I made this card for a lady who has not been able to participate in our card exchange this time around but as a enthusiastic cardmaker she certainly would appreciate a card!!
I have been gifted some new craft supplies by my sister though we might yet work out a trade. One of the items I received is a Hexagon die by Sizzix!! The die cuts six at a time and they are the perfect size for cards!! There has been a serendipity challenge on Splitcoast Stampers and I have been inspired by what others have done so I dug out my little bag of serendipity papers - I have made some ahead when I had the time and it has come in handy. I chose several pieces that coordinating somewhat and cut as many little hexagons as I could out of the pieces. Next I decided on a five hexagon layout - there are a lot of options - and chose the five from my little collection that would work best together. I chose a yellow card front and stamped it with the Worn (SU) background stamp using brown ink. I added some stippling with my little stamp (SU) and a warmer brown ink. Next, I sponged the edges of my hexagons with brown ink and adhered them into place using a combination of double sided tape and white glue leaving the bottom one until last so I could glue down my greeting before put it into place. The greeting is colour printed, trimmed and flagged and sponged a bit. I had decided to embellish with sequins so I dug out the bag and auditioned quite a few until I had what I thought worked best. I used glue dots to adhere them into place. Still thinking it needed a bit of something I added some drops of clear dimensional paint on the card and drops of gold glitter on the hexagons. With those in place it was just a matter of waiting until they were dry and the card will be on its way to her. Therese
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