How To Make A Personalized Handmade Greeting Card
I wanted to make a card for a preteen who was performing in a dance recital. I made a cute tutu card for her younger sister, Shelby. But that wasn't going to work here. Stephanie is 11 and way too cool for cute.
So I decided to work with her favorite color (blue) and showcase her name.
I started with 12x12 dark blue cardstock and cut it to 10x10 and folded it in half, so the final card size was 10x5.
I added strips of white and medium blue paper, adhering them with Tombo Mono Permanent Adhesive.
For the letters in her name, I used my Cricut Expressions Plantin Schoolbook cartridge and the Shadow feature so I could use 2 colors of blue.
I used the same blue colors for the flowers (also cut on the Cricut). Each flower has a different color eyelet for the center.
About Those Eyelets...
Eyelets are fun to use! They can be used for decoration (like in this project) or to secure 2 pieces of paper together. 
You need some special tools to use eyelets:
- hole puncher
- setting tool
- setting mat
- hammer
My tool kit is by Making Memories and also has a couple of other tools.
You punch the hole the same size as your eyelet, insert the eyelet, turn it over, and hammer it closed.
You can see in the closeup photo the eyelet that has been hammered closed in the middle of the flower, and the open one next to it. If you use an eyelet to join 2 or more papers together, just insert the eyelet through all of them and hammer closed. Simple!
Stephanie likes this card so much she has it displayed on her room door. Yeah, I scored one with a preteen!
this is great
Thanks for that explanation. I wasnt sure how to use eyelets.