Reach for the Stars - Fairy in silhouette DL cream card - Day 223 of my 366 day challenge

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Reach for the Stars - Fairy in silhouette DL cream card - 
Day 223 of my 366 day challenge

Hi Craft addicts!

So today's card is a very simple but I think striking DL card using just 2 colours (and a bit of hessian) to complete day 223 of my 366 day challenge.

Reach for the Stars - Fairy in silhouette DL cream card


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  • To make the border strip -  I went into my Brother ScanNCut's web app, CANVAS and chose a "jagged" edged border and a scalloped edged one  along with the large scalloped (not really sure how to describe it) edged one and resized them to the one I wanted and cut them out in black and again in yellow cardstcock. (If you want to make the edges the same you can always create an offset line to the main image and then cut that out).
  • I glued the largest of the black strips to the left hand side of the card, leaving a small area of the cream card showing. I then added the yellow border and then the black one on top of that - think it makes a really striking contrast to the cream cardstock.
    Reach for the Stars - Fairy in silhouette DL cream card inside
  • I then cut out the "Cierra" fairy die from Spellbinders in black card and glued it to the middle of the card.
  • For the inside of the card, I used one of the "Reach for the Stars" sentiments from Craftwork Card's "Year of Sentiments" pad and added it to some "gold" mirror/mirri card and placed it into the centre of the card.
  • To finish the card off, I added some alternating drops of Nuvo's "Ivory Seashell" and "Bottle Green" crystal drops to the border and a small "Hessian" bow to the bottom right hand corner.

And there you are....a really lovely card which you can buy on my website here  Don't forget you can visit The Handmade Crafts Shop anytime to see what else I have for sale.

Products and items you may need to make this card
  • DL cream/ivory card (approx 300gsm) from Craft Creations
  • Fairy Cierra die from Spellbinders
  • Border strips templates within Brother ScanNcut's CANVAS and the cutting machine
  • Reach for the Stars sentiment from Craftwork Cards sentiments pad
  • Black cardstock (Lynda Chapman's from Creative Crafting World)
  • Yellow cardstock
  • Ivoyr Seashell and Bottle Green Nuvo crystal drops from Tonic Studios
  • Hessian twine made into a bow
  • Cosmic Shimmer PVA glue
  • Collall All Purpose Glue
  • Foam pads or strips - from Stix2 or Hunkydory
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