No surface border taping…

Before I start, I have to apologize - It's been a long time since I posted last. Time got away from me as we had important family matters that took my attention away from here. Hope you will again add my site to your "what are they doing now" list. Thank you.

And now:

Recently, I have been trying to find a way to create a nice clean border for my card fronts without using tape on the front side. If you know me, you will remember that I only have one arm. That has created a few challenges. Especially when using any kind of removeable tape. 

While working on my Christmas cards this past year, there were several incidents with “paper-hungry-sticky-tape” problems! A few were fixable but a few were delivered to the trash-can!

I came up with an odd solution: I tried using an older metal 5”x7” aperture/stencil (center opening 3 ¾”x6”) by placing the aperture on a lightbox glass surface. Then I laid a piece of precut 5”x7” watercolor payer on top. With the light on, I could see to center opening shining through the paper. That made it easier to center the workable area and created a lovely border surrounding the workplace. I secured the paper on what would be the back side of the card front with small pieces of tape.  

That made it so easy to work on this project: 

I still need some time to figure how I'd like to present this card front. I have an idea, it will be my next project posting along with the material list.

Thank you for looking me up. I pray you have a great week and will stop in again in a few days. Our coffee pot is always ready and the cinnamon tea only takes a moment - let's create!