Welcome to August's Heart Of Christmas Showcase! The Art With Heart team are participating in a Monthly event in the lead up to Christmas. It's never too early to start on our Christmas cards, and so we hope we can inspire you to get creating!
This month I have a group of four cards that were once again inspired by my friend, Rachel Palmieri. She's been amazing at getting out of her comfort zone and doing Facebook videos, and I saw this technique in one of her videos.
Basically, you take a 6 inch (15cm) square piece of DSP (non-directional is best), and measure in about 1 3/4 inch (3-4cm) from each side. You then cut the piece in half twice, from mark to mark, skipping one mark. You end up with four pieces of DSP that are a fun shape, ready to glue onto a card base. I went one step further and cut some cardstock the same way (but slightly bigger) to matt the DSP.
I embossed the Thick Very Vanilla card base with my Sublte 3DEF before gluing on the DSP. I then used my Painted Labels and Joy Dies to create the sentiment panel. The label was cut from Copper Foil, which matches the DSP. I cut the word 'Joy' from the inside of the label, where I knew it would be covered by the layered die cuts. You can see that on the inside I used a little strip of the same DSP and Pretty Peacock cardstock as decoration.
The best part about this cutting method is that, for not much more effort than it would take to make one card, you get four cards! It's a great way to boost your card stash very quickly. I will certainly be trying it with other papers. This paper is the gorgeous Brightly Gleaming SDSP, which has carried over from last year's Holiday Catalogue.
Tat's all from tonight, but please do pop on over to my lovely friend, Judy's blog, where you can find the rest of this month's cards.
Bye for now,
Tina
Lovely stylish cards Tina, beautiful!
ReplyDeleteWow Tina, what a unique design. And such a great way to get multiple cards from one piece of 6"sq DSP - a 'one sheet wonder' for sure. I love the word 'joy', it looks like it has been heat embossed.
ReplyDeleteVery efficient way of making cards! (I'm no good at planning these things, LOL.) Love the copper sentiment label, and how beautifully it co-ordinates with that stunning paper. Lovely work, Tina.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous cards Tina - and what a way of making 4 cards out of 1 process. Love your use of the Joy dies - looks so decadent with the copper foil. xxx
ReplyDeleteLovely cards Tina, it sure is a fun way to make multiple cards!
ReplyDeleteLove all the coppery goodness of your cards, Tina. What a cool way to get 4 cards from a 6x6 piece of DSP. Thanks so much for being part of Heart of Christmas this month!
ReplyDeleteWow - this design is amazing! So powerful and beautiful and I love your tips for getting more out of DSP and for die cutting the word from the section of the foil that will be covered up by the sentiment.
ReplyDeleteWow what a striking card Tina, I love the clean lines of this card.
ReplyDeleteI love this particular sheet of patterned paper and this design too. I've been wanting to have a go and you've reminded me, now to give it a go this weekend. I sure hope they bring out more of this style die set too, I just love them!
ReplyDeleteI love your design Tina and I love this DSP. I think you have chosen a great piece. Joy is a great sentiment for Christmas or any time really, especially now!
ReplyDeleteSuch an elegant card Tina and thanks for the info on how to make it. Think I might give it a go this weekend!
ReplyDeleteI love the Copper and how you've used the DSP. This bundle is growing on me and I'm very tempted to purchase it. Gorgeous cards.
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