamualaikum w.b.t and happy Tuesday,

A special card suits a special occasion, a special feeling and a special mate too. I'm sharing one of my FAVORITE card which is called EASEL card. It is a card with a build in easel and is an popular alternative to traditional handmade greeting cards. Sometimes it makes a fun change to create a card that is a little bit different.

A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person.

~ Mignon McLaughlin ~

As card makers work more creative, customers always look for special made card. New base card shapes are always appearing on the scene and are particularly fashionable now.

This card was a surprise from a wife to her husband on their 5th anniversary. It is a special celebration, so I think roses are the PERFECT flowers to cherish one that you loved. I cut papers manually (I mean with a knife, pencil and ruler) for the roses and leaves. So, they were seriously SPECIAL made (^_^)

The best part of an easel card is that it stands still, so you can display it on table or anywhere flat. It can be folded back for storage and as a keepsake of good memory (^,~)

Love is one long sweet dream, and marriage is the alarm clock.

"Our wedding was many years ago. 

The celebration continues to this day"

~ Gene Perret ~

“A wedding anniversary is the celebration of love, trust, partnership, tolerance and tenacity.

The order varies for any given year”

~ Paul Sweeney ~

"All things paper-made with love"

That's all for now. Thank you and enjoy your stay.

Have a blissful Tuesday!

Seriously Typography!

Assalamualaikum w.b.t and Good Day everyone,

It's like a dream comes true when I finally have courage to trust my fingers in typography quilling. It is hard to actually build the confidence to finish someone's birthday card and proudly present it here. This is seriously my first time making it look this way.

“Embossed letters represent the topography of typography. 
”

~ Jarod Kintz, This Book Has No Title ~

I cut all strips manually and spend so much time choosing right font to make it possible. I doubt myself and was really trembling, can't stop myself asking "do I do it right?" "why my alpha looks weird?" "is it okay if I put this here?" "should I do it this way?" ooohhh, on and on and on, so much to write here. 

I believe that everything begins at first time, if not now, then when it would be?

"No one can possibly know what is about to happen,

 it is happening, each time, for the first time, for the only time"

~ James A. Baldwin ~

Forgive me when you see imperfection and so much of flaws here and there, I have to say that all the flaws and imperfection is an art too, it is a handmade after all...LOL. By the way, I did beehive quilling, to fill the upper side of the alpha, along with arranged strips at lower side of the alphas to create uniformity for the card. 

“Typography is the craft of endowing human language with a durable visual form.”

~ Robert Bringhurst, The Elements of Typographic Style ~

Final touch! I love using linen sheets to create natural mood to the card, it looks so much like grass and believe me, I did try to add some embellishments onto it but nothing can wow me. It looks much better without them.

Thanks so much for spending time here, see you in next post.

Happy weekend and have a blissful day!