Long-term planning of farewell gifts

[wiseheart]

So God will, I'm going to retire in December. *fingers crossed* Since I like most of my colleagues a great deal, I'm planning to make farewell gifts for (almost) everyone. I'm going to make very elaborate cards, as it's a good way to put my several tons of paper rests to good use, and besides, they're amazingly variable.

Below you can see the first 4 I've made during the weekend. I used no more complicated tools than scissors, a paper cutter, two different sizes of motive punchers and some glue.



The two in the upper row are very simple in the inside, I just added some light blue paper, with the moderately successful results of my first attempts to do stencil work. Not worth a photo.

Number 3 has a so-called flipping card or waterfall card in the inside and looks like this when it's closed:



And like this when it's flipped open:



Number 4 has a 3D flower in the inside, which opens when the card is opened. This is my very first attempt at such a thing, and I freely admit that it isn't perfect, but I'm pleased enough with the result:



So, 4 cards done, 60-some to go, but I've got half a year to go crazy with creativity. *g*

Comments

[artemis10002000]

Aaaah that's a wonderful project! Very sweet and something to look forward to in two ways! I love the 3D flowers in particular.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

So do I, even though it's far from perfect. I'm currently working on another version, with better paper (still not origami, though, it's too expensive to butcher).

[lindahoyland.livejournal.com]

They are beautiful.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Thank you! :)