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Whimsey: December

December?  But your last Whimseybox related post was for August!

Yes, I would have to agree with you there.  The last box I completed (kind of) was the August box.  And I assure you, my calendar does not go from August straight to December.  But the project for December was immediately useful to me and also easy to do, so I did it first.  So…here was December’s craft:

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It didn’t really help that I got the box in January, but I didn’t have a calendar yet…so, it wasn’t that big of a deal.  In the box was a wooden block for mounting stamps, a large ink pad (mine was black), a bunch of Foamies (adhesive foam shapes) to use as stamps, a pre-printed calendar, and a hole punch and string (for mounting purposes).

I’ve had really great Whimseyboxes (that I haven’t done yet) and this wasn’t really one of them.  This box seemed rather haphazardly assembled.  I mean, it was packaged beautifully.  I think they have their shipping method down.  But…Foamies?  And the stamp pad they gave me wasn’t quite large enough to fit the stamp mounting block so you had to finagle it around to get all the shapes inked.  But at least this gives me a good idea for a childrens’ meeting craft.  So…there’s something.

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Sorry for the terrible picture. But I’m too lazy to go back and shoot again.

Anyway, here’s my calendar.  I’ve been really interested in triangles lately, so there are a lot of those.

I make! Cabbage card edition

Hey look, a real post! And a crafty one at that too.

So, remember when I was talking about cabbages?  It’s because I was busy doing cabbage related things.  Like this card.  That I made for my sister.  And her now-husband.  For their wedding.  Yes, it’s a cabbage wedding card.

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Why a cabbage?  Because I like them.  And it’s been a joke between a few of us with cabbages and wedding dresses.  My sister unfortunately did not wear a cabbage wedding dress.  Big disappointments all around, guys.

Anyway, I kind of liked how ridiculous this card was.  I mean, if you can’t give your sister an absolutely ridiculous card for her wedding, who can you give it to?

The popup people I made looking at generic images of “tada” and making them into silhouettes.  I tried to find the most ridiculous poses.

The cabbage,

Cabbagewhich I’m actually rather proud of, is actually a repurposed rose.  Roses look remarkably like cabbages when they’re really small and not in full bloom.  I got the rose pattern from Rich over at Creative Popup Cards.  It was originally for a mother’s day card.  It’s rather impressive looking as a rose.  Except that I used it as a cabbage.  The difference between assembling a rose and a cabbage is obviously size and color, but also curling the petals in.  I didn’t get a really good photo of that.  Oh, and I also added veins to the outsides of each leaf using a white gel pen.  Also didn’t get a good photo of that.

So, there you have it.  A ridiculous, cabbage-themed wedding card.  I doubt that anyone else will ever be able to use it.  Huzzah!