Wednesday, October 21, 2015

Oh Joy...a rare phenomenon...

Hi folks...from time to time a rare phenomenon occurs in the cubbyhole...one of those elusive lightbulb moments and hey when it happens you just have to run with it. On this occasion I had an idea in my head to use Tim's Birch Trees Die...did I mention this may be my all time favourite die...to make an acetate card with a moon on the inside of the card but it just wasn't coming together until I stumbled on the idea of cutting away a section of the trees to reveal the moon and wording in the background...
I used the Rectangle Die from Simon Says Stamp Bundle of Stitched Shapes to cut an aperture in the card...fixed acetate behind and cut another frame to fix to the inside front. Then I fixed the Birch Trees Die Cut into the aperture...not an exact fit but near enough.
On reflection...forgive the pun...I should have given the acetate a dust down before taking the photograph...

I die cut "Joy" from white and red cardstock...fixing one on the front and one on the inside...creating a drop shadow effect when the card is closed.
The cute little birds were cut with Fiskars Interchangeable Border Punch-Birds. Don't you just love when a plan comes together...if only it happened more often.
Hugs Kath xxx