My oldest granddaughter will be having a birthday soon so I got a card ready for her. She is a fan of Harry Potter and has read all the books. I decided to make her birthday card with a HP theme. I started with a large black card. I laser printed a script background, the birthday greeting (Pixabay) and the two sides of the fun HP bookmark on the same sheet of 8.5 x 11 cardstock. I trimmed out the bookmark pieces, glued them to each other and then punched a hole to which I added a length of black ribbon. I found some very good HP quotes online which were all designed and ready to go. I trimmed the greeting, sponged the edges with black and layered it onto a gold paper. Wanting to add a fun element I decided to add a shaker element to it so I cut a hole in the script background layer using a circle Nestibilities. I created a shaker sandwich - a square of transparent plastic to which I added a foam tape border large enough to be hidden by the background paper filled with sequins, beads, heart paper punchies and some glitter. I removed the release paper from the foam tape and placed another sheet of plastic over top. Much easier to manage once the shaker element is sealed. I mounted it behind the opening in the background using double sided tape, added a gear cut from gold cardstock and finished off with a gold brad that went through the shaker element. Afterwards, I wanted to add a ribbon and fortunately there was room between the pieces of double sided tape to get my ribbon through. I glued one end to the back on the edge of the round opening and the other end went over the top and was adhered to the back as well. I mounted this large element to the front of my large black card. I mounted my large collage greeting with 3D foam tape over the ribbon. Lastly, I tied a short piece of the same ribbon to the one on the front between the greeting and the opening to simulate a bow!!! I am really happy how it turned out!!! Therese
