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Today I continued to work on reorganizing my craft space. The new craft island is working out wonderfully and I still have not completely filled it! (If you have somehow missed the story of the craft island here is a LINK to prior posts - you may want to start with the oldest one first).
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While sorting through my accumulated treasures and relocating them to new homes, I found this set of embellishments from K & Co. I couldn't resist buying this when I found it on a visit to the Tuesday Morning store earlier this year (I think the price was 9 dollars for the entire set).
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I liked the colors when I saw the embellishment set in the store and when I got home I discovered that I already had the matching set of paper. The name of the line is "Wild Saffron." I definitely have a weakness for K & Co. papers - they have some great designers and the paper is a nice heavy weight and usually two sided.
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I decided to try making a card using just the designer paper and embellishments from the kit on a base of Bazzill cardstock. I chose this paper for the front of the card. I "fussy cut" a piece 5 inches x 3 3/4 inches from the lower right corner as seen in this photo.
In this photo, I have marked the area I used. I chose this area so I would have some "open space" to stamp a sentiment. I also wanted to use the dotted swirls as the "trail" of the butterfly embellishment.
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I rounded the lower corners of the card and the paper and layered the piece of paper on my card base. I didn't care for the way the paper looked at the top of the card (sorry, I was so engrossed in the process that I forgot to take a "before" photo). I thought of adding a ribbon across the top but I couldn't find ribbon that I liked - so I decided to make a "paper ribbon."
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I cut a strip from this paper (also from the Wild Saffron stack) and adhered it across the top of the card.
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The paper strip wraps right around the top and is adhered to the inside of the card with the ends overlapping.
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"Thank You" is stamped with brown ink in the open area between the dotted swirls.
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The butterfly embellishment is positioned to make the dotted swirl look like the flight path of the butterfly.
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I used two of the gems on the card front - one as a flower center and one at the intersection of loop of the darker flourish on the left. They add a bit of sparkle along with the glitter on the butterfly.
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It was interesting to make a card with no Cricut cuts involved - not my usual method but I had fun doing it (and I do have a lot of these embellishments to use up!).
Your card is just gorgeous! I have been wanting this paper for such a long time.
ReplyDeleteThe K&C set...OMG! Isn't that just the most beautiful butterfly.
You are fantastic!
KarenT (MB)
what a beautiful card
ReplyDeleteReally love your cards with the wild saffron!! I picked up the same kit from TM! It's been sitting there, and I'm thinking...hmmm what do I do! LOL Now I have some ideas, Thanks!!!
ReplyDeleteLisa Sturgill
What a clever card! I really need to go browse around at Tues. Morning.
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