Blue Moo cards

This swap is not due till November so I have really no idea why I suddenly felt the urge to make them now. Maybe because a blue mood had overtaken me.

Moo cards are so-called because of the Moo company who makes them and in the case of this Artchix Swap we are making them 1" wide x 3" high and of course we have to use Artchix images for this swap. I used a background which I originally made for my January 2007 Journal Quilt (for the Contemporary Group of the British Quilters' Guild). It was another fabric-paper collage which I had scanned in and now printed out again onto watercolour inkjet paper (from Crafty Computer Paper). This was cut to size and images from Artchixstudio's Snowflake Kisses sheet were glued on. I then layered the cards with blue felt and added transparent fabrics on top, 3 white ones and 3 turquoise ones. These fabrics had white glitter and blue stars already in them (very handy!).

I added watercolour paper as the backing and machine stitched around all edges. Finally I glued on suitable vintage texts to all the cards.

Lost Art Creations Moo Cards

Don't know what Moo cards are??? You're not alone, as I did not have a clue either. But apparently this is the latest craze to sweep the art and craft world. They are sized 1.1/8" wide by 2.3/4" high and there are even companies who will make Moo cards for you from your own pictures. They are used as business cards and apparently originated on the Continent. I did not want to be left behind so Moo cards it was going to be.
Needless to say mine are hand made and are for a swap organized by Lost Art Creations. We needed to use one LAC image and one extra art bit. All my images are LAC ones printed on vellum from a variety of their collage sheets. So no wet glue (it has a disastrous effect on vellum) but sewing is an excellent way to attach vellum. The extra art bit in my case is the text which comes from one of Lost Art Creations vintage paper packs. My pack included 2 pages from Wuthering Heights and I set myself the challenge of only using text from these pages for all my Moo cards (10 in total, 8 for the swap and 2 for me to keep to commemorate my first Moo cards). It was quite a job but I managed it!

On the top of most of the cards I sewed transparency sun images from the Lost Art Creations Flower Power II sheet, which gave the cards a lovely shiny finish and added another interesting layer to look through. You can see it clearly on the Moo card above. I wonder if these Moo cards are going to be as popular as ATCs and inchies. We'll wait and see!