Good morning! I'm stopping by today to share a card I created for Pinkfresh Studio's YouTube Live yesterday. I used some of the newest release, and was inspired by several different crafters that I love! And, as I sometimes do, I took some of the leftovers from this card to create another card - if you scroll down, I share details for that later in this post! You can watch the video replay HERE if you want to see more details and watch this card come together.
Here is the replay of the live video if you'd like to watch it here:
This card was partly inspired by Laura Bassen, party by Channin Pelletier, and partly by Lea Lawson - I love getting ideas from different crafters, and then making them my own!
I used the new Floral Outline Frame die for this card, and I shared a fun trick for die cutting intricate dies, and bonus, it recycles extra bubble mailers that you may get frequently! I trimmed the design in half creatively so I could use it on a slimline card design for a totally different look.
I used the prviously released Essentials: Slim Stripes die to cut lots of white cardstock strips, then used my ink cubes to apply color directly onto them. I basically created my own custom colors of cardstock! I then layered them diagonally in rainbow order, alternating between sizes and lighter or darker shades. I used a base of cream cardstock cut from the largest Slim Stitched Rectangles die. Once I had them all in place, I trimmed off the extra, and adhered the floral frame in place over the top.
Sentiment was created by hot foiling a panel of Silver foil using the Solid Hot Foil plate, and then die cutting the sentiment included in the Floral Outline Frame die from it. You could also use whatever metallic cardstock you already have. I layered it up a couple extra times from white cardstock, and then added a shadow vellum layer underneath. Finished off with a row of Jewels in rainbow color order! I love how this came out - so out of my usual norm, but so fun!
And then...I couldn't waste the things I made and didn't use, right? I made this second card quickly and easily after the live - and I can't decide which one I like better!
For this card, I used the pink, purple, and coral reef strips leftover from the last card. I created an A2 card this time, and turned it to a portrait style instead of landscape.
I did it all on a panel of white cardstock, and layered over the Floral Outline frame that I had die cut in advance to test out and confirm worked well with the bubble wrap trick. Then I trimmed a bit off all 4 sides to create a perfect size panel to mount on my cardbase. This cut off a bit of the floral frame, but was such a fun effect!
I added some coordinating jewels in a row on these as well, alternating the color with whatever color was dominate on the side I placed them. So on the pink side, I used a larger purple, and on the purple side I used a larger pink. Then added some clear to round out the trio.
I added the foiled sentiment that I planned to add on the first card - but I ended up not loving it paired with the other sentiment. No worries though - it worked PERFECTLY for this card! Mounted that with foam adhesive too of course.
So a simple bonus card, and I didn't waste those extra pieces, or set them aside and forget about them. Win-win!
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