Now you will know why I've been a little quiet of late as I had these two cards to put my thinking cap on for - the one posted yesterday and the one posted today. They both had to be big enough for 30-40 people to sign - yikes!!!
For this card I turned to Debbi Moore's Venetian CDs and decided to make a book-style card and also it's matching box. Yet again I made up the box and worked out the size I could go for the card. Unfortunately this meant the toppers wouldn't fit on so I had to reduce them in the size. The one printed off didn't go to waste as I put it on the inside of the box after I printed off a backing paper from the CD to the other side of the card. This card involved lots and lots of matting and layering, using a green backing paper from the CD and a plain brown polished stone backing paper from Crafty Ann's Digi Store. I reduced the size of some other toppers and used the snapshot tool for the bottom layer of the pyromage so that I could put a topper on each page to avoid the pages looking bare. As per the norm I lost count on how many pieces of paper/card I distressed the edges with ink. It's something I started when I made cards for the TV and I kept going. The card is finished off with lots of flowers, leaves, sentiment and verse off the computer, die-cuts (including one embossed in a vine embossing folder), gems, Stickles glitter glue, ribbon and tissue paper stamped with an Artylicious stamp.
This card and matching box I am entering into the following challenges:
Sparkles Forum - Anything goes
Craft Your Passion - Show us your layers
Moving Along with the Times - Anything goes
Papercrafting Journey - Bling
Ai Factory - Anything goes
Crafts 4 Eternity - Anything goes
Inspire me Friday - Anything goes
Mami Doodles - Let's get girly
Scrap-creations - Flowers
My Mum's Craft Shop - Flowers
Scrapbook Sisters - Distress
Delightful Sketches - Distressing
4 Crafty Chicks - Distressing
Craft us Crazy - Moms and/or flowers
Totally Papercrafts - Glitter
Paper Cutz - Anything goes
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