The last few days have been scrapbook heavy so time to return to cardmaking!
Our theme for the latest Creative Knockouts blog is ‘love’ – so anniversary/valentines type of thing! We were given the Autumn Love image by Paper Shelter to work with – oh it is so cute! One of things that’s so fun is they send a coloured version and a line art version and a background too!
This time I decided to use their coloured version of the couple and print two versions of the background so I could give it some real dimension!
It also meant I could add the die cuts to the card between the layers of the background which I think worked quite well.
I started however with the die cut panel I had in my box of bits and bobs to be used up – this was cut from a subtle patterned paper so just added that to the card blank to give the background some interest.
Next I worked on the main focal point. I fussy cut it out with a white border and then I also cut out the oval from the background. I inked up the oval a little with vintage photo distress ink to give it a little definition. Then I used foam adhesive for both the oval and the couple image to raise them up.
I added a panel of orange cardstock to the back of the panel too as a mat.
I decided that the waffle flower leaves die cut from three different greens would work well and added them top left and bottom right to frame the image and help define the layers I had created.
Next I stamped the sentiment and cut it into a strip to sit off to the right. I added some foam on the right hand side and glue on the left so it would sit nicely on the different layers.
As a finishing touch I brought in those enamel gems in the peach colour that I thought looked nice with the colours in the image and the paper.
A cute card indeed celebrating love!
Off to see what the rest of the team did with the cute image!
Happy crafting!
Catherine
Inkyfingeredcat 
That’s so sweet!