Having never tried one of these diamond style cards it seemed to me to be time to give one a go. This is my attempt and as it almost fits the colours at Just Add Ink, I am playing in their current challenge. I did follow a tutorial found on Pinterest just to ensure I got things right, but stupidly didn’t save the link and now I cannot find it. I know I changed the measurement slightly as I wanted my card to fit existing envelopes. Once I had cut and scored my card front, I added the StampinUp PP on the flap inside and out. I also added it to the smaller squares but used white CS for the main piece which I then added to a gold background. The inside of the card has some ephemera left over from a previous Christmas. The stamped images are from StampinUp and a new this year set by YNS. The trees were coloured using ink but the penguin was done with pencils and some glitter pens for the lights. The red bird was from a set by SSS I think and I used glitter CS to cut him.
I hope you have all had a fabulous Christmas and that the coming New Year Celebration is fun for you too. I doubt very much I shall be up until midnight personally. I’m lucky if I get past 9pm these days. Thanks for stopping by, your comments are always appreciated.
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Gorgeous – so much detail and elements which you have layered together perfectly. This looks like a complicated design, but it does work well. xx
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Glad you like it. It wasn’t too complicated thankfully.
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What an adorable image on a beautiful card.
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I’m glad I purchased the penguin stamp set – its a fun one.
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This turned out wonderfully. The fold is great and the penguin is way too cute.
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What a delightful card. I really like the interesting fold. The penguin is a real cutie.
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Thanks and I agree about the penguin. They are all cute in this set.
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Aww! How adorable! That little penguin is so cute! Thanks for sharing with us at Just Add Ink.
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Great card. It’s a fun style/fold.
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thank you.
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So cute! Love the creative card base. Great coloring!
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Thanks.
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