This altered "J" is a birthday gift for a friend of mine. It's amazingly easy to make, and I like the way it turned out. I got the J at Michael's, they have several different types of alterable letters. I cut pieces of Petals and Paisley Designer Paper (which just retired, but we do have some beautiful new designer paper) into 1-1/2" strips and adhered them diagonally with a glue stick. After that set for a bit I turned it over, trimmed and clipped the paper and folded over onto the back. Then I cut a "J" out of turquoise cardstock just a teeny bit smaller than the chipboard and adhered it with the new Tombow Mono Multi Adhesive. I added some flowers made with the 5 petal punch, tempting turquoise and pretty in pink cardstock with tempting turquoise brads, and some tempting turquoise 1/4" grosgrain to finish it off. Hopefully she likes it.
The same friend requested a real life example of a waterfall card. I'd never made one, but I'd been told they're much easier to make than they look, and I was fortunate enough to have an example card that my very first secret sister made me. There are excellent directions for making a waterfall card here on SplitCoastStampers.
I made this with one of my favorite all purpose retired stamp sets, Mini Mates, using Real Red and Brilliant Blue classic ink, and a Real Red marker on whisper white cardstock. The cardbase is Brilliant Blue with a Real Red mat and the individual squares on the waterfall are matted on Real Red, Brilliant Blue and YoYo Yellow. It's finished off with Real Red eyelets and a little piece of Real Red ribbon. If you haven't seen one, as you gently pull on the ribbon the little square flip up one at a time to reveal the bottom message. Here it is fully open:
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