Hi!
Welcome back to the new Colour Creations Blog Hop. This week we are featuring Basic Gray, which is actually a very tricky colour to feature! It's usually more of a supporting colour. I had hoped that my new Tech Support stamp set might have arrived in time, as I thought it would work well with the dark gray, but sadly it did not.
I once again looked at Brian King for a colour combo. I really liked the pop of rich red with the grays. By using the about-to-retire Symbols Of Fortune SDSP, I also got a pop of Gold Foil.
I've wanted to try a Double Box Fancy Fold card for a while, and thought that this was a good opportunity. Basic Gray was used for the card base, while Merry Merlot was used for the smaller box part of the card.
The crane was roughly cut from the DSP and adhered to a price of Thick Whisper White card before being fussy cut. This extra layer helps to stop it from sagging when it's popped up on Dimensionals. One dragonfly got the same treatment, but as the other two were being adhered directly to the background they did not need the extra layer.
I don't know if you noticed, but the front of my card is back to front - in every other sample I've seen, the box is on the left, not right. I had to make it this way, as I made the back panel before I decorated the front, and glued it on upside down. Luckily it was easily fixed by rotating the card base, but I really should not attempt to make a card while watching a fascinating show on scammers!
Next up in tonight's Basic Gray Blog Hop is Kate Morgan, who was one of the talented card makers who inspired my Fancy Fold tonight!
If you find a broken link, or run into other difficulties, please pop on over to Catherine Proctor's blog. As always, she does a wonderful job of keeping all hoppers organised.
Bye for now,
Tina
Tina, I've never seen this type of fancy fold before and it looks fantastic. Love your elegant colour combination and thank you for the tip on adhering the DSP to cardstock first before fussy cutting.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great card and I love this fancy fold I haven't made one in such a long time I need to revisit it! I love, love the colour combination and what a great idea to adhere the crane to the thick basic white first before cutting it out! Love your card
ReplyDeleteVery elegant colour combination and very creative fancy fold. Great card
ReplyDeleteMerry Merlot looks really elegant with Basic Gray, Tina - and the addition of gold adds to that feel. I laughed at your description of the card being made back to front ... serendipitous, as it turned out beautifully!
ReplyDeleteThis is just gorgeous Tina. Merry merlot is a great companion for Basic Gray, with a dash of gold thrown in.
ReplyDeleteVery elegant card and colours and the DSP and crane go perfectly with this fancy fold. I call it creativity when someone changes up the original design!
ReplyDeleteI have to confess I had a chuckle at the reminder of how many left-handed cards I have made in my life! So easy to stick things the wrong way round! But in this case it doesn’t matter, as it’s a fabulous card!! Kathryn R
ReplyDeleteBeautiful card Tina, I love Gray, Gold and deep Red together they are just so elegant.
ReplyDeletehaha, you make me laugh at the reason why your design is back to front!! I think it's great to change things up and you've created a lovely card with this DSP and cutting the birds from the papers!
ReplyDeleteSuch an elegant card Tina and wow your fussy cutting is fab! I really admire anyone who can do it so well.
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