A sweet crafty friend, Amanda (YT: Live, Love, & Create!) is hosting a challenge to support her best friend who lost her baby duringĀ Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month (October). I decided I would create a handful of CAS cards, inspired by Karin Akesdotter, as a gift set for Amanda’s friend.
These cards take advantage of the negative space created by small dies. I used the whole 7 piece set of the Diemond Dies sugarplum flower die set. [DIEMOND DIES COUPON CODE: thankskristina is still active for 10% off your entire Diemond Dies purchase and free shipping on orders of $35 or more!] Then I “back-filled” each cut out with some small scraps of patterned paper (If you recognize some of these, it could be because they are the bits left over from the Steampunk Scarlett tag I made last week), using strips of foam tape to add a little depth and shadow interest. Ā The papers I used were from My Mind’s Eye “Everyday Tango” and Graphic 45 “Bohemian Bazaar”.
For the sentiments, I used the Lawn Fawn’s “Critters at the Dog Park” and “Love You S’more” stamp sets. Ā For the “love everyday”, I had to do a little masking, as it was two different stamps, but it was quick and easy (the tutorial video below shows how easy!).
To add a little more interest, I used a Faber-Castell M size PITT artist pen to draw in some faux stitch lines. Ā On one of the cards I also added some teal and white bakers twine. Ā Finally, just to make the gift set a little more special, I took some washi in a similar color family to the patterned papers I used and put a little banner all around the envelopes.
The following is a video share of these cards including a step-by-step tutorial:
This card is being entered into the Lawnscaping Patterned Paper ChallengeĀ and
The Paper Nest Dolls Anything Goes Challenge
Thanks for stopping by and have a great day. WOOF!
You just made my day! How fun to know that I inspired someone with my card! I LOVE you take and Beautiful choices of pp! Adorable!!! Thanks so much for playing with us at Lawnscaping Challenges – again!! / Karin
Wonderful CAS cards & video tutorial. Thank you for participating with us over at Open-Minded Crafting Fun! Melanie, DT
Oops…silly me wrote the wrong DT!!! I loved the video tutorial so much I lost my marbles for a moment. I am from The Paper nest Dolls and we are extra glad you joined us this week. Don’t forget we are having a Guest DT Call… š Melanie
fab Thank you for joining us at the Paper Nest Dolls Challenge blog. Good luck in the draw. I hope we will see you next time your works outstanding.
Hugs Sharon (DT)