Part of A Big Order

Welcome!

At the end of every year for the past few years, not only do I make my Christmas cards, but I also have a standing order that I start to work on to be completed by March. This year the order has increased to 75 cards. This order is for a mixture of occasions and card sizes. I often include cards I made as samples for past classes.

Anyway, I decided to work a little more with the Altenew wide washi tape, Floral Flurries, and created these six cards.

These are A2 cards (4 1/4" x 5 1/2"). A simple design and embellished using ribbon and fussy cut florals from the washi tape that was attached to white cardstock before cutting. After spening about 4 hours fussy cutting, I ended up with a large amount of flowers & leaves that did not all get used up.

Basically I made three different cards using different Altenew sentiment stamps, and a slightly different arrangements, each with a different colour of cardstock for matting and ribbon. So I will be showing you the cards in sets of two.

Hello Sunshine

Wishing You A Full Recovery

And, Thank You (this photo ended up a bit crooked, sorry)

Now that I have these six cards completed, I still have a few more fussy cut flowers to make a few more cards with. I had thought about putting the washi tape onto coloured cardstock, but then thought this was not the time to experiment and went with the usual white cardstock backing.

Hope that you like these and are inspired for some of your own creations.

Happy creating everyone!

Two Cards Using Altenew's Floral Flurries Super 4 1/4" Wide Washi Tape

Welcome Everyone!

While I was waiting for class supply orders to come in, I mentioned yesterday, I was working on a huge kit project. At one point I needed a break from it and decided to make something for myself that I had put off for a long time. That was working with Altenew's Floral Flurries washi tape!

So, these are they.

For this first card, I did some fussy cutting. I attached the washi tape to white cardstock and fussy cut the flowers to arrange and attach as you see. Fussy cutting is one of my favourite things to do because you can arrange the items in ay way you wish, and it gives more dimension to the card.

Don't you just love the colours of the watercoloured images on the washi tape? Here is a closer look at the layering of the fussy cut pieces around the framed sentiment strip. If you do not have a die set to make a frame in the size you want, you can create it from a piece of cardstock in the measurements you want and then cut out the center leaving a 1/4" all around. This means lining up your blade at 1/4" and not cutting through the piece when you start, and finish 1/4" from the end.

Shall we look at the other card now?

To see the gold gel pen lines on this card, I need to show you a closer look.

Metallic gel pens are always a great thing to have on hand for cardmaking.

Popping up the top and bottom pieces add a little interest to the clean and simple card design. DOn't you just love the beautiful watercolour flowers on the washi tape? I have some many of Altenew's washi tapes on my wish list. Check them out! They are gorgeous!

Thanks for stopping by, and Happy Creating!