The
card I have for you today is one I made for my sister in law last year.
The "Eclipse" style was all the rage at the time and I made a couple
of cards in this style, this was the first - and I learned a few things from
it, not enough to make no mistakes on the next ones, but at least different
mistakes :-)
The
paper I used for this card is absolutely lush in real life, with a soft
textured finish, really good quality printing and gold foil details... of
course none of that shows up in the pics, lol
I made
an easel card, I love them and my sister in law does too... and it's a good
chance to show the "eclipse" effect off with it's different
angles. I cut the edge with a Sue Wilson border die, the pink card was a
bit light to support the weight of the card front (with all the added layers
under the letters) so I backed it up with some acetate, I cut the corners with
a curved corner cutter - so it doesn't spike you!
The letters were from a die set I bought from AliExpress, they are
3" tall. Here's a link to a tutorial showing the Eclipse technique, it's one of the
(many, lol) videos I used to learn. I used three layers of black card to raise the letters
up.
The
pearl trim is from my stash, actually it's some my lovely Mum brought back from
Malaysia on one of her many trips... I've been loathe to use anything she has
given me, knowing that once it's gone it's gone, but my SiL absolutely loved my
Mum, so it felt "right" to use it
I used
sticky back pearls from my stash on the centres of each "medallion"
on the border die too. The inside of the card was finished very simply,
with just a strip of the pearl "ribbon" as a prop for the front of
the card. The sentiment is a stamp from Kaisercraft
That's
it for today's card. I would like to enter in the following challenges:
Cardz 4 Galz Wings
Crafty
Cardmakers Challenge #239 It's a Bug's Life
Double D Challenge Pearls, Gems or
Rhinestones
As You Like It
Favourite: Pink and Green or Blue and Orange and Why... I love all colour :-) I love Pink and Green together - perfect for pretty flowers AND butterflies
Cutie Pie
Challenge My Favourite Colour... again, I love all colour. Pink and teal green look so pretty together
Allsorts
Challenges Feminine
Crafty
Hazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge Use Patterned
Paper
Through the Craftroom
Door, Digi Choosday, Crafty Creations, Crafty Creations, Creative
Fingers, Li'l
Patch of Crafty Friends, Polkadoodles, Gem of a Challenge, A Perfect
Time to Craft, Creatalicious
Challenges, Crafting
With Attitude and Corrosive
Challenge all have Anything Goes
That's it for today. I have to make a Father's Day card (or two!) for next Sunday... my Dad is deep in the throes of Dementia now, and doesn't know me from a bar of soap, but we still celebrate all the events and I still like to make his cards.... and he still likes the chocolates I always give him, especially so now; the only things he'll eat are sweet - sweeter the better!
Until next time (which may be after the next stage of my dental surgery, which is bringing it's own set of issues, tba) Happy Crafting, Donna
