Wow - family tree circle 5in easel card - 365 day card challenge
Hi Craft addicts! Today's handmade card for my 365 day challenge is an easel card using dies and hybrid inks for the background. Using the Family Tree die set from Thirsty Brush, I first of all cut out the tree (using both the circle and tree dies together) in Lynda Chapman's Black card and then cut out two of the circles in white card. Taking one of the circles, I coloured a sunrise/sunset scene using Crafter's Companion Harmony and Tonic Studios Nuvo Hybrid inks blending them in so that it is darker at the top and left it to "dry". Once it was, I stuck the tree on to it using a dotty tape pen from Crafter's Companion (as it just sticks the glue on to the card and doesn't leave any residue. I took a 5" square card, rounded the edges with Hunkydory's Prism punch and folded the front part on to itself and scored it with a scoreboard. As I wanted the back of the topper to look just as good as the front, I then used the 2nd circle and attache...