A Quick and Easy Card

     BRRRRRR. Freezing cold again today. The temperatures is about -13C (8F) now and will dip lower overnight and it will feel like -20C (-4F)…. and it will be even colder on Friday before we get back up close to the freezing cut off mark. Brrrrr.

    Tonight I’m featuring a card that could be considered quick and easy.

                                      
    The stamped flowers come from a Stampin’ Up stamp set called Happy Watercolor. I was trying it out and stamped it and coloured it; liked it just fine and decided to use it in a card; and then started looking for paper to match. I know, I know, the professionals choose the paper first and then color the images to match. I’m not a professional so I can do it my way! I found some cardstock that almost matched the flowers perfectly (it pays to have a huge stash sometimes) and made a card base. Then I used a long stitched die to die cut the image and then a rectangle from the same cardstock as the card base to mount it on. The die cut image was left in the die as I sponged blue ink around the middle. This leaves a white border. TECHNIQUE - I have the old Sizzix magnetic platform but I seldom use it for die cutting - the images move sometimes. But, I use it all the time for the aforementioned technique. The magnetic platform holds the die in place as I sponge the middle and I never have to worry about it slipping. Works great!

    But I had no idea how to finish it and started flipping through the stash. I found this wood grain paper, no idea where it came from, and decided it would be a nice back ground. I cut it a bit smaller than the card base and glued it on and then the image. The black peel-off was glued to a piece of brown cardstock and it was added on the angle.

    It was a quick and easy card but I was pleased how it turned out.

That’s all for a very cold Tuesday, January 31, 2023. (Wow, end of January….every day is a day closer to spring)

   Cheers

Violet

Ps: To save a card to your Pinterest account, simply over over the image until the “Pin It” symbol appears and then click …. be patient, it sometimes takes a few seconds.This will take you to your own Pinterest account to save the card.