April, 2009


NEWSLETTER

4/30/09

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Communion girl

I put embossed, cut out lace on her dress and added a touch of black to her shoe that has a little heal. Otherwise, the card is totally white. For the frosting on the cakes, I also embossed and cut out tiny bits.
This card is the result of a client's request. They saw my Pop-Up Bride and groom and asked for the little girl instead.

Here's to the little girl in all of us- ladies!
Petrina

4/22/09

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Happy Mother's Day Shoe with glitter

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Another Mother's Day Card. As I like Victorian things, I could not resist making this card.
There are some Art minds that claim glitter should never be used on a card and charcole drawings should never ever be smudged. I like glitter at times, so we'll throw advice to the wind.
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On the inside of the card I put:
'May today be
as special
as you are."

I stuck a feather on as was typical of Victorian cards to have embellishments.

I had saved feathers from a dust mop years ago and finally got to use them all up.

Wishing you feathers in you cap and maybe on your shoes so you can fly.
Petrina


4/21/09	paperpopups Pop-Up Cards- Pesky Squirrel, Hot Air Balloons: Steampunk and Mother's Day Cards Steampunk Pop-Up Card Mother's Day Pop-Up Card The card saying is: "To My Mother, If this World you'd cut in two, You'd find it filled with Love for you." Had to re-do the squirrel globe pictures as the originals were blurry . Wishing you no blurries today, Petrina

4/17/09

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Rocking chair of paper You make

For the Paper Pop-Up / Rocking chair lover Designed and made in my Studio.

It is free to make...also available to make free at my website:
http://www.PetrinaCase.com

Have fun.
After you build it, you can put a small teddy bear or toy in it.
There is an ole' wives tale- It is bad luck to rock a life size rocking chair with no one in it.

Wishing you only good luck,
Petrina

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4/16/09	paperpopups Eagle Pop-Up Cards All fold flat to mail. The sun is out and finally getting warmer. Time to pick up sticks. Sunny days, Petrina


4/6/09	paperpopups Recycle renew greeting cards Why not have a greeting card that you can re use from the start? I created a poem to go a long with the card to encourage folks to pass the card along. All they have to do is change the secret message in the flowers before they send it to someone new.


4/4/09	paperpopups lil birdie Probably one of my favorite designs, thought I had posted these before. I originally designed this as I was tired of the 10 piece Pop-Up Globes. This one is only 4 pieces. A thin gold thread is tied to the outer frame. There are more birds returning- summer is soon to arrive. Wishing you bird songs, Petrina


4/2/09	paperpopups Steampunk jewelry With the re-surge of Victorian themed jewelry, recycling go green, I just had to make some Steampunk jewelry. Steampunk can have some or all of these elements: Jules Verne Victorian Artists reaction to mass production recycled ephemera goth Tags: steampunk