As I was in need of a thank you card and wasn’t totally happy with yesterdays submission to Color Hues, Color Hues #126. I decided to have another go. Having recently taken part in a card making summit, free online, I saw Natasha Foote take a past technique to a new level by using shapes and some paper cutting. I can’t share the video because it isn’t public at the moment.

Anyway, I liked the idea and after choosing some PP from my stash, I die cut 3 circles, which when cut gives me 3 card backgrounds all a little different. Then I die cut a larger circle out of red CS and added my first set of cut shapes on top. I set it aside for a few moments while I had a think about what I might use for some additional impact. After a search, I couldn’t find my ladybug stamp set, but I came across a very old feather stamp set from Hot off the Press. I chose one feather and decided it was going to work so I proceeded to stamp it using a red and 2 different pink inks. I heat set this in clear and when cool I fussy cut it.

After placing it as you see, I fussy cut a couple of the ladybugs from the scraps and added them on top to tie things together. The sentiment stamp comes from Altenew. Apart from the fact that I think I should have used a smaller die for the red circle, I quite like the result and I still have two more circles to use later.

I think this fits better into the challenge than my previous card so I shall enter it there. Thanks for stopping by, I really appreciate it.