A big congrats to Mimi, the newest Featured Stamper (FS862)! She has such a gorgeous gallery & while I adore watercolor, since her gallery is all beautiful watercolors, I went w/ an entirely die cut card. THIS is Mimi's card I chose to case. I kept the Christmas theme & colors, but used die cuts & a pierced background instead of watercolor. The layout was kept similar, w/ most of the detail down the left side, but I used designer paper for my left side strip instead of pine boughs.
After I die cut the bells, bow & Merry part of the greeting, I used a circle die to cut the pearl shimmer paper behind the bells then put them together. The Christmas word was stamped onto a flag w/ the Merry attached above it. The white background was die cut w/ a stitched rectangle, then I used a background cover piercing die that reminds me of herringbone. For the side strip I used just a section of designer paper w/ a mini slimline die & used my out of the box method to cut the part w/ just the bells. I also resized this die to make it narrower. I used the same die to cut the pine green layer behind it.
Thanks so much for looking. It's on my blog w/ more pics & links to my techniques: The Write Stuff
Date: Saturday, August 12, 2023 GMT Views: 556
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Registered: July 9, 2008 Location: Stars Fell on Alabama Posts: 75007
Sat, Aug 12, 2023 @ 4:57 PM
Absolutely gorgeous! Of course, Mimi's card is, also. I am sure she doesn't have a bad one to case. I think this one will make her proud.
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Registered: February 19, 2011 Location: Fullerton, CA Posts: 15293
Sat, Aug 12, 2023 @ 7:49 PM
So beautiful the way you transformed Mimi's watercolor into this die cut dream. I love the strip of dp and how it echoes your great die cut bells. The pierced bg is lovely at showing off all these features to their best look. You excel at resizing your dies for these cuts. The whole package is one gorgeous Christmas greeting. Fabulous card.
Registered: June 4, 2009 Location: Deatsville, Alabama Posts: 83747
Sat, Aug 12, 2023 @ 7:55 PM
Such a lovely card, Julie. Love the die cut bells mixed with the paper ones. So elegant and pretty! Hugz
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Julie, this is a great case of Micheline's inspiration card. The Bells and Bow look so perfect against the Background Cover. The addition of the the designer paper bells is wonderful. Beautiful card.
Registered: August 21, 2007 Location: Wayland MA Posts: 105272
Sun, Aug 13, 2023 @ 12:08 PM
Wonderful take on the bells!
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