Monday 30th March , 2015

 

 

All that Glitters Card Collection

Hello again,

 

 

I have been working very hard on my card making over the last few days. I am enjoying making sets of cards using the Kaisercraft collections which are just gorgeous. I find it interesting the creative process and what we are thinking as we put papers and embellishments together.

 

This set use the all the glitters collection which have a touch of gold in them which is all the rage this season. With this card I wanted to use the butterflies from the matching collectibles set so I felt I wanted to have some flowers for them to be flying near. I loved the sentiment and wanted to use a double frame to make it pop and tie in with the green butterflies

 

 

I also made one into a shaker card using diamantes and sequins. I initially made this card with the egg shape shaker flat to the cream card. After a couple of days I couldn't help myself I had t o take it apart and start again. I ended up using inked gauze as a bottom layer and foam mounting the egg. I wanted the egg shape to stand out so it looked more Easter-ish (if that's a word!!)

 

 

Another gorgeous collection is the BeYOUtiful collection which I have used to make the following cards. I adore the yellow base paper and I wanted to use the darker yellow for the cage but needed to break it up so it would stand ut so I used the luscious striped page. I used the butterflies from the strip that you cut off. I though they were so cute. I always save my strips (I keep them all in a gladwrap box and they often come in handy for an extra touch on a card or scrap page. IIN fact I made a card using strips to make the base paper, you can see it on my pinterest page.   

 

 

With this card my starting point was wanting to do a tear in the base paper and bring in some texture using a real doily under the tear. I wanted to have a distress/shabby chic feel. Again the beautiful flowers on the page just had to be used and after fussy cutting them out I added a butterfly, ribbon, bling and sentiment .

 

These final cards used the Kaleidoscope collection. The first card went through a number of transformations. It nearly went in the bin but as I added more layers of media I finally started to see it come together and I enjoy the final result. Eventually my  Ówl love you always' card ended up being really 'çute/hoot'.

 

I love the layering in this card, I used the Kaisercard dress form and dressed it up using some of the Julie Nutting stamps. I used a spellbinders die to make what I hope looked a little like a mirror in the background.

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I hope you enjoy viewing these creations and they inspire you to do some cardmaking of your own.

Until next time, stay happy

Angela