Time for another card swap - CM June swap cards – Christmas & Sketch (once again, I was extremely late in making and sending these cards)
Card #1 – Black & White + 1 colour
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| Thanks to my swap partner for taking the photo :) |
I die cut a selection of flowers, leaves and stems from the Spellbinders Be Bold Blooms die set using my Cuttlebug.
I die cut a black cardfront using my Waffle Flower A6 Nesting Rectangles.
I played with the layout of flowers for a while until I was happy, then proceeded to attach flowers using a combination of glue and foam squares.
I attached the black cardfront to the white cardbase, then finished with gold sticker 'best wishes' sentiment.
Linking Card #1 with the following challenges:
Card #2 – Tic Tac Toe
I went with the middle column - Bright Colours, Friend, Gems
I settled on the 'bright colours' option and knew I wanted to utilise a rainbow and as I was browsing through my stamps, I came across my Altenew Mini Delight Mini Paintbox .... perfect! I have had this stamp in my stash for a little while, and I don't think I have used it yet!
I positioned the paintbox and sentiments then stamped using the Couture Creations stamp positioner so that I could stamp twice and get a good impression.
I coloured in the 'paint pots' using Altenew Inks and then stencilled the background using the same Altenew Ink colours, then added Crystal Accents to the paint pots. I then trimmed and attached the cardfront to the cardbase.
I added gems with glue, the final element in the Tic Tac Toe.
This card came together quite quickly, and I am very happy with the way it turned out.
Linking Card #2 with the following challenges:
NBUS Challenge #89 - 'stencils' I have had a huge pile of stencils in my stash for quite some time now and have only used 2 or 3. I am aiming to use each stencil, at least once before Christmas! LOL
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Such an elegant card. I love the combo of gold and white on black. Thanks for playing at AAA Birthday, hope to see you join in with future challenges too. Stay safe and keep crafting!
ReplyDeleteYour black, gold and white colored flowers are so pretty! This card could work for so many occasions and it is great for Die Week at Just Us Girls! Thank you for playing along!
ReplyDeleteVery creative and pretty, good luck on using all your stencils, we have a Stencil challenge too!
ReplyDeleteThank you for joining our challenge at The Neglected Stuff!
Diane
{Nellies Nest}
The Neglected Stuff Co-Owner
You have a lovely range, Cathy! I love both your elegant and classy first card and fun and colorful second card! And I'm so with you on having a ton of stencils and not using them - we should start a club! Thank you for inspiring everyone to use their NBUS! Hugs, Darnell
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