Saturday, June 6, 2015

Photo fridge magnet for my neighbour


My neighbour is a very sweet lady.. her daughter's family stays abroad and so she misses being with him. But her daughter keeps sending her his pics on Whatsapp.. Having a son almost that age, I understand how cherished these memories would be for her.. So I made this fridge magnet for her as a gift..
(Again, please excuse me for the pic.. even the stray glue marks show..hmm !!)

I cut two pieces of card stock of equal dimensions for the base (to give it proper strength), rounded the corners with my Docrafts Corner Cutter and stuck them together. Then matted a DCWV pattern paper after rounding its corners too. Then I die-cut the photo using Spellbinders Nestabilities Blossoms 4 die and matted it on to black card stock cut with the same die. The embellishment are glass stones that we usually find in our homes for decor (to put in fish tanks, glass bowls etc), some pearls and a Portacraft sticker with ribbon bought from Itsy Bitsy during the recent summer sale.. I bought the Spellbinders Die too on the same sale and was raring to try it :-). After sticking it all together, I stuck some self-adhesive magnetic tape (that hubby bought for me in a US craft store - was on my wishlist and on his phone to-do list for a long time :-)) on the back to convert it to a fridge magnet.



So, how has this turned out??


7 comments:

  1. Good to see you back !! love this :)

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    1. Thanks Suman.. Hope to be more regular henceforth.. but never know.. he he :)

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    2. Loong time since I chked out your blog too.. am hopping right over.. :-)

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  2. Ooh this is so cute!! Love the idea and the glass pebbles look so special
    Cheers
    Dr Sonia
    Cards Crafts Kids Projects

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    1. Thanks Dr. Sonia.. I too loved the pebbles on it the most.. But one prob is that it made one side heavier.. Though the magnet is strong enough to prevent the card from tilting under its weight, I keep hoping it continues that way for a long time!! Should balance the weight next time I try something like this!!

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  3. very cute one!! I also love the glass pebbles..

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