Hi, Crafty People!
Today I'm participating in a Crafty Challenge Blog Hop with a group of outstanding demonstrators from around the world. Our challenge is to design a card using the sketch below.
Below is the card I designed. I used the Simply Elegant Designer Series Paper, which is beautiful paper. It has gold, silver, and copper foil highlights on 6 of the designs. One side is foiled and the other side isn't.
The card base is a Basic Black 11" x 4 1/4" piece of cardstock scored and folded at 5 1/2". The next layer is a 4" x 5 1/4" copper piece from the Brushed Metallic 12" x 12" cardstock. This pack also has bronze and gold foil sheets in it.
The focal cardstock is a 5" x 3 3/4" piece from the Simply Elegant Designer Series Paper pack. I chose the piece with all the copper flowers on it. I cut this paper in half in both directions which is 2 1/2" the long way and 1 7/8" on the shorter side.
To ensure my corners were folded down evenly, I cut a piece of Thick White the same size as the 4 sections, 2 1/2 " x 1 7/8". I then measured 1 1/4'' from the top right sides across and down. I cut this corner off resulting in the piece pictured below.
Next I placed this piece on top of my designer series paper and folded the corners down. (This is another piece from the same pack, not the piece I used. It has silver and gold foil in it.)
This is how the corners fold back.
Here is the result with the center showing the 4 corners folded back. I used one of the dies from Encircled in Beauty for my center piece. The happy birthday is from the Birthday Chick dies, and I cut it from the black glitter paper.
I used a stamp from the stamp set Inspired Thoughts for my sentiment, and the flower is from the Elegantly Said stamp set. These were stamped with Cinnamon Cider ink. I cut out a flower from the designer series paper and added it to the stamped flowers.
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Fabulous card, I love the fold over sections in the centre
ReplyDeleteThank you, Vickie!
DeleteWhat a terrific technique for this sketch! Reminds me of sewing snowball blocks when quilting!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Ginger!
Deletebeautiful card!!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Lorraine!
DeleteThanks so much!
ReplyDeleteSo elegant!
ReplyDeleteAs the paper says! Thank you so much!
DeleteLove the way you did the corners on your card - so clever!! And that paper shines on your design!
ReplyDeleteYes, that paper really shines and makes a card by itself. Thanks so much Ginny!
Deletelove the modification on your card! love it!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Alejandra!
DeleteThanks, Terri!
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