Large all occasion cards featuring decorative paper, sanded white core layers, foil and die cuts

I usually make a few cards to donate at this time of the year and here are a few I have made for the church.  I started with white cardstock - not my usual but having read some comments online there are those who are choosing to use only neutral cardstock for their cardmaking which makes "matching" a non issue.  Something I am considering though I do have a large stash of coloured cardstock.  This decorative paper was donated to me by my sister who is stash busting her decorative paper stash. It worked so well with the coral white core cardstock I had on hand which are little note cards donated to me by a friend a while back.  I created the foil layers by gluing wrinkled foil (chocolate - love it when  treats provides crafting supplies) onto scrap cardstock and pressing.  I started with large white envelopes from my stash and made the cards to fit inside.  For the card on left, I added a full layer of the swirly decorative paper leaving a small border all the way around.   I punched the foil rectangle with a 1.75" punch (SU), rounded the corners, backed it with white cardstock, glued the flower die cut in the opening and added a small rhinestone to finish it off.  I layered this onto a piece of the coral white core cardstock with I had embossed with D"vine Swirl (CB) and then sanded.  I corner rounded this layer too.  There was not enough contrast between the paper and the sanded layer so I added a piece of white cardstock which I distressed on the edges. After gluing all these layers together I mounted this element to my card using 3D foam tape.  It still needed " a bit of something" so I tied a knot in a short piece of white ribbon and attached it below the flower using double sided tape.  That was better!!

For the card on the right, I added two pieces of the coral swirl paper to my card front - top and bottom.  I used a large piece of the coral white core cardstock and embossed it with the D"vine Swirl embossing folder (CB), sanded it and then corner rounded the corners.  I used the circle I punched from the foil for my first card as the base for my flower and added a white embossed center.  I used some pink raffia to create a bit of a floral element around my circle punchie by wrapping and gluing it to the back of my circle.  I secured them with double sided tape.  I glued my embossed layer to the center of my card and then used 3D foam tape to adhere my floral element to the lower right hand corner.  

So glad to be making cards and these ones have worked out so well.  

Therese