My second card to send thanks to those who have blessed us this season!!! I started with a green card that fit in a #6 envelope (advertised as no.8) and added paper triangles to the front until it was completely covered. I cut these triangles while making these sunburst cards for my Card Exchange partners. I trimmed the triangles to the edge of the card then added the yellow ribbon which came wrapped around the Christmas crackers my daughter included in our Christmas gift bag. I wanted to feature stars and found this assortment in my stash. I really like how the big open ones are behind the solid embossed ones. I used white glue to secure the large ones and 3D foam tape for the solid ones. I added the faux stitching border with a black Sharpie to embellish the edge of my card and then thought a few black stars would enhance my design so I punched a few and added them with white glue. They really add a bit of punch to this colour scheme!! Therese
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Wednesday, January 06, 2021
All occasion card featuring a bold background, a watercoloured butterfly and ribbon
I am making cards to have on hand for gift giving and donating to charity. I am making the without greetings to make them more versatile.
For this one I started with an envelope from my stash and made a dark green card to fit inside. I trimmed a bold and beautiful colour printed background from Morgue File which I printed a while back and then adhered it to my card front. I trimmed a narrow strip of yellow cardstock, flagged the end and ran my tracing wheel on both long edges before mounting it over the background. I found the butterfly image (CLKER) in my stash. I watercoloured it to coordinate with the background, ran my tracing wheel on all four edges and then added coordinating ribbon to two corners - overlapping on one corner and double knotted in the opposite one. I mounted this image to my card front using 3D foam tape.
I am enjoying being back to cardmaking!! With no definite sketch or design I am making one of a kind. Therese