Helmar + Secret Keeper Card = Total Cuteness

I posted this a few days ago on the Helmar blog and now want to share it here on my blog.

Every spring my dad heads to Mississippi to till up his (90+yr old)mother’s garden and to do some yard work besides visit a little. I thought it would be nice to send along a picture of my kids from Easter as she hasn’t seen them for 3+ yrs.

In looking at the  Urban Swank goodies I have to play with, I found this Secret Keeper Card.   Ignore the ribbon for now, this is the back of the keeper to show you what it looked like before it would be altered as i forgot to take a picture of it!

Using Urban Lily paper by Urban Swank, I covered the front of the Keeper using Helmar Premium Craft Glue. To get my measurements just right, I simply traced the section I was covering on the back of the paper and cut it out. After it was glued on, I sanded all the edges to get the paper to blend in with the keeper.

I searched the net for a saying that worked and using Photoshop, did a little Word Art (thanks to my classes at Jessica Sprague’s!). I was even able to make the background close to the pink in the paper and printed it out on plain cardstock. Rounded the corners so that it would match when I attached it with Helmar Quick Fix Adhesive Runnerto the black "business size" card from Urban Swank.  Added some pink ribbon between the layers that was from Creative Impressions. I wanted a little dimension to the word art so I used the white Helmar ZapDots. (see picture below)

As you can see I added another ribbon from Creative Impressions underneath the word art layer. For a little bling, I added three rhinestones to the top layer that are also from Creative Impressions.

For the inside I just attached the picture of my kids using Helmar Quick Fix Adhesive Runner straight to the middle. 

Isn’t this the cutest thing you ever saw? I totally fall in love with it when I was done. Notice the “Easter 2010” on the picture? I got that word art freebie from Bethany at Elegant WordArt. Simple to place right on my picture and print it out. (yes, I took the picture too, Easter Sunday morning we were actually ready with time to spare for pictures! lol)

Supplies used: Helmar adhesive runner, Helmar Zapdots, Helmar Premium Craft Glue, Urban Swank Secret  Keeper Card, Urban Lily paper, Creative Impressions bling & ribbon, Photoshop for wordart