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Today is the first of the month, importantly my Mum’s birthday, but the card I have today isn’t my Mum’s birthday card …. I’ll share that another time, instead it is a card I made using elements cut from a sheet of 12×12 dsp. I’ve been doing this every month this year as I got organised last year so I wasn’t having to do too much thinking about what to create when the end of the month comes around and it is time for a patterned paper playtime.
This months dsp of choice was an old favourite … True Love DSP. I must have used this paper for so many projects because I bought a few packs and think it is so versatile with being just black and white and so you can leave it without colour or add colour using whatever medium you fancy.
This time I added colour to the reverse of the paper … and left the flowers plain.
I love adding rainbow colours for a dramatic impact, especially against black. I used the stampin blends to add the colour to the striped side of the dsp and then die cut it using the stitched shapes. Then stacked that up with two more so it was a nice sturdy element. I added some of the black and white gingham ribbon and then two of the flower elements.
I decided that I wanted to add some texture in the background but kept it black. I decided to add versamark to the folder and use clear emboss to add some shine to the texture. This is just like the way that I did it for the recent Christmas card inspired by Jennifer McGuire video.
Inside the card I added white with a strip of the coloured dsp and another floral element.
I finished off the outside with the black gems and a stamped sentiment I raised up on foam.
I do love this way of creating a card by having ready cut out elements ready to go. Plus when you prep it like this you end up with very little waste. But many many elements ready to work with for other projects!
Happy crafting!
Catherine
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