die-cutting

Krafty Chicks challenge #742 – Christmas and I created a paper wreath. I was just fooling around cutting paper and out of curiosity wondered how it would look if I used both sides. I die cut the first circle frame using Hero Arts infinity dies in 2 sizes. Then did the same thing but this time used a smaller die to make a wider frame. Then the smallest circle became the center. When I put it together, I glued the center flat, the thicker frame was turned over and has foam tape to pop it up slightly and then the outer frame used thicker foam. The image on the center circle is ephemera that came with the paper and the bow is from a store bought card from last year. Sentiment is from YNS.

A simple card and a nice way to use up the papers. The hardest thing about it was adding the foam tape in tiny pieces so it wouldn’t show. Another time I may die cut some larger foam sheets into frame circles that can be added easily to the paper ones.

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As I mentioned in a recent post, it seems as if I shall be making a few sympathy cards over the next few weeks. Several people we know are losing loved ones or are about to lose one. This card has been made for a club member of my hubby’s photo group as she lost her husband on Saturday after a long illness.

At Krafty Chicks it is an all occasion challenge at the moment so I shall add it there if I can get this post done in time.

I started with inking a small scrap piece of white CS and then die cutting the dragonfly from this piece. Die is from PaperRose. I cut a second one in black so I could offset the inked top one slightly for more definition. I also sprayed the inked piece with some sparkle. Using a Tim Holtz/Sizzix die set I cut the pattern into some blue CS and added it to the gray card front. I added some sparkle using a Sakura pen on the diamond shapes within the pattern. My sentiment is from GKD and once this was stamped and dry I glued the dragonfly leaving the wings free.

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