Back with another design team sample using the card bases from Kingston Crafts – this time I decided to have a little play with inking one of the bases – and it worked well!
I chose a circle mask and then inked using my distress inks and a brush around the edge to give a halo type effect. So even though the card blanks already have pattern to them you can change it up a little using the inks.
For this card I then went to town die cutting the pastel cardstock also from Kingston Crafts – they work well with the card bases.
I chose a new to me die I’ve had for ages but not got around to using until I made this card of the bird and the branches. It’s from XCut and not that easy to work out exactly which pieces to die cut to assemble when it comes to the tiny elements but think I did ok!
Obviously I chose colours I thought went with the card base not necessarily realistic! But isn’t it a pretty bird and branch die.
I then die cut some banners and used a foiled sentiment for the cluster to the left hand side of the card. I tucked some twine underneath the cluster to add texture and then some gems to finish off!
A fun card mixing the two products together for the sample.
Happy crafting!
Catherine
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