Well, since I made it to the next round of PaperCrafts Magazine's Gallery Idol contest, I've got another submission for you to see! This week, we were challenged to use die cuts in a innovative way. I know a lot of the girls are going to be using their electronic machines to cut out very intricate designs but I wanted to stay simple. I used my trusty Big Shot and a few of my favorite floral dies to cut out a bunch of flowers. Then I used them to create a neat, monochromatic collage background. I also built up a few flowers to serve as a focal point. Here is my card:
Goodies:
All products by Stampin' Up!
Stamps: Friendly Phrases, Raining Flowers
Ink: Calypso Coral, Basic Black
Paper: Calypso Coral, Chocolate Chip, Blushing Bride cardstock; Calypso Coral textured cardstock
Accessories: Fun Flowers die, Leaves #2 die, Floral Fusion die, Sweet Buttons die, Scallop edge punch, linen thread
So what do you think of this idea? I love the idea of a collage background and I'm going to try it again soon with more colors and prints. It would look great on a scrapbook page, too!
This round of PaperCraft's Gallery Idol contest will run until Thursday at noon. Please pop over and vote for my card! I'd love to make it through with the top 10 designers!
I hope I've inspired you with this innovative yet easy way to use your die cuts! Have a great day and thanks for stopping by!
-tessa
I found you through this contest and wanted to pop over and tell you how much I love this card! The color and all the dies on the background - very pretty!
ReplyDeleteTessa,
ReplyDeleteThis is just beautiful! So simple, but very elegant. I am going to "borrow" (really, steal) this idea! Thanks for sharing.
Cheryl
www.pinkandpaper.blogspot.com
Fantastic idea!!! I am definitely going to copy this - hope you don't mind!! Beautiful colors, too! Good luck!
ReplyDeleteVery cool and so creative! :)
ReplyDeleteI'm loving that collage background, and the colors you chose are lovely! Good luck!
ReplyDeleteLove your collaged card, especially the monochromatic colour theme. You did a gorgeous job with this!
ReplyDeletelove that collage background you made with die cuts. so pretty!!!! good luck this round:)
ReplyDeleteThis is just simply a beautiful card. Thank you for sharing it with us.
ReplyDeleteI love this idea of the tone-on-tone with die cuts. So much texture! Good luck, Tessa!
ReplyDeleteGreat card!!!
ReplyDeleteCongrats on your top 10 at Gallery Idol!!!
Svetlana xx
great choice of colors and very pretty. congrats on the top 10 idol and great job
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on the Top 10! You truly deserved it with this beautiful card.
ReplyDeleteMichelle.