Seventh Try

What I accomplished this week 

This week started with winter break, which gave me plenty time to find the templates for creative-level online. I looked through so many cute ones and finally found five of them that I liked the most. After showing the five to my mentor, she gave me her advice about the templates’ hard levels. We combined my knife skills with template’s hard levels, and finally decided the three that probably will look pretty and be a little challenge for me at the same time as my creative-level product. This week, my pattern is a birthday with a crafted butterfly on it.

What I am doing right now

I am starting this week's product by printing the templates out with the size that what I want it to be. Since I am making a birthday wish card, I am not making it that big. It may look easy, but it actually takes me about three hours total to finish, and this is what it looks like (picture on the right). 

Here is the template that I am using this time:

Here are all the materials I am using. They are regular scissors, craft knife, cutting board, color paper, tape, and the template in the size that you want it to be. What I am doing to start making the crafted birthday card is, first, I cut the template smaller and taped it on my color paper; then, I carefully use the craft knife to cut the edges out; finally, I use the razor to make the edges less sharper but more perfect.

                             

What I will do next week

For next week, I am planning on finishing up my next product, which is a birthday card but with crafted roses on it. I will print the template out in the size that I will use. By having the template, I believe it should be easier to make. Hopefully that it will look good!