Kendra’s Card Challenge #18 – cards 14-18

So the last four cards in this Kendra’s card challenge are a bit different as they actually only used one piece of patterned paper cut into four different angled pieces – so I made four thank you cards and sneakily added in another pattern for some using the Best Friend laser cut paper from the Kingston Crafts pet collection kit.

For two I added in the kennel and dog die cut pieces, for the other two I added in the heart banner from the die cut pieces and a stamped dog from a My Favourite Things stamp set.

I added some dimension to all the cards by popping elements up on adhesive foam and also the die cuts are stacked up too. In this case I chose sentiments from the pouches where I make them in batches from scraps to have some elements of my cards easy to do with grab and go elements.

For this one I added dimension to the dog so he is raised above the background which I kept simple with the white mat, the yellow card with the laser cut, the patterned panel and then the die cut elements and one of the hearts I cut from the packaging.

This one I added more dimension as I raised the patterned paper, the kennel and the dog up on the adhesive foam to lift it away from the panel of laser cut paper. I added white behind this one with a yellow mat layer.

This one I decided to add just a small panel of the laser cut but added that with the foam tabs – I did have to cut the tabs to be half size so they didn’t show through holes in the paper but it worked well. I also added foam to the left hand side of the heart banner so it was the same height as the laser cut panel and then glued the rest of it in place.

I die cut the yellow circle twice to stack it for a little dimension behind the little stamped dog.

I hadn’t run out of the laser cut sheet but this one I decided to keep a little simpler with the background panel being embossed instead and a little orange ink blended behind the panel of paper. I lifted the banner of hearts up and then some of the same foam adhesive behind the dogs head and one of his legs so he sat at the same level.

I did vary this one a little too by adding in a brown mat layer – I originally was going to be doing a navy layer but it didn’t look quite right when I decided to use a kraft card blank so swapped it out for the brown instead.

I love how all four of these cards worked and it was a good reminder that even one piece of 6×6 can stretch quite a way and make the start of an interesting card when you cut it at an angle.

It is also good to mix things up sometimes and it was good to bring in the Kraft bases for two of these. You might also note I did flip over the paper for one of these cards and use the larger print – that’s one of these cool things about Kingston Crafts papers – it is the same but differently sized pattern on the reverse – so you can choose the right proportions for your project!

Obviously I did not make all my cards for the Kendra’s card challenge in one go – batching them into different groups makes it a less overwhelming task – 18 cards in one go would be a lot of effort! But happy I got another four cards made. Think I still have 10 left to share with you (some of which at the time of writing I have yet to actually make but know I will get there soon!). EDIT: now I am getting round to posting this I can confirm I did finish them all!

Happy crafting!

Catherine