When asked to create a card for my friend's 30th birthday, I knew I wanted to create something that she'd cherish for years to come. I've been wanting a reason to use the Cloud 9 board book. Here's a little recap of how I created it.

I chose a mostly pink color palette, because it's Andrea's favorite color, and also because it complements the photo of her from her childhood. I needed lots of space on the inside for her friends to write birthday wishes at her surprise party, so I used light colors that can be written on and journaling tags with lines. It's hard to believe that this project was all white when I started :)

For the outside of the box:: I glued down patterned cardstock, and then designed her photo and background in InDesign. I painted over white lace cardstock with acrylic paint, glued down buttons, rhinestones and ribbon, and painted the chipboard "a".

For the outside of the book:: I layered pink patterned papers, lace cardstock and other textured paper. Then added some handwritten journaling and adhered the frame and chipboard numbers.

For the inside of the book:: I layered black and white journaling tags on the left-hand pages (giving them color by hand coloring little details) and covered the right-hand pages with patterened paper. Then I added rub-ons, ribbon, and rhinestones to add color to the pages.

Have a great day!
Christy