Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Keepsake with a deck of cards!

Things you'll need:
1) deck of playing cards
2) binder ring
3) scrap booking supplies
4) hole punch
5) list of your "52 things"

The dimensions to cut the scrap booking paper are approximately L- 2 in, H- 3 in.
I cut the joker card the size I wanted and used that as my sizing marker.
The scrap booking paper I used was in a book (so it was all themed and matched)
I placed the cut joker card on the corner of my stack of paper and cut 5-6 different sheets at once until I had 52.
I bought cream colored circle tags from JoAnns to glue on the scrap book patterned paper. I could easily write on the tags with markers. I used a distressed collection of scrap booking markers also from JoAnns.
For variety I cut the tags in half or made different shapes to write on. I also used a cream colored stock paper for cutting out custom shapes.
JoAnns has a really cool book of stickers of words that I LOVED!
I chose to use alphabet stamps along with alphabet and number stickers to make each card look a little unique.
Stick with a color theme so your deck "flows." (That's why a book of themed paper works best! So simple!)

The hardest part was making the list so I'll share some of mine to help out...

You're hard working
When you talk in your sleep
When you cook for me
"Our" song
That you're smart
You smell good
When you're in a silly mood
Your hair
When you hold my hand
That you can always make me laugh
You always tell me how beautiful I look
You're not afraid to admit when you're wrong
You're not affected by others opinions
You're supportive
You're a family man
All your weird habits that used to drive me crazy
You never pick fights
You tolerate my kitten
You enjoy water sports
You help me to not think negatively
You rarely leave the toilet seat up
When you open the car door for me
You make me really happy
You're a good business man
You always call me before bed
You listen to my work stories even though they gross you out (medical field)
You kick ass cooking on the grill
You enjoy watching "favorite tv show or movie" as much (if not more) than I do
Your good morning texts
I can trust you completely
You dress nicely
You can fix almost anything
When you randomly buy me flowers
...
51. I love that you are mine
52. & I love that I am yours