The current Dies R Us Challenge is "Christmas." I used the "Angle Approach" Cut-Fold-Tuck die from Spellbinders (discontinued) for this card. This card I saw on Pinterest inspired the basic design of my card.
I die cut the main element from a piece of green Die Cuts with a View Flip Side cardstock. This has a light color on one side & a darker shade of the same color on the other. I carefully removed the cardstock from the die, and folded back the pieces around the perimeter. I also folded up the center circle bits to give them some lift.
I glued the die cut centered towards the top of a 4x5-1/4" piece of navy cardstock. I had a scrap piece of white cardstock left over from another card, that I'd embossed with the "Plaid" embossing folder from Sizzix & Tim Holtz. I decided to use that behind my greeting.
I wanted to heat emboss my greeting, from Simon Says Stamp's "Holiday Greetings Mix 1" stamp set, onto the same navy cardstock as I'd used for the background. But, I didn't want to cut into another, larger piece of navy. So I cut off a little over an inch from the bottom of my panel, heat embossed my greeting a little higher than center, and carefully trimmed the greeting out. I adhered the negative strip to my card base, butted up against the bottom edge of the upper background panel. I adhered my white cardstock strip, which covered the seam between the 2 navy pieces, and glued my greeting on top of that.
I'm also entering this card in the following challenges:
613 Avenue Create December Challenge: "Anything Goes" (not playing the twist)
Very pretty with a non-traditon Christmas color scheme!! Thanks for playing along our December challenge at Die Cut Divas.
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DeleteWow, such intricate work - wonderful! So glad you joined us at Die Cut Divas, Arlene, DT for Die Cut Divas.
DeleteThank you, Arlene! :)
DeleteThis is very pretty! Thanks for joining us at Dies R Us Challenges. Julie, DT member
ReplyDeleteThank you, Julie! :)
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