I've made this birthday card with lots of snippets and as the card is to be posted overseas I've made a stencilled background rather than a layered one to reduce postage costs.
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To make this card I used:
6" x 6" white matt card blank
My Favorite Things 'Inside & Out Stitched Circle STAX Die-namics', My Favorite Things 'Fishtail Flags' and Lawn Fawn
'Happy Birthday Border' dies
Circles Stencil (this is unbranded but I think it was a cover gift with a magazine)
Versamark ink
Cosmic Shimmer Clear Detail embossing powder
Snippets of dark blue, medium blue and pale blue textured card and white matt card
I placed the stencil onto the front of the card blank, applied Versamark ink through the circles and then embossed it with clear embossing powder. I die cut the three circles from the dark, medium and pale blue textured card using the stitched die. These were layered and then cut in half. I die cut the fishtail flag from a snippet of white card - cutting the first half and then moving the die to the other end of the flag so I could get a 'V' in both ends. As the card was quite thin I glued it onto another piece of white card and trimmed around the edge. I die cut the sentiment from dark blue textured card and attached it across the centre of the flag. I placed the half circles onto the upper part of the card front - leaving a small gap between the two pieces so the sentiment banner wouldn't cover too much of the inner circle. To ensure the banner lay flat across the card I trimmed another snippet of white card and inserted it in to the gap between the circles. To finish I attached the banner across the centre.
I am entering the following challenges:
Allsorts - Cold and Ice (I've used cold colours and the embossed dots look like ice)
Ally's Angels - Anything Goes
As You Like It - Anything Goes (I love die cutting, especially when I've been able to make a card entirely from my 'snippets mountain'!)
Happy Little Stampers Anything Goes With Dies - December Challenge
Happy Little Stampers Birthday Challenge - Anything Goes
Snippets Playground - Anything But Christmas
Kath x
Very effective card Kath love the blue colours
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Cool blue colours are perfect for our Allsorts theme Kath, many thanks for joining us.
ReplyDeleteWishing you a Happy Christmas.
B x
Such a fun design with the staggered semi-circles in those pretty colours Kath, and love the clear embossed stencilled circles which make a wonderful complementary background, and the sentiment banner finishes it beautifully. In case this is your last post before Christmas I will wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, and I look forward to visiting you throughout 2024. x
ReplyDeleteA fun design and lovely frosty colours. Thanks for sharing at Allsorts this time.
ReplyDeleteLorraine
Great card Kath, I love this technique! The cool blues are a great choice. And am loving the banner strip.
ReplyDeleteMerry Christmas!
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Di xx
A brilliant layout in gorgeous blue tones
ReplyDeleteBrilliant snippets card in shade of my favourite colour. Great layout.
ReplyDeleteThanks for entering a piece of homework to the Snippets Playground. See you up in the treehouse later. xxx
A really fun birthday card, thanks so much for sharing at Allsorts challenge!
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun birthday card! I think this is a great card for anyone! Thank you for playing with us at the HLS Die Challenge. I hope you can join us again soon.
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A great design and perfect for keeping those postal costs down. Thanks for taking part in the Allsorts challenge and throughout the last year. Happy New Year.
ReplyDeleteA wonderful card, such a great design and perfect for posting with the costs as they are these days!! Thank you for sharing at AYLI. Sarah DT
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