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I'm an avid scrapbooker and card maker, although with a toddler running around I don't get as much time to craft as I used to. Assorted websites, blogs and facebook groups have provided me with so much inspiration in my own crafting I want to put my own crafts out there and hopefully inspire some creativity in someone else.

Saturday, September 20, 2014

Green Leafy Card

This was a quick little card I made for the monthly swap I'm involved in -


Frustratingly, several dozen photos later I still can't get the gold shimmer ribbon, or gold pen accents to pop in the photo the way they do in real life. The paper glass finish on the leaf is something I'm keen to play with a bit more - I love the effect.

The leaf motif is from the silhouette store here and the background shapes I just draw myself in silhouette studio. One thing I like to do is draw a rectangle the sizeof my card in studio so I can then design my card in real size and colour to make sure it works. I then copy the whole design and pull it apart into the different cuts again so I can make sure the keep a copy of my original vision. Not that the final card ends up looking like the original vision too often.

This sketch given for inspiration can be found here.