I had a bit of a car accident on 17th September 2024. Thankfully, I was not hurt, but it is proving frustrating being without my car and relying on Mr Fixit to run me around. I am not comfortable driving his car, which is a V6 Holden Commodore, as it is just so big. My car is being repaired, so I am without a car for the next 8 weeks or so.
Anyway ....... back to World Cardmaking Day :)
I think it is such a fun idea having a day dedicated to cardmaking LOL so I took the opportunity to have a play with some of my recent purchases.
I have been keeping a lookout for Spellbinders Be Bold Blooms dies ..... usually they are over A$35 depending where you get them from, and with the added cost of postage, it makes it a very expensive purchase. I was lucky enough to come across a great deal on Amazon - A$23 with free postage! SOLD!
I started with rummaging through my offcuts/snippets ..... and made a selection of colours that I thought might work well.
I die-cut the flowers and leaves multiple times in multiple colours.
I then set about making up various combinations of flowers, stems and leaves.
Once I had finished that, I then sorted through my stash of cardstock for the background, and I finally settled on the dark blue that was in my 'off-cut' bin.
My 'go to' cardbase is A6, which is half of an A4, folded in half. I used the Waffle Flower A6 Layers die to cut the cardfront to the perfect size.
My 'go to' cardbase is A6, which is half of an A4, folded in half. I used the Waffle Flower A6 Layers die to cut the cardfront to the perfect size.
Playing with the layout was lots of fun. I chose to stick fairly closely to the sample in the packaging for my first layout, while I got
familiar with the blooms. I have some pre-foiled/pre-cut sentiments that I have had for absolutely ages and was quite pleased that one of them worked with the layout.
A final touch of bling added randomly around the card ...... if you
call playing with the positioning for a good 5 minutes before deciding
on final layout random LOL
I am really pleased with the way this card turned out .... especially considering it is made entirely with snippets/offcuts (except the white 300gsm cardbase).
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Sorry to hear about your car accident but glad you’re OK. Nuisance not having your own car to run around in for so long though.
ReplyDeleteYour card full of floral snippets is simply gorgeous. Congrats on nabbing a bargain at Amazon.
Thanks for coming to play in the Snippets Playground. See you up in the treehouse shortly. Xxx
Beautiful card, these blooms are a favorite of mine and one summer evening I spent hours making these in all different colors, they are my go to flowers when I need a pretty and quick floral card, looking forward to seeing many more colorful blooms from you!!
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This is a gorgeous set and it makes a beautiful bouquet. I love your color choices as well, just a beautiful card. Thanks for sharing your lovely card with us at The Beautiful Blossoms Challenge.
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A fabulous find with the stamp set! Beautiful result - quite stunning. Good luck with the car repaie - at least you're fine - metal can be repaired.
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