Hi all. One quick card today as I have been ill for a while with this brutal virus that is doing the rounds. But I am a little better today so I was determined to make at least one card for this challenge as I have entered every month and didn't want to miss his one. I started off preparing at least two but soon realised that I had better settle for one and go and sit down again. So here it is.
Sorry it is not a brilliant photo but I am not up for fiddling with it today. I wanted to try out a new set of dies I bought by Bright Rosa. They were very reasonably priced and the set included 20 dies; The card base with elongated hexagon front, eight nesting hexagons to fit it, a hexagonal star-burst background die, matching corners with mats in two sizes, and two long hexagonal labels, so it was very comprehensive.
I chose an image from an old magazine page, and matched it with a dark blue card with a white fleck for the base.
I cut the background mesh and matching corners in gold mirri-card, a white mat from thin felt that happened to be on my desk, and the image, and layered them all up. In this picture it looks as though the front of the card is complete, but the picture below shows that the corners are actually on the inner back of the card.
There was quite a lot of cutting involved but on the whole this was a straight forward card to make, and I shall be doing some more very soon. My second one will use silver mirri-card in place of the gold. I haven't yet decided whether or not to use one of the label dies to add a sentiment.
This is obviously a versatile set of dies which isn't restricted to use at Christmas, so I think it was a good buy.
I shall link this up at the November Rudolph Day Challenge, so if you are busy making things for the Christmas season, why not join in and post your own creations.
7 comments:
Sorry to hear you haven't been well, hope your back to normality soon. Your card is so beautiful and I love how you have designed it, it's a very clever design.
Faith x
Beautiful card, Kate, love the gold die cuts and the lovely image. Sorry to hear you've been unwell, hope you'll soon be fully recovered. xx
A really lovely card, sweet image and love the dies.
Kath x
Oh Kate I do hope you are fully recovered soon - that sounds a terrible virus :(
Loving your card, and that set of dies sounds like a great buy! Love how the front is shaped and lifts away from the rectangular background
Blessings
Maxine
Hi Kate,
Happy Rudolf Days.
So sorry to hear you are ill.
I do hope you are soon A1 again.
Love your beautiful card those dies look excellent and very lovely.
Beautiful image also.
Thank you for joining the Rudolf Challenge.
Lots of crafty love. Jenny L. DT
Beautiful card and I hope you feel better soon.
Hope you are feeling much better now!
Your card is fabulous. I LOVE that die. It looks as though you have a stained glass window on your card! I also love the way the die cuts the front of the card into the wonderful shape! I did not realize that until I read your blog post.
Thanks for taking part in the November Rudolph Days Challenge.
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