Friday, 23 August 2013

Shaped Christmas Card

A friend of mine suggested that I enter a card into the Sunny Challenges & Creations Shaped Card challenge.  If you would like to have a look here is the link http://sunnychallenges.blogspot.com.au/2013/08/sc-08613.html  I have never made a shaped card before so this was certainly a challenge for me and way out of my comfort zone but I think it turned out ok.  Well not bad for a first try lol.
This DSP is from the latest Seasonal Catalogue which is available to order from the end of next week.  I used one of our new colours Smoky Slate for the card base which I cut out using the largest die from our Framelits Window Frame Collection.  I folded the card stock in half and put the folded end just below the top of the die so that it remained joined.  I then cut a little off the bottom to make it stand up which is what we want a card to do instead of falling over all the time lol. I sponged around the edge of the base in Coastal Cabana.  Then  I chose the next smallest die and used it on the new Winter Frost Specialty Designer Paper which has 2 different patterns in foil, then I chose the next smallest to cut out a Whisper White piece. I wrapped Silver 1/8" Ribbon around the piece several times and tied it into a knot at the front, then I used the gorgeous Calm Christmas bird stamp and heat embossed it in silver and fussy cut it out and adhered to the Whisper White piece with Stampin' Dimensionals.  I used our new Simply Pressed Clay to make a small flower and used a Coastal Cabana Marker to colour it and then covered it in Crystal Effects to give it a nice sheen and used my trusty glue gun to stick it onto the knot in the ribbon.  I added a Rhinestone Basic Jewel to the bird to give him a shiny eye and stamped Merry Christmas with our Teeny Tiny Sentiments stamps and punched it out with the Word Window Punch. 
I just love how the embossed bird shines so brightly so gorgeous.  I hope everyone enjoys this card it has made me want to experiment with other shaped cards now.  Have a great weekend


Cheers Teena


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9 comments:

  1. Christine Blain23 August 2013 at 21:26

    Teena, this is GORGEOUS!! You're right - the embossed bird is stunning. So glad you stepped outside your comfort zone (I know, I find 'shaped' cards a bit scary, too!), and played along with us at Sunny Challenges & Creations this week!

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  2. Kris McIntosh24 August 2013 at 06:41

    Teena, I love your card. The embossed bird does look so gorgeous and the papers compliment the image perfectly. I have found it quite fun to play with this idea of a shaped card. Thanks for joining us at Sunny Challenges and Creations.

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  3. Teena Maher24 August 2013 at 08:36

    Awwww thanks girls. Just glad Christine encouraged me to enter a challenge.

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  4. Unknown25 August 2013 at 08:07

    Beautiful cared, Teena. I love the silver embossing.

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  5. Teena Maher25 August 2013 at 12:09

    Thanks Leah

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  6. Miss Vicky25 August 2013 at 19:15

    Gorgeous Teena. The beautiful embossed bird is quiet stunning - you have done a fantastic job on the embossing. I love how you added the touches of Coastal Cabana. Thanks so much for joining us at Sunny Challenges & Creations. Hope to see more of your lovely work in the future.

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  7. Teena Maher26 August 2013 at 08:48

    Thanks Miss Vicky

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  8. Carole27 August 2013 at 19:07

    Gorgeous card Teena, love the embossing on your bird to amke it shine.

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  9. Teena Maher29 August 2013 at 09:04

    Thanks Carole

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